Comedian Jeff Garlin reveals his biggest influences in comedy. Garlin shares why they're not your typical funny icons and instead are jazz artists, from John Coltrane to Miles Davis. Watch more of Jeff Garlin on "Salon Talks."

The comedy special "Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago" is streaming on Netflix.

Watch SalonTV's interviews with actors, authors, comedians, politicians and more on "Salon Talks": https://www.salon.com/tv
Subscribe to SalonTV on YouTube HERE: https://www.youtube.com/salontv
Like Salon on Facebook HERE: https://www.facebook.com/salon
Follow Salon on Twitter HERE: https://twitter.com/salon
Follow Salon on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/salonofficial