Influences and obsessions, too long and entirely incomplete:
George Carlin, Kurt Vonnegut, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Muppets, Richard Pryor, John Candy, David Sedaris, Don Rickles, Danny McBride, John Mulaney, Marc Maron, Pee-Wee, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Harold Ramis, The Original Kings of Comedy, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Dave Attell, Patton Oswalt, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Jean Smart, Tig Notaro, Mitch Hedberg, John C. Reilly, J.B. Smoove, Fred Willard…