The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.
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Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
The main reason I got into comedy was in the hope that I could make a few people laugh and feel better about life, and the fact that I do that is quite overwhelming, really.
I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.
I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn't particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention.
I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
I was always influenced by language.
I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references.
Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just to show off my poetry, and then people thought I was funny, so I ran with it.
I had always loved comedy, and acted out Steve Martin and Bill Cosby albums with my sister for my parents on road trips and stuff, and I loved to laugh and make people laugh.