| Joined Chicago's acclaimed Second City comedy troupe after graduating college. |
| Made his big-screen acting debut in 1986 comedy Nothing in Common. |
| In the late '90s, he wrote the comedic play A Purple Dawn. |
| Met his wife, writer-actor Deb Lacusta, in a Second City improv class. They went on to collaborate on many projects, including their own Chicago radio show. |
| Said the original vocal inspiration for Homer Simpson, back when The Simpsons was featured as an animated short on The Tracey Ullman Show, was actor Walter Matthau. Homer's sig |