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…