Biographie

Often references musicals and Broadway musical numbers

Frequently uses cutaways

New England-based humor

Frequently makes the foil of the main character an animal, usually the family pet

Frequently mocks neoconservatives

Was supposed to board the first plane which crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11th, but he missed his flight due to his travel agent giving him the wrong departure time.

Was given voice training by a 90-year-old couple who also trained Frank Sinatra.

Is a skilled pianist. Has a baritone singing range.

Based the voice of Peter Griffin mostly from a loud mouthed security guard that worked on the campus where he attended college.

The name of his production company, Fuzzy Door, comes from the name of his apartment when he attended Rhode Island School of Design ("RISD"). The door to the house was covered in fur.

[on criticism] The only way it gets to me is that it demonstrates a deterioration of the power of restrained, critical, rational thought that was once more ubiquitous in our society. In the sixties and seventies, there was such a high regard in this country for the achievements of human beings in science, in technology, in space exploration. And in some ways, we've turned into this wimpy, astrology-loving, angel-loving, pseudo-scientific culture that no longer has that ability. We've gotten lazy in our willingness to use our brains.

[on Amour (2012)] The last time Austria and Germany got together and co-produced something, it was Hitler.

The only problem is time.

The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done.

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.