After my comedy group The State made a pilot for MTV, the network left us hanging. I was 23 and for months I thought, I’ll either be on TV next week or I’ll be homeless. One rent day, I walked the streets scanning the ground for change, like a kid looking for Easter eggs at a Seder. I didn’t know how to make money. The only thing I was good at was pretending I pooped my pants onstage. But my roommate Ray had an idea. “People don’t know it,” he said, “but prostitution can be fun!” more