For me, 'The Goldbergs' was about surviving a crazy family - and believe me, the show is a sanitized version!
I would make hockey movies: I would edit together Flyers games and do highlight reels of goals or fights, which I still have to this day.
Queen is my all-time favorite band in history. I was an obsessive growing up after I discovered them at 10 at summer camp.
My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn't really pay much attention to the other sports.
Being from Philadelphia, 'Parents Just Don't Understand' was a big deal - I have audio of my brother and me singing that song.
When you hire directors, you're most concerned about whether or not someone from the outside will get the jokes.
That's what I did whenever I loved a movie: I'd get together with my friends and play it out and re-enact it.
I've never made a show that goes right on the air and is perfect. People don't remember, but the original 'Goldbergs' pilot was poorly received, and I had to retool that for ABC, where it eventually became a hit.
Watching Eagles games with my dad, whether at the vet or in our house, was a big part of my childhood.
As a family, we all loved the Flyers. To me, rooting for the Flyers were how I bonded with my dad especially.
One of my favorite things was I got to work with Avi Arad on a movie for Sony, and we don't realize this, but he's the reason toys were sold off of cartoons, more or less. He created the Gobots!
When I was at the end of middle school and the beginning of high school, I fell in love with hockey in a serious way.
All of my family members have had moments where they're upset with me because I'll cavalierly write a story just to be funny.