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In My Travels I Think About.... Good Stuff For Newspaper Interviews.
  1. I've been to every state in the country at least once...

    Yes I have been to your town... don't ask again...

  1. The most racist cities in the USA:
    a. Miami
    b. Boston

  2. Most liberal city in the USA:
    a. Seattle

        b. Washington D.C.. and surrounding area...



  1. My favorite cities:
    a. San Diego
    b. Vancouver, B.C.

  2. Best comedy clubs and responses for me:
    a. Fresno, CA
    b. Las Vegas, NV

  3. Worst comedy response and gig:

        a. Nags Head, NC
        b. New York City Comedy Club... Boca Raton Fla.

        c. Tampa Improv... very disrespectful to me...

    I've had non payment of funds ... stiffed  by ...bounced checks...

 ripped off by...

a. Rev. Bobby Lee of Jackson, Tennessee

b. Fabian Shepard of Kansas City, Missouri.

 Both Bounced a few checks...and still lied about it...

c. The Tampa Improv... A very bad experience...

Horrible managerment and staff...

and it continues to this day... Never fessed

up to how bad they treated me and other comics...

If I had just gotten a we're sorry ... we were

wrong I could've dealt with that...

d. Don Siegel... Owner of New York

City Club Boca Raton...Bounced a check ... Only

a partial payment ... has kept lying about

the payoff... A very bad club anyway... never liked it...

I've always done great business there...

Please boycott this club...Feel free to

stop by and ask for Don and say , Hey

when are going to pay Jimmie Walker his

Money...

 

  1. Best looking comedy club waitresses:

          Hyena's ... Arlington Tx...



  1. Favorite music artists:
    a. Take 6
    b. The Beatles
    c. Van Morrison
    d. Motown-compilations (Stevie Wonder, Temps, Four Tops, etc.)
    e.James Taylor
  2. Favorite Music Tours I've Opened and M.C.'d

        1. Donna Summer... Probably the most under rated Star

       in America...Very exciting to work with...

        2. Gladys Knight... Classy ... Classy ...Classy...

        3. Motown Review...Back in the sevenities...

       Temptations...Four Tops...Spinners...Marvin Gaye...Contours...

       Tammy Terrell, The Supremes , Mary Wells, Martha Reeves,

       etc... etc...  It was a different time... and great ... but

       I didn't know it at the time...

      4. Soul Jam Tour...

       Stylistics, Harold Melvin's Bluenotes, Chi-Lites,

   Etc. Etc...

   It' nice to see an audience so happy...and

   enjoying the music...

  1. Favorite Newspapers:
    a. USA Today
    b. Boston Globe
    c. Charolette Observer   
  2. d. New York Post
  3. e. New York Dailey News... 

              Favorite Websites:
    a. www.newslink.org
    b. www.sportpages.com

    C.www cbssportsline.com

   

  1. Favorite Political Commentators:
    a. David Gergen
    b. David Broder 
  2. c Thomas Friedman...

  3. Favorite Newscasts:
    a. Chris Matthews... MSNBC...
    c. Washington Journal (CSPAN)

  4. Best Things About Being on the Road:
    a. Having someone clean your room everyday

    1. A Miami Morning disk jockey said when talking about racism in Miami... " Miami's not racist we haven't had a riot here in years...
  5. c. Good cable TV - over 25 channels.

  6. Worst Things About Being on the Road:
    a. Doing morning radio interviews.
    1. I'm not mean enough or dirty enough.
    2. It's the last outpost of show biz. The DJ's are desperate, and will say and do anything to keep the job. Desperate people do desperate things.
    b. Friday night second show - worst crowd of the week. They're tired and drunk.
    c. Doing morning radio interviews - nuff' said!!!.

    d. Newspaper interviews - They never print what you say... they have their own agenda. e. Interviewers that are not prepared... and don't do their homework. f. MORNING RADIO... DID I SAY THAT ?
  7.  WORST TECH CREW... 1. By far the FOX Theather In St. LOUIS ... RUDE and Very Not interested WE could've caught on fire on stage and the Fox crew would've said '' is that in the contract ''
  8. The Greek ... In Los Angeles... This crew is unbelievable...

    The worst in the world ...feedback ...not enuff mikes...it amazing...

   9. Best Tech Crews... In Las Vegas... Indoor at the casinos and out door...

which is always very tough... They really care about the work...

