text:  He's not a comedian, but he is a comedian in the sense that he does a lot of crowd work and he riffs in real time. Do you think it actually helps him that they mute his mic and give him more time? I do. I think it absolutely does. And I think it helps in two ways. One, it does allow him to think and pick the best thing to say, which is very, very important because oftentimes he doesn't. Let's be honest.