I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
T.J. Miller and Kumail Nanjiani I met when I was in Chicago, learning how to do comedy.
One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.
When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always... when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour.
I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.
My dad was in radio; he was a broadcaster, and it was in the family. He hosted kind of a game show at one point on TV; he was the original host of 'Good Day New York,' and he hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon for 15 years.
My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.
I'm a product of my surroundings. I grew up on Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, and also Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, the Fat Boys, and Biz Markie.
I grew up on Jerry Lewis and Abbot and Costello, the Marx Brothers.