okay. our next guest works as a file clerk in a cleveland hospital.
he also writes comic books which detail his day-to-day pains and pleasures, and this is an anthology of nine of those comics. it's entitled american splendor.  from off the streets of cleveland, please say hello to harvey pekar.
alright settle down harvey. settle down. now let's explain to folks who may not be familiar with your work what it is you do here, exactly. you have comic books about you in your daily life in cleveland.
and are they embellished at all or is it pretty much factual?
and you also have a regular job in cleveland working at a hospital.
aiding the sick. well that's certainly noble work.
now it seems to me harvey that you have a very successful career here. this is being published by a major publishing company, doubleday. why do you maintain the day job?
but i have a feeling though, if you wanted to, you could probably get by on what you make selling your work. because i know people are after you to write other things. you're publishing this anthology.
harvey, i know you've got a job. i've got a job. we're both very lucky. we both have jobs.
we've gotta go. harvey i like you. i'm on your side. i enjoy the comic books. and here, quickly tell us about the little doll here.
they're made out of your old clothing.
and what do these go for?
thirty-four dollars? thirty-four dollars for this?
would you pay thirty-four dollars for that?
harvey, you are the embodiment of the american dream.
it is my pleasure to welcome back our next guest, the lovable harvey pekar!
tell me harvey, what do you do to get away from the pressure of being -- well, a file clerk?
i could have guessed half of that.
first of all, harvey, what you are saying is not true. second of all, this is not the place to say it. if you want to talk about this, go somewhere else, because you're not talking about it here!!
you're not coming back at all.
because we've given you many, many chances to talk about things that would be of general interest to people --
-- and also to promote your little mickey mouse magazine. your little weekly reader! but you've blown every chance you've got. you're a dork, harvey!