Q. Name?
A. Dan Rothenberg

Q. Where do you live?
A. I live in Culver City. That's in LA but "Culver City" sounds more interesting. When I'm out of Southern California I say, "LA" because that sound more interesting. I'll do whatever it takes.

Q. Who is your comedy hero?
A. I can't name one person because if you're in comedy long enough you get different types of heroes. I have my classic hero, George Carlin because he has his own voice which has spanned five decades. My contemporary heroes are Robert Hawkins and Matt Weinhold because they always crack me up. Then there's the combination of the two categories, Classic and Contemporary. That's currently Louie CK who has recently found an incredible voice and cracks me up. Oh, and of course Dave Attel is fucking hilarious. Oh, and Mitch Hedberg. Ok, I'll stop now. John Hoogasian…Ok, I'm done.

Q. What made you decide to strive for a career in comedy?
A. I just don't seem to have a choice. It's the only place for a guy to make fun of the fact that he used to be gay. I've talked about that in a job interview and they never call me.

Q. What career would your parents have chosen for you?
A. Anything with health insurance.

Q. Have you ever tanked onstage?
A. Oh, I've eaten it in a variety of countries. The most traumatic remains my short stint at the London Comedy Store. I was trying to break into that scene and the booker did me the "favor" of getting me a guest set on the Friday late show when everybody was drunk and angry from the work week. I came out on the stage and hit them hard with a kiss assy comment with a lot of fear in my eyes, just to earn their respect. They proceeded to heckle me off the stage. My so called friend who is also from the States followed me and continued to make fun of my disaster to get in the crowd's good graces. Lucky me, they taped the show and the booker told me it was the worst performance the club has ever seen. The jokes on them though because I'm never going back there.

Q. Everyone's a geek in some way. What kind of a geek are you?
A. I'm a Gangster film geek. I've seen every Sopranos episode five times as well as every other flick in that genre. It's hard to be that kind of geek because nobody appreciates you. It's hip to be the type of geek which was once picked on and given a wedgie; computer geek, comic book geek, etc.. But my type of geek comes with less entitlement to spread my geek wings. Carry a Vulcan Communicator and you're cool. Carry a gun and you're an asshole.

Q. What song is trapped inside your brain right now?
A. "Make a Wish Baby" by Ambrosia

Q. What will you do with yourself after the fall of civilization?
A. Start smoking again. (You see that is such a "used to get a wedgie" geek question.)

Q. What is your greatest memory from your time with Live at Gotham?
A. By far, my greatest memory is spilling coffee on the back of my shirt before the show and getting it immediately dabbed and blown dry. There was something about getting my ass blow dried that felt successful. All involved with that incident, I love you.