Scott Aukerman

I think that 'Mr. Show' was a huge influence on me. It was literally the reason I started doing comedy, because I was asked to do a bit at The Comedy Store, and B.J. Porter and I went to see Bob and David - who I'd never heard of - do a live show, which was one of the shows that got them the 'Mr. Show' show.

American Writer

Lynn Nottage

My grandfather was a Pullman porter, and my father put his way through college by cleaning floors at night in the libraries. I understand that working people are in some way the bedrock of my existence and the existence of many people here.

American Playwright

Jimmy Scott

I've taken regular gigs, I've worked in grocery stores, worked as a dishwasher, a porter in different places, all for survival. I don't feel bad about doing it. I wished I could have done better. And still do.

American Musician

Reinhold Messner

Gunther and I always shared the work. Each of us carried his own sleeping bag and tent, and porters carried the rest, until the highest camp, when we were on our own. Nobody helped us up there.

Italian Explorer

Neil Morrissey

I was a kitchen porter for an hour at the Bank of England when I was 18. In the cafe, someone clicked their fingers and shouted, 'Boy, come and clear my table.' I walked out.

English Actor

John Thaw

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.

British Actor

Scatman Crothers

I always kept busy. If the music business got bad I'd get me a job doin' somethin' else. Bellhop. Porter. Anything to make an honest living.

American Actor

Matthew Pearl

Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

American Novelist

J. P. Donleavy

When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.

American Dramatist

Jamie Bell

Usually found in locations like hotels or train stations to assist guests.

Employment Location

It is common to tip a porter, especially in service-oriented countries like the USA.

Expecting a Tip

Porter is a dark and rich beer, generally less strong than stout.

Dark Beer Variety

Unlike lagers, porters are often enjoyed at room temperature.

Warm or Room Temp

As gatekeepers, they're responsible for who enters or exits a place.

Access Controller

Visitors feel safer when porters secure the entrance of buildings.

Safety Assurance

A railroad porter's job is often to make train travel more comfortable.

Travel Comfort

They help with various needs beyond just luggage, like food service.

Assist with Needs

It's specifically a high-quality cut from the larger side of the rib steak.

Cut of Beef

People often have strong preferences for how their porter steak is cooked.

Cooking Preference

 And imagery that I prefer really not to have in my mind, but it's important that we recognize that it has happened, it's important that we understand the severity of this conflict and also the hatred that was for a period present in this area. This is a young man being lynched on the streets he's a porter, a Christian porter

Chaos in the Heart of...

 good line on one in there then I'll nip those off and cut them too long so to make this dream for all reality the porters have called in a few friends I came up here to help out learn I'll feel real good tonight after I get home knowing that I did a little favor for those guys and it's kind of like payback

It Takes a Village PIPE...

 from you but the things we have in common set me apart from most of the people in my community and I'm in between these two worlds with enough of my heart to fight for justice in the other so how did things get so different for us in the late 40s my dad a Pullman porters son of a slave bought a house in

Greening the ghetto -...

 It's really important to reinforce this fact Sherpa does not mean to carry something. You know, we got all kinds of packs, stuff called the Sherpa. Baby carriers called the Sherpa It's an ethnic group, it's not a job. These guys are not Sherpas. They're porters and they are of a different ethnic group.

Unsung Heroes of Everest...

 and wanted to do a cave and then everything got irritating in his back and painful and it was stinging and it was poisonous and whatever so he had a really hard time he had to get out of the cave here to get you finish everything it had was really painful the porters were laughing at him but then

Vietnam's Infinite Cave...

 fall well in fact they have an under pretty good control in the Everest base camp it's collected in plastic linebarrels such as these underneath the outhouses such as that to the left and I asked a porter well what do you do with it now and he said oh we take it down

The Call of Everest PIPE...

 importance of properly securing a gas mask we have two different masks here the porter so this is if there's a gas attack like they had Syria she has adults of all ages 8 they get sick respiratory damage your nervous system mark a full-time firefighter

If There's  a Gas Attack...

 we're all in the same boat. Aye, the footmen are frantic in their indignation You see the queen's took a taxi herself to the station Where the porters, surprised by her lack of royal baggage

Sting: How I started...

 They were very happy. For them it's a great opportunity and they were amazing. They could do, in a day, a months salary so these jobs were really seeked by the porters.

Carsten Peter: Inside...

 once contact is made the most precious cargo is unloaded first like a team of porters they ferry the