[3] In 1995, he founded a nonprofit AIDS and cancer charity in NYC, known as The Best Medicine Group—an organization that brought live comedy shows into the homes of terminally-ill patients throughout the metropolitan New York area.

[6] Comedians featured in the film include Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rispoli, and Victor Varnado.

By early 2010, the book became a national bestseller and was subsequently optioned by director Matt Aselton to become a major motion picture, written by Ryan Knighton for release in 2021.

[10] Rockowitz has been the brand voice for Xbox since 2007, T-Mobile (for which he also wrote the ad copy)[11] and Alaska Airlines.

[12] In addition, he has been the voice actor on commercials for WeatherTech, Expedia, BlackBerry, Quiznos, Scion, PetSmart, and the Seattle Seahawks.