5.. After close to forty years of doing this... it amazes me how many people wanna do interviews with me...cause I'm not a star or anything close to it... just a working road comic...and because of my schedule The Press Goes crazy when you can't do them. I do on average ten a week to promote upcoming dates...

  1. Favorite TV Shows:
    a. Honeymooners
    b. Phil Silvers
    c. Larry Sanders
    d. Curb Your Enthusiasm

    2. Best Health Club Chains...

       a. Lifetime...Not everywhere in the

     Country...But no doubt the best ...

      The best work out equipment and lots of it... repair guys  on  sight  very well run...   a luxury club... but worth it...

        If you have one near you sign up...

         B. 24 hour fitness...

        what you see is what you get...

        One of the most crowded clubs...

        There are " Sports "  clubs...

        they just cost a little more...

        But all and all you can't go wrong...

         C. Gold's Gym...

          Every club is different... some

          Are better than others...

          buyer beware...

          D. Bally's... a poor mans

           24 hour fittness...

           Always crowded... very good deals..

           equipment can be beat up...because of constant

           Use...

           E. World's Gym...

           Poor mans Gold's Gym...

          Most are very small ,but lotsa of

           Equipment...for more serious work out

           people...

  1. Goals:
    a. Get back on radio... full-time doing a talk show
    b. Write full time for a newspaper or magazine
  2. Crazy Things That Happen...

a. I was fired from Norweigan Cruise Lines...

for doing three George Bush Jokes...Told by

Norwegian Cruises...We don't want thinking humor... people are

on vacation ... we don't want them to think...come back when

you learn how to do juggle and do magic...

b. The worst sound crew I've ever worked with...

is The Greek Theater in L.A... totally incompetent...

I've been three times in eight-teen months...

with three different shows...and the sound for all

the groups was terrible...and the " Crew" had no Idea

what or how to fix the problems... but of course

they're union...so there's nothing anybody can

do...just awful...

a. The Fox theather in St. Louis is the second worst

and the rudest...they just don't care...

13. Interviewers.. Please Check Frequently Ask Question...

On the biography Page...

14. Comedy Clubs... a neccessary evil...

collecting the checks at the end of the

nite... if you're headlining ... It's tough...

because people completely phase out of

the show for about five to ten minutes...

There are comedy clubs that get it

done fast and as quiet as possible and

there are those that don't...

The Clubs that are the fastest...

1. Hilarities ... Akron Ohio...

2. Comedy Stop At Trop. Atlantic City...

The Worst Clubs...

1. Rascals... N.J...

Towns With The Prettiest Women:

1. Provo Utah... Home of BYU...

By far the Best Looking Women in

America Live here...natural...and heathly...

Pure and Sweet... and there's alot of them...

2.Miami...extoic woman live here...lead by the

hispanic women... In places like Palm Beach and

Boca Raton... Plastic Surgery reins...but they look good...

3. Texas... Where everything is bigger... a number of great looking

women throught out the state...

4.N.Y.C... A different look... darker and tougher...with an

attitude...I love it...

there are beautiful women in every state.... this is my sample...

Best looking women ... Overseas...

1. South Africa... Very European...

Good Hygiene.. There seems to be a

Hygiene problem Over Seas...

The women aren't big on shaving their

legs...doing their hair... and nails...

2. Australia... They are the most clean

cut...and natural...

3. Belgium... Funky...Passionate

but they smoke and drink too much...

4. Vancouver B.C.

Canada his the best woman in the world...

They are sweet, Attractive, Non Combative...

Fun to be with and if you can get there

attention well worth the time...

5. Future Plans...

A. No T.V. or Movie Plans...

There's no interest in Me... 

in the entertainment industry

1. Will continue to be the road comic... 

2. I'm currently doing 48 weeks a year on the

road ... that's  what I do and that's what I've

Always done...Yes... even when I was on the show...

    Best Baseball Announcers

1. Vin Scully... Dodgers... the only

announcer that announces the game...

doesn't have a wacky partner or producer...

Doesn't talk about the " Charter Plane " trips...

Or Whose gonna pay for dinner...

Does his homework, has tons of

interesting facts about the game and

players ... it about the game, not him...Has no peer...

 Best Baseball Analyst...

1. Steve Stone ... ESPN...always has good Ideas

of what should be done...  good at explaning

what's going on and why...

Explains the game  well...and you learn from him...

2. Rod Allen... Det. Tigers...

Very well spoken... gives constant

information about strategies...

Does his homework...very intelligent about the

game...logical... and stays in the game all the

way... no nonