TJ Miller was recently interviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times. His sitcom, "Carpoolers," will be hitting the airwaves on ABC in a few weeks. "I want (the show) to do so well that in four years people are yelling, 'Hey, Marmaduke, I don't recognize you with your pants on!' And then they throw underwear at me."

Lincoln Lodge producer Mark Geary is quoted as saying "I don't think there's anybody in comedy who came into contact with TJ Miller and didn't instantly go, 'This guy's going all the way to the top.' "

Miller's iO and Second City co-hort Seth Weitberg (who writes the very entertaining "Easy Writer" blog for Second City) also observed: "I think he understands that no one is sitting at a desk figuring out how to make you famous all day. Well, maybe they are now, but for a long time they weren't...there is a vast ocean between Chicago and the coast when it comes to the media. You have to build up a certain amount of potential energy to make that leap, and TJ's the kind of guy who is able to do it."

- Elizabeth McQuern