Sarah, your right that sometimes Tom can be a downer, but I will always remember the first time I saw Tom Waites. There was a spin-off of Mary Hartman called Fernwood, Tonight with Martin Mull doing the Johnny Carson part, and Tom was one of the guests. He was absolutely hilarious, bought the house down with his adlibs. He then played the piano and sang,(can't remember what) and was even funnier. Guess he was more upbeat then. I still enjoy him though.