When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going; there was no reason to quit.

Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.

It's amazing how these little guys can say things that a mortal human could never get away with. There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.

There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.