Mr. Duffy has been a freelance writer and comedy writer since 1975 - sometimes even getting paid to do so. His experience includes stand-up comedy (both as writer and performer - well, he can say he did stand on stages, at least), newspaper reporter, some radio and even less television, and has three, unpublished children's books collecting dust. In his spare time, Mr. Duffy like to ponder if it was actually the dog salivating that made Pavlov ring the bell.