I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.
I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.
I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.