have fun.
Wherever you are, thank you, Richard. ͳat meant so
much to me, and to this day I try to have fun every time I’m
onstage, because of you.
• • •When I was in Laugh Factory Comedy Camp, the Channel
Two news came, and they did a story on me. But since I was
a foster kid, I had to go to the courthouse to get permission
to be on television. Since foster kids are technically state
property, I couldn’t be on TV without the court’s
permission. It’s just like you would have to have your
parents’ permission to be on television, I had to have the
court’s permission. ͳat was my parents at the time—the
state of California.
My social worker didn’t want to go down to the courts
to help me. It was summertime, so I was out of school. I
decided I was gonna go down to the courthouse and get this
permission myself. I caught the bus and took about three
transfers to get all the way to the family courts, which is,
like, in the city of Alhambra or some shit.
I went to the clerk, I found out who my judge was, I went
into his courtroom. He wasn’t noticing me, not paying me
any attention, the bailiĉ wouldn’t talk to me. I was like,
Wow, just like my real parents, my state parents don’t care
either. Then, I finally stood up, and I asked the bailiff:
Tiffany: “Can I talk to the judge?”