 As with Povenmire, Marsh spent his summers exploring and taking part in several activities in order to have fun.While attending the University of Southern California, Povenmire started a daily comic strip called "Life Is a Fish", and received money from the merchandise that was designed based on his series.Povenmire eventually dropped out and started drawing people on street corners to make a living, until he was finally called by Tommy Chong to work on a short bit of animation in the film "Far Out Man."