I was recently at a fellow comic’s house. I consider him a peer. A peer with 2 kids in High School. He’s older than me and maybe he started young but still a peer with children looking at colleges can make a guy feel long in the tooth. These thoughts were not really at the…
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Life Imitating Life
A while back I wrote about the frequent but implausible way things happen in twos. I coined the occurrence a God Wink. Say the word “ramp” then you hear someone on TV say the word “ramp” a beat after you. That’s a God Wink. Just a little nudge that suggests the randomness may not be…
Speak Of The Devil…
I wrote a blog just 12 hours ago about seeing Charlie Murphy do stand-up. Two thumbs up for darkness. In that blog I mention some of the other actors turned comics who didn’t fare as well as C. Murphy. Most notable are Charlie Sheen and everyone’s favorite house guest Kato Kaelin. I wasn’t prepared to…
Follow The Darkness
Most comics don’t take kindly to famous non-comics jumping into comedy to cash in on their fame. Sure, they can fill a room with people but they usually proceed to disappoint those people. Any bad show, especially one that cost top dollar, is a black eye on comedy. I don’t put people on blast as…
You’re a Real Hot Mess…Won’t You Back That Thing Up
Most Bally’s shower stalls don’t have curtains. It makes for looking straight ahead showering. Some smaller Bally’s don’t even have shower stalls, just a big room with several shower heads. That makes for heading straight home without showering. In the Glendale, CA Bally’s the big shower room is adjacent to the toilet stall and sink…
Irregular Regular
I walked into Starbucks near Queensway Rd. in the Bayswater section of London. 6 months ago I was in there almost daily for a span of 3 weeks. 6 months before that I was in there daily for a different 3 week span. It felt like I had just been there the day before as…
Say it Don’t Spray it
So I was hanging out in the Bayswater section of London. I consider it my old stomping grounds. So I thought, why not hang in Bayswater my last official night in London. I hopped into a Super Drug store to get some lozenges. The cold weather had finally got to me just as I was…
Being on TV Never gets Old
It really never does. Even though I frequently see friends pop up on shows and in commercials. At times, for me, watching TV feels like sifting through a yearbook. Still, knowing that I’ll be broadcasted to millions (alright, maybe hundreds of thousands in our 300 channels era) provides me with a charge of pride…
I Never Get Turned Down
When I think of things that are useless, hotel turn down service is near the top of the list. So someone comes to your room and basically starts the comforter move for you but only slightly in one corner. Does anyone have this service at home? Is anyone so rich or so pampered that they…
An Inside Job
An extra big shout out and thank you to all the kind people of Belfast, Ireland. Especially all the fine folks at the comedy show at the Empire Hall last Tuesday. My comedy goes over extremely well in Ireland. I almost didn’t make it to the gig though. After spending an extra 15 minutes in…