When he was fifteen years old, he worked as a stockboy at Charivari, from where he gained the chance to enter the Parsons School of Design in New York City.

句式练好了，段子了。

Born in Brazil, Ind., he moved with his family to Detroit in 1924, left school at 14, and began work as a stockboy and warehouseman.

生于印第安那州巴西城，1924年随家迁居底特律，十四当仓库管理员。