James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration.
We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

