Long story short, I won amateur night that night.

长话短说，那天晚上我赢得了业余之夜。

Small clubs, maybe some amateur nights.

去小酒吧 或者业余比赛什么的。

I won Amateur Night on October 8th, 1985, won 50 bucks.

1985 年 10 月 8 日，我赢得了业余之夜，赢得了 50 美元。

I hosted Amateur Night, and I was killing.

我主持了业余之夜，我真是太开心了。

So at 27, when I said, I'm quitting my job, I want an amateur night on October eight.

所以在 27 岁时，当我说，我要辞去工作时，我想要在 10 月 8 日度过一个业余之夜。

Long story short, they brought us all up for a clap-off, I won amateur night.

长话短说，他们让我们所有人鼓掌，我赢得了业余之夜。

I won amateur night on October 8th, 1985. I won $50, cried all the way home.

1985 年 10 月 8 日，我赢得了业余之夜。我赢得了 50 美元，一路哭回家。

I won an amateur night on October 8th, 1985, I won $50. I went to work the next day and quit my job.

1985 年 10 月 8 日，我在一场业余比赛中获胜，赢得了 50 美元。第二天我去上班并辞去了工作。

(audience applauds) Walked in the comedy club, first time in my life, won amateur night, $50. Drove 40 minutes home, cried all the way home.

（观众鼓掌）我人生中第一次走进喜剧俱乐部，赢得了业余之夜，50 美元。开车40分钟回家，一路哭着回家。

So I went to New York, I hosted amateur night, and I was killing, but every time we went to commercial break I was supposed to let the warm up act take over like Reuben does.

所以我去了纽约， 我主持了业余之夜，我很开心，但每次我们进入广告时段时， 我都应该像鲁本那样让热身表演接管。

And they came to me and said " Would you come back to New York and host Amateur Night for us to just try you out? " " Oh ain't no problem." So I went to New York.

他们来找我说：“你愿意回到纽约举办业余之夜，让我们来试试你吗？” “噢，没问题。”所以我去了纽约。