- He is a distant relative of Freeman Gosden, the original Amos of the famed Amos 'n' Andy radio show.
- A graduate of New Jersey City University(M.A.in sociology).
- Appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners - A Beautiful Mind (2001) and The Departed(2006).
- Author of the classic humorous lexicon "Funny by Definition".
- Began his career as a teenage comedy writer/comic at the Comedy Workshop in New York City(1962).
- Wrote the original wrestling trivia book - "The Professional Wrestling Trivia Book"(1988).
- Author of the popular children's book "365 Knock-Knock Jokes".
- He and Donald Trump worked on Two Weeks Notice (2002).
- Directed by six Oscar winners: Steven Spielberg (The Post, 2017) , Martin Scorsese (The Departed, 2006) , Sydney Pollack (The Interpreter, 2005) , Steven Soderbergh (Che: Part One, 2008) , Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, 2001) , and Oliver Stone (World Trade Center, 2006).
- Has appeared in over 100 productions worldwide.
- He worked on the 2020 Super Bowl commercial NFL Next 100.
- Has appeared in commercials for Campbell's Soup, Sprint, Chase, MTV, HP, Verizon Wireless, Samsung, Direct TV, Pfizer, Longchamp, NFL, Firedup.com, Josh Cellars Wine, Russian Phone Company, Pandora, Booked.com, Plexaderm, Centrum Silver, Berkshire Bank, Go Media, and Dick's Sporting Goods.
- His modeling work includes Smithsonian Institution, Amusement Japan, Digital Vision, Yukio Media, Patryce Bak Photography, Bible Museum, Astoria Headshots, Atta, Inc., Kodiak Studios, Louis/Delany Project, Promo App Project, Museum of Arizona, Studio ELS, Studio Model. Mehdya Fassi, Nanbu Bijin Sake Brewery.
- His unfinished literary works include The Godfather of Mulberry Street, The Sensuous First Lady, Off the Wall Graffiti and The Bobby Darin Story.
- His films have grossed $2.8 billion worldwide.
- The Little Book of Silly What Do You Call Jokes (2021) is believed to be the first book devoted exclusively to "what do you call" jokes.
- Has appeared with many of Hollywood's biggest stars: Julia Roberts, Morgan Freeman, Hugh Grant, Matt Damon, Ann-Margret, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Russell Crowe, Willam Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Jeff Daniels, Angelina Jolie, Donald Sutherland, Tony Danza, Edward Norton, and Michael Caine.
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