As a young boy, which cartoon or live kids’ TV character did you have a crush on?

I'm from the era of Linda Carter's Wonder Woman. If you haven't seen it recently, YouTube it. It's almost impossible to believe that an adult woman in that fetish outfit was on prime time TV in America in the 70's. Often running in slow motion. I'm quite certain it left a profound impact on my brain, and probably why I turn up at Comic Con in San Diego every year. My parents to me to lots of films and plays as a kid, they didn't really concern themselves with what was "age appropriate." They simply expected me to be an attentive, respectful audience member. They never talked "down" to me. So I saw things like the original production of "Equus,' in London, and the movie "Excalibur" in the theater. In the latter, Helen Mirren appears in a metal swimsuit of armor. I'm still recovering from this too, and actually mentioned it to Helen Mirren when I was lucky enough to meet her. She was very nice about it, even though I was probably creeping her out

You are an incredible character actor, obviously you practice characters at home.  How does your son react to the many faces of Dad?

Yes. I am an incredible actor. Thank you for recognizing that. My son Ollie is a pretty tough critic of my humor. He's inherited a very good "withering glare" that me and my own father both do. Now he does it back to me quite a bit. The one routine that gets him these days is a character called "Belly Button Sniffer," which is me, with a gravely voice and underbite -- accompanied with the constant threat of belly button sniffing.

How has being a comic and an improviser helped you as a parent?

It's certainly helped with making up games. But honestly, I use more of my musical knowledge with my son than I do my comedy expertise. But, that said, I would say that dealing with 300 drunk audience members at the Improv is pretty good practice for parenting. In both, you need to be firm, but flexible. And as soon as you're not entertaining, it's over... and you've lost their attention. As far as I can tell, the trick seems to be PATIENCE. Like Guns N Roses says.

What happened the first time you found yourself, to use a waitering phrase, “In the weeds” as a new parent? How did you recover?

Well, right out of the gate, I was over my head. My wife had an emergency C-section when Ollie was born, so, as the father, they immediately hand you your baby, and whisk your wife away to a recovery room. Then it's about 2-3 hours of tests, where you are suddenly the one person responsible for this little guy. I had never even been a babysitter in my life. So it's pretty much getting thrown into the deep end of the pool. My mantra has always been to try to relax, and to SEEM confident, even when I'm overwhelmed by self-doubt. If you ACT confident, even when you're not, it really helps, I find.

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If my kids see the video of the time I had to (MY ENTIRE CAREER) they will never stop making fun of me.

Seriously. Look at my IMBD page. Jeez. Try to find something NOT embarassing on it.

I want to be my son for one day just so I could …?

Hang out naked at backyard barbeques and have everybody think it’s the cutest thing they’ve ever seen.

If you could outsource any aspect of parenting, what would it be?

I suppose if I could have a stunt double who could take the "arm shove to the neck" that my son is mastering when he doesn’t want to be held, I would.

What would be your dream role?

Richard, Duke of Gloucester or “Annoying Customer
 in Hot Tub Time Machine…Oh, wait, I really was that.