I wanted nothing more than to be at the nucleus of the entertainment business when I graduated college. So, like any industrious kid who’s attracted to the bright lights and beautiful faces of Hollywood when entering the work force, I got a job at "America’s Funniest Videos."

For a couple of years I felt the pain of every father who took a shot to the scrotum when standing too close to a piñata. I witnessed the glee of pet owners across the country when their little friends did something that every single cat, dog, mouse, pig, iguana, and bird normally does, but appeared as unprecedented behavior that could win them thousands of dollars and maybe even a trip to Universal...