Judd Apatow

And he just did it.

And so it was always interesting to have someone in your family that there was this feeling about,

Like, oh, this is a really special person doing something really fun and important.

And I think I became obsessed with comedy in the way he was obsessed with jazz.

And I felt there was a connection because a lot of the comedians like Lenny Bruce started by performing in the jazz clubs.

And so it all felt very much part of the same world.

I would listen to it when I became a DJ for my high school radio station.

And so I was very excited to be a jazz DJ when I was 16 years old.

And then I would put on all these records, none of which I understood.

You know, these Herbie Hancock experimental albums and Miles Davis records and Larry Coriel.

And I so wanted to understand it so I could connect things.

With my grandfather.

But then he died when I was in high school, right at the age when I was just about ready to talk to him to really ask him about all of it.

Yes, it's still there in Syosset on Long Island.

And they're still there.

And it...

It was run by this teacher, Jack DeMacy, who was very, very inspirational.

He was our Dead Poets Society guy, and he basically pushed all of us to use the radio station to do whatever you wanted to do.

If you were into sports, use it to talk to professional athletes and learn how to report and do play-by-play.

If you're into music...