It's a lot of anti-gay, racist humor—which people like in America—all couched in 'I'm telling it like it is.' He's in the right place at the right time for that gee-shucks, proud-to-be-a-redneck, I'm-just-a-straight-shooter-multimillionaire-in-cutoff-flannel-selling-ring-tones act. That's where we are as a nation now. We're in a state of vague American values and anti-intellectual pride.

If you wanna find out 101 things to do with plums, heh, read your in-flight magazine.

I'm not going to benefit from free college education, but I think all those things are good for the country.

I'm directing the Sky show. I'm not going to be in it. I'm just writing and directing it. So that'll satisfy that part of my brain.

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.

If people disagree with me and want to articulate it, that's not only their right but almost their obligation.

I know Dave [Attel] and we're friendly, and I have nothing but respect for him.