By Dave Lake
MSN TV

Just in time for a new season of her no-holds-barred series "The Sarah Silverman Program," the sexy, snarky comic/actress answered some of our dumb questions via e-mail and came clean on her crush on Garry Marshall, the weird things she's peed into and what she really thinks of Sarah Palin.

MSN TV:  Garry Marshall makes an appearance in the new season of your show. Is he a hero of yours?

Sarah Silverman: Yes!!! Plus he's sexy! And he reminds me of my dad. Oh my god. Kill me.

Laverne or Shirley?

Both. They are a yin to a yang. Garry's shows were perfect. They defined my childhood. Not because my childhood was similar to that of Richie Cunningham or Mork from Ork, but because my life was filled (and calmed) by these shows.

Your show seems to skewer everything. Is any topic taboo? Are there things you simply aren't interested poking holes in?

If it makes us giggle, it's fair game. Never mean, though. Mean never makes me laugh.

What are the pros and cons of working with your sister on the show?

It's awesome. It's nice during a 14-hour day to have someone there who calls you Sissybear.

The premiere has a plentiful amount of marijuana smoking, and you make a cameo in Doug Benson's pot-umentary "Super High Me." Is comedy better if you're stoned?

I think a puff before watching is prudent. I could never work or perform that way. But if all work is done and all that's left to do is watch Comedy Central, then, yes, puff and enjoy.

W.C. Fields once said, "Never work with children or animals," but that dog Doug on the show is just so darn cute. Is he someone's pet or a trained professional? Any good off-camera shenanigans you can tell us about?

He's my dog, Duck! He's the only one on the show to have a different name. It was a stoned decision I was stuck with. I got him from a shelter years ago. He's not in any way trained, which is why he's usually just lying on the bed or the couch. We kind of just go with whatever he does, though since he's an old guy (14), he usually just lies there.

You are perhaps the only female comedian to pose for Maxim (not counting Tara Reid), but which male comic would you most like to see pose in his skivvies?

I'd have to go with Garry Marshall. Oh gosh. I'm very emotionally confused now ... Let's go with Steve Martin. He looks nothing like my father.

There's a scene in the premiere where you amuse Brian Posehn by peeing into a Pringles can. Is this based on real-life experience?

Yes! It actually happened with Steve Agee. There was a time years ago when we spent every night together playing "007" on Nintendo 64, "You Don't Know Jack, Movies" and "You Don't Know Jack, TV."  What I'm trying to say is, we are extremely cool. Anyway, one night we were chasing laughs and that happened. We originally had the scene with Steve in another episode, but we had to cut it and then it ended up just working out in that story with Brian. But Steve was fine with it -- it's still our memory.

You've been politically active as part of the Great Schlep, which urges Jews to head to Florida to convince their grandparents to vote for Obama -- but is it hard for you to be taken seriously?

I don't know. That's not up to me -- it's something others decide to infer one way or another. I just put it out there. And happily it's proved to be effective, as thousands of young adults have signed up. Hopefully it will help in some small way.  Oy. I get nauseous thinking of the alternative. With McCain, we'd be a heartbeat (a very weak, sick heartbeat) away from having a person who charges women for rape kits as leader of the free world. Nauseous.

A new season of "The Sarah Silverman Program" begins Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.