A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

The first twenty shows at TV 23 were really a workshop.

A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.

So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we really did it, which is all spontaneously, and it really was.

Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies.

Eventually I got asked to be in a Michael J. Fox sitcom called High School U.S.A. I didn’t think it was funny and said no. They doubled the money, and that kind of offended me. I realized, oh, that’s right, my opinion means nothing in Hollywood. I’d seen other people compromise, and I felt that once you gave up on what you wanted to do, you couldn’t go back. It was selling out. So I decided to go back to Minneapolis.