People thought I was a funnyguy so they kept inviting me back to be on more and more shows and then I got my own show and then I had another show I was on.
His profile rose with it, and he came to be seen, in some eyes, as more Woody Allen than Gordon Gekko--a genial, funny, regular guy whose self-deprecating style masked a sharp intensity and a knack for nasty infighting when necessary.