DreamaTheEditor:  First, I guess I should ask, how long were you a comedian?  Well, a working comedian cuz I think you're still a comedian.

Gabe: Well.. from first performance to last performance I'd say a year.  But it took 2 years to get to the first performance.

DreamaTheEditor: What made you decide to perform?

Gabe:  I'd wanted to do it, read about it, thought about it, dreamed about it...I finally decided...Dude...just fucking do it.  Better to fail trying...

DreamaTheEditor: Why did you quit?

Gabe: Well..  It's a lot of work and you fail so publicly..  it's just a lot of work..  for every minute you perform you spend about 100 hours preparing.  It’s brutal.  I got everything out of it I wanted.

DreamaTheEditor: Did you write your own material?

Gabe: I did.  All of it.

DreamaTheEditor:  What did you want?

Gabe: What did I want?  Oh!  Yeah.  I wanted to prove I had the balls.  I wanted to prove I could get laughs.  Wanted to prove I had the confidence.  I just wanted to sit back someday and say "Hey!  I did that!"  I mean ...  I haven't met anyone else that has.

DreamaTheEditor:  It was probably a rush when the audience really responded.

Gabe: It was more amazing than crack…and I've used crack.

DreamaTheEditor:  Crack is whack.

Gabe:  Oh my.