His father Joseph C. Piscatella is a best-selling author and hosted a PBS series The Business of Better Health.
Graduate of Georgetown University and University of Southern California.
Interned for Ted Koppel on ABC's "Nightline.".
Had a tryout as a punter for the Canadian Football League,.
Was a speechwriter in Washington, D.C., where he wrote jokes for clients such as executives at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and high-ranking personnel in the U.S. Air Force.