he may come across as such, theres no arguing that,,,but honestly, in real life he's a genuine regular guy. that whole goofy tv persona is just that,,,a tv persona. I've gotten to know him off camera,,he is doing our gts convertible for us,,( nearly cheaper than i can buy the parts) ,and that whole tv shtick was requested by the higher ups, as they were concerned a straight forward show about mopars would bore the average viewer, so they told mark to juice it up a bit or they werent interested in giving him a time slot. it's certainly been up and down, but i think the powers to be have heard the critique loud and clear, and the latest episodes have been quite straightforward.