When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a backdrop and a dressing room. There were three colored spotlights - a red one, a white one, and a blue one. Blue was for nighttime scenes, and red was for when we were in hell. If the neighborhood kids wanted to use the stage, they had to incorporate me into the play.

The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.

I would love to be in Kansas.

Part of what I do comes from the fact that I don't know any jokes to tell. And when I do they're really flat and don't work.

I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility.

I can be on the Tonight Show, but not with Johnny [Carson]. He uses my name in his monologue all the time.

When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a backdrop and a dressing room. There were three colored spotlights - a red one, a white one, and a blue one. Blue was for nighttime scenes, and red was for when we were in hell. If the neighborhood kids wanted to use the stage, they had to incorporate me into the play.