Quotes

I was doing warmups on TV shows, I was a professional magician at The Magic Castle. I was a regular at The Comedy Store. And I was trying to get a job as a host, but back in the day it was older guys. I'd go to audition at NBC or CBS and they'd say, 'come back when you have grey hair and wrinkles.'

There's a game show I've created that I'm trying to get on. When you get older in the industry, when you have gray hairs and no piercings and no tattoos, it's hard to get a hosting gig, and I don't look like Ryan Seacrest.

[When he attempted to do something other than Double Dare (1986)]: I never wanted to do a kids' show. I had zero interest in doing a kids' show. I was 34 years old and I wanted to be a game-show host. I wanted to be Bob Barker.

[Who talked about working with Bob Barker, in his young career]: My first job in LA was a show called Truth or Consequences, which Bob Barker hosted. I was hired as an idea man to work two days a week and make $300.