Trivia

Wrote Bazooka Joe comics, Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids stickers and Hollywood Zombies trading cards for the Topps company.

Interviewed celebrity guests for NYC's New School, 92nd Street Y and Writers Guild East, including Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton, Lewis Black and Garry Shandling.

Wrote the 56th Annual Writers Guild of America East Awards for host Bill Murray, a last-minute replacement for original host Richard Belzer. As a gag, Murray took to the podium and matter-of-factly read (as opposed to performing) jokes originally written for Belzer.

Served as editor-in-chief for the much-loved but now-defunct Jest, a National Lampoon-type, NYC-based humor magazine.

While in high school, wrote a note to legendary film director Frank Capra and received a personal letter (a prized possession to this day) in return.

Was one of Mad magazine's "Usual Gang of Idiots," contributing over 25 humor pieces in the 1990s and 2000s.

Wrote comedy material for several New York Friars Club Roasts, including roasts of Jack Black, Matt Lauer, Jerry Lewis and Betty White.

First published work: a letter to the editors of Marvel Comics, written at the age of 12 and printed in Avengers issue #111.