- He collected legitimate unemployment compensation while attending high school.
- Worked at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jerey in the Haunted Castle in 1979 and 1980, which burnt down in 1984, killing eight high school students.
- He has worked professionally in haunted attractions on and off since 1979.
- His oldest sibling Jeanne is 15 years his senior.
- Father died when he was 10 weeks old.
- Is an alumnus of The Second City Conservatory.
- His nickname "The Machine" was given to him by friends at a San Fernando Valley bar, The Foxfire. They also gave him a black leather jacket with the words, "The Machine," embroidered on the back for his birthday.
- Has been playing and composing on piano/keys since 9 years old, was in a multitude of progressive rock (garage/basement) bands and began playing the ukulele in 2009 because it was just too hard to lug a piano around.
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