Things have definitely changed since the big comedy boom in the 1980s. Everyone wants to be the next Drew Carey or Ellen Degeneres, but there's a real imbalance with supply and demand. Different factors draw comedians into the role of traffic instructor. Larit became an instructor for the practice. It's baptism by fire.
People come to a comedy club to laugh.
They're drunk, they have dates, and they're happy. On the flip side, at traffic school, you've got 35 or 40 people who've paid hundreds of dollars for a traffic ticket, they're blowing the weekend, and they don't want to be there. If I can make them laugh, think of what I can do at a club. For Sweeney, a major draw to teach traffic school was convenience. Since I had driven 190,000 miles over my career doing comedy on the road, I felt pretty qualified.