As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal.

On July 25 2012 he threw out the first pitch during a Pirates/Cubs series at PNC Park. In May 2011 Sparks announced he'd become a father during a special Ustream show on Father's Day. Reality TV
In 2006 Sparks competed for the charity Habitat for Humanity on the Fox celebrity competition Celebrity Duets.

Hal Harry Magee Sparks III (born September 25 1969) is an American actor comedian musician and television personality.