Who I Am

In the third grade I won the "Author of the Month" at St. Mary's School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts for a poem I wrote about bears and Thanksgiving. At the time my aspirations were to become a poet, a teacher, or the owner of a pizza restaurant where third graders could hang out.

At Georgetown I won the “Funniest Person on Campus" contest and the chance to perform at the D.C. Improv. They were so impressed they hired me to bus tables.

From there I took my jokes to New York City, where I was fired as a temp at Pfizer for repeatedly falling asleep at my desk . I proceeded to drive my mom’s old station wagon to comedy clubs all over America until my mechanic would no longer take my calls.

Since that time I’ve had three Comedy Central Presents specials and appeared a bunch of times on Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon. I was even on The View once with Nathan Lane to chat about my Off-Broadway show, Sleepwalk with Me. I’ve performed three times at Bonnaroo, the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, the Kilkenny Arts Festival, and brought my brother Joe, America’s guest, to the Aspen U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. I'm also a regular contributor on This American Life and The Bob & Tom Show and I wrote this book.

Currently I'm preparing to take my most recent off-Broadway show, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend on tour. Hope to see you there!