In a podcast interview with Reduced Shakespeare, Crisafulli stated that his musical introduction came with playing tambourine in the fourth grade's school band performance of "Do You Know the Way to San Jose".

[6] Interested in ioncreasing coverage of alternative comedy in Los Angeles, he wrote features about obscure comedians including Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, Patton Oswalt, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk.

[3] Crisafulli has written articles for Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Interview, Hustler, High Times, Option, Request and Newsday.

[16] In 2017, Crisafulli co-wrote Getting to "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv with former Second City faculty member and Baby Wants Candy co-founder, Bob Kulhan.

[18] Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times wrote that Shanahan and Crisafulli's Running with the Champ, "Has its share of touching moments... give(s) glimpses of Ali's dignified, decades-long struggle with Parkinson's".

Over the years, he has performed in a variety of groups, including: Moris Tepper, Dogbowl, Shovelhead Bigtop, Filthmobile, Knob & Nozzle, The Blahs, Lisa Parade, The Mobile Homeboys and The Huge Bastards.

[20] In his sophomore year at college, Crisafulli met Nash Kato and became the bassist in the original lineup of Urge Overkill.

Produced from his home garage and sometimes bathroom, the music of Charlie Christmas is a self-described "offering of avant-pop songs, nerd-punk anthems, indie-garage screeds and soft-core instrumentals".

[26] Weird Old Man picked up a small cult following, with music blog, StereoStickman calling it "a must" for the year, praising its "Bowie-like aura, classic rock and roll with experimental twangs of creative freedom".