King's guest for this edition is comedian Richard Lewis, who discusses the following topics, among others: growing up with a father who was rarely home; being weaned on the comedy of Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks; his early post-college career as a writer for Catskills comics; how his disenchantment with writing for others led him to perform his own act; similarities between him and his mother, both of whom are hypochondriacs; the aim of his comedy, which is to take the absurd and make it real; his belief that he is not the pessimist many viewers take him to be, but rather a survivor; his contention that he does not embody a separate persona on stage but is just an amplified version of himself; the thrill of performing at Carnegie Hall; his dislike of repeating old material in performance; his wish to someday have children; the career support and guidance he has received from his two close friends David Brenner and David Letterman; the pros and cons of the current popularity of stand-up comedy; his feeling that being a good listener has helped his acting. Includes footage of "I'm Exhausted" (1988).