Comedy World had to have been one the best jobs ever for anyone who worked there. Housed in a giant warehouse on the remote outskirts of Playa Vista, we did live comedy radio 24/7, streaming audio and video until we landed in about 33 terrestrial markets. Inside the warehouse, we constructed a trailer park, each show having its own trailer with one broadcast studio and one video/green screen set-up that, for the time, was revolutionary. We all knew it was a great job and we a

Within an hour of meeting Joe Franciosi, he removed his glass eye and handed it to me. Not metaphorically. One minute we were talking shop and the next there was an eyeball sitting in his palm like he'd just won it at a carnival. That was Joe. Most people spend years deciding how much of themselves to reveal. Joe took the express lane. We met during the Comedy World years, back when everyone seemed convinced they were about to reinvent radio. The network's logo featured a bom