I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.
Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.
Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.
A schmuck is a general term of disrespect. It's a term of contempt and derision. It applies to a lot of people.
I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
Put two things together which have never been put together before, and some schmuck will buy it.