 His routines turned out to be a perfect fit for a generation of comedy fans looking for more than just a string of mother-in-law jokes or take my wife, please kind of stuff, right? He was a part of the new comics that brought a thoughtful, satirical edge to comedy. That first track, Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue, imagines a phone conversation between a New York ad agency suit giving President Lincoln notes on his upcoming speech at Gettysburg.