But initially when I was working with my dad, it was in special effects puppets with radio control and motors and puppet effects.

I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing people to make mistakes.

We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called "Puppet Up" at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, "Please come to Edinborough."

You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went in the middle of late-night news, and then through all of their career, it was always the "Ed Sullivan Show," it was a variety act, my dad was on the "Jimmy Dean Show" for a few years.

I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry.

But the fact that most of the show you can't be prepared for, you have no idea really what's coming is initially very nerve wracking, by now, it's kind of fun.