Q: What's the first joke you ever wrote?
A: It was long-winded and convoluted, too long to type here. It was a story about how I hate hippies. When I was six, some Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young fan fed me some “brownies” at a BBQ as a gag. By the time my mom was informed she found me ravenously eating at the food table and reportedly trying to score some mushrooms from a guy pounding on a bongo. Hippies are supposed to be about love and peace but they were all laughing at me, it was terrible. This event was recounted to me when I was in college and helped to explain why I shake uncontrollably whenever I smell patchouli oil.

Q: What is the source of your sense of humor?
A: My grandfather. He was great at putting the people around him at ease through laughter, even when it seemed inappropriate, although it always seemed appropriate to me. Humor helps to keep situations in perspective. I try not to take myself too seriously so I find humor in my life, both good and bad.

Q: In school, were you the class clown or the quiet nerd?
A: I was an only child raised without a father. I should have perpetually worn a t-shirt that said “Hey! over here, look at me! ”. I always had some joke or wise ass remark from the back of the room. Once I had a teacher challenge me to a fight , it was probably justified.

Q: Is it better to be feared or loved on your way up the comedy ladder?
A: Between feared or loved I would choose loved, although respected would be ideal.

Q: Your stardom: a karmic inevitability or old fashioned luck?
A: I was drugged by hippies, it’s got to be karmic inevitability.