One night at the Velveeta Room, an audience member stepped into the corridor and - no punchline here - started convulsing. Hardwick, who was onstage telling jokes, raced off to evaluate the situation. Finding it under control, he returned to a room of (no pun intended) shaken patrons and had to do the amazing: make them laugh. He did. Always fresh, always funny, he can revive us with any routine (but we always cross our fingers that he'll do the Wheel of Fortune and Gilligan's Island bits). And if you're studying the art of comedy and need to learn about "subtlety" and "callbacks," go see him and listen for "pineapple scientist" jokes.
