Labels:text | font | black and white | screenshot | white | document OCR: "It seems to me that comedians are underappreciated and underrated as artists. It's the old dilemma -- if it's funny, how can it be taken seriously. For whatever reason, comedy is perceived as lightweight, of somehow lacking intellectual throw-weight, when compared to some of the other arts. In doing a book on stand- up comedians, my idea was to single them out as a group of artists deserving of special attention and recognition. The way I see it, theirs is an extraordinary talent married to a high-risk and unforgiving job." - Arthur Grace