Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
AL YANKOVICI like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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