People: Feb. 9, 1998

Q & A

CHRIS ROCK is starting a humor magazine at Howard University.

Q: Why start a comedy magazine at Howard, where you didn't go?

A: It's the closest black university to my house in Brooklyn. Plus I remember being at Saturday Night Live and they couldn't find any black writers. Where do you go to get black comedy writers? Redd Foxx's friends?

Q: Have you ever had bad dreams about Li'l Penny? Like he's a black Chucky?

A: Yeah, he's like this guy in Misery: "Hey, move down. I want to chop off your leg. Can you do that for...

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