Emerging from a family entrenched in comedy-his parents founded the iconic Comedy Store-he launched his own stand-up routine at 17, honing a surfer-slang persona dubbed “The Weasel” under the mentorship of Sam Kinison. A break as an MTV VJ from 1989 to 1994, where he hosted Totally Pauly and the network’s spring-break specials, propelled him into film, beginning with the modestly successful Encino…
