MARTIN: Read-through is when you kind of test out jokes and. But it went through a read-through and it was a big hit at read-through and a big hit on air. : I don't know how two neurons connect and driving cat comes out. I mean, some people find this absolutely hilarious and other people just look at it and then look at me and think, why is this funny? What to you is funny about a driving cat? MARTIN: So, I've played Toonces clips off YouTube for a variety of different people and I get different reactions. MARTIN: Can you talk about another sketch that's a particular favorite of mine? Why don't we dispense of the introductions. MARTIN: Do you just go into, like, a riff on some tangent to prove that. And they'll go, no, this was a thing on "Saturday Night Live." And they still don't believe you, even when you're standing there, you know. Sometimes I'll go, like, check into a hotel or something and the guy at the hotel - Jack Handey - there used to be this thing on "Saturday Night Live," you know, with that name. : The ironic thing is people think Jack Handey's a made-up name, so, they didn't really give me a byline after all. MARTIN: It's kind of uncommon on "SNL" to get you perform your own writing with a byline like that though, right? I mean, he's like a dangerous person who thinks he's normal. The "Deep Thoughts" character - I mean, it was deep thoughts by Jack Handey, right? It's you. MARTIN: You mentioned that this was your excuse to get the "Deep Thoughts" character out into the world. The fourth is: hey, where'd Don go? The fifth is: oh, there he is. The second is: hey, what happened to the map? The third is: oh, yeah, I gave it to Don. (Reading) When you have a real treasure map in your hand, all sorts of thoughts go through your head. MARTIN: I would love if you could read us a little bit. And then I thought I had to make it more ominous, so I just sort of changed the whole nature of Hawaii to make it very stinky and dangerous. But then I thought that wasn't ominous enough, so I sort of made them go on a treasure hunt. So, at first, I was thinking, you know, the deep thoughts character and Don would just go on vacation to Hawaii but then. And Hawaii seemed like a good place for him to go 'cause it's so beautiful and pristine. I had been thinking for a long time about just sort of getting the "Deep Thoughts" character out in the field, see what kind of destruction he would cause. A lot of your writing is short stuff, right, like writing a book is different. Now, he is the author of a new novel - his first - called "The Stench of Honolulu." Jack Handey joins us from Santa Fe, New Mexico. A writer, responsible for years of Saturday night laughs. MARTIN: The voice behind "Deep Thoughts," those profound, philosophical adages, isn't just another "SNL" character it is Jack Handey, a real guy. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE") If you watched "Saturday Night Live" in the 1990s, you might remember this:
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