I started 'The Daily Show' when I was 22. I was going to class at Long Beach.

Allison Jones, a big casting director out there, was like, 'They're casting 'The Daily Show' right now - you should submit a tape.' I remember leaving school to go shoot an audition.

I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

I started the season at [Class A] Myrtle Beach, so I definitely wasn't thinking about the big leagues.

In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an assist from the ever-watchful media, and may or may not eventually filter down to the poor.