Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept.

What made 'Ice Age' work is that it had its shiny candy coatings, but inside was a soft, creamy center.

[RUSH: All right, well, we have three sound bites here. Let's go the first one. It is indeed on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, talking to Senator Dick] Turban ... There are 32 Iraqi battalions, 27,000 Iraqi soldiers, who are trained now to lead counterinsurgency with the support of US forces. What's the Democratic plan? What would you do now in Iraq, Senator Durbin?

The phony surrender's over; the ceasefire has ended. The final fight for the Republic has begun.

'Ice Age 4' came totally out of nowhere for me. I was told Fox Animation was interested in hiring me as a story supervisor or something or other that sounded way too professional for me.

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.