Q: What's the first joke you ever wrote?
A: What do you get when you cross a dog with a bagel?
A Beagle. (I was 5)

Q: What is the source of your sense of humor?
A: Laffy Taffy.

Q: In school, were you the class clown or the quiet nerd?
A: I was voted class clown the last week of my senior year in high school. It was a glorious two days, then everyone went to college.

Q: Is it better to be feared or loved on your way up the comedy ladder?
A: All I know is that I didn’t get into comedy to make people afraid.

Q: Your stardom: a karmic inevitability or old fashioned luck?
A: Hmm, karma is the “What goes around comes around” thing, right? Well, I’ve never made anybody a star before, but I did support Fergie early in her career. You may not know this, but I am the inspiration for “My Humps”.