Silliness that changed you.

[Elspode]

I got pretty silly at a pretty early age. Early enough, in fact, that I'm trying to remember what first made it start sinking in that being weird was a good thing.

I suppose it was a healthy dose of Looney Toons first, followed closely by Mad Magazine. During the 60's I was a Peter Sellers/Pink Panther Fan, and of course, Bill Cosby. Laugh-In contributed more than a little to my transition, as did Steve Allen, Jonathan Winters and Vaughn Meader (mostly known for The First Family, a comedy album about the Kennedys which was huge right up until the day JFK was assassinated). In high school I gravitated to the National Lampoon and Richard Pryor, and Monty Python.

I still get weirder every day, and I try to draw on as many sources as I can.