Article: STEVEN WRIGHT DEADPAN DESPERADO COMIC APPEARS FRIDAY AT PALACE.(Show)

Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer

On the fourth ring, the telephone is picked up and answered with an incomprehensible grumble that might be "Hello."

It's 5 p.m. on a Wednesday and I've awakened Steven Wright, the catatonic comedian who has been called "the funniest man in America."

I put some instant coffee into the microwave and almost went back in time...

I went to a place to eat. It said "BREAKFAST ANYTIME," so I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.

The funniest man in American has just been awakened by a reporter calling at the appointed hour to the Sheraton Inn in Kalamazoo, Mich. So what's going on, Steven? ...

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