As a comedian, you have to deal with hecklers: people who want to be part of the show but are too cowardly to stand on stage and write material for themselves. An audience member has only really bested me once. I was performing in Duluth, Minnesota, in the summer of...
I remember the first time I realized I had been hacked, that a joke had been stolen from me…
What is or is not appropriate in the world of comedy? Well, that’s different for everyone.
Let me tell you a joke…
Anthony Kiedis cannot sing. I don’t know that I ever realized that, or even gave it much thought up until possibly my ten-thousandth listening of Under the Bridge. At that pivotal moment, the instant his voice sounded through the speakers it hit me like a truth I’d...
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…”
It is always interesting when seeing the world through the eyes of a bigot. And, of course, by “interesting,” I mean sad.
What drives people, neglect, or success? Or does it depend on the personality?
Two years and thousands of insurance dollars later, I discover that impending fatherhood brings about a sensation I don’t feel all too often in life: fear.
Will Hunting had an aptitude for mathematic equations and memorizing book passages. Einstein unraveled the secrets of the universe. Everyone on this planet has a gift, and a very good friend of mine is no different, even if his “gift” is.
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What should be a career ending move: the tearing of a picture or beating of a woman? In American society, the answer is very disappointing.