[Ms. Silverman says her family has no objections to her routine:] We're all narcissists. Some things I've said about my dad are unflattering, to say the least. But he loves it: the audience is laughing. We love each other, all of us. There's no bad blood. ... It's a cycle. It's like molestation, but in a good way.

I dipped my toe into network television, and it bit me. A little. Not some horror story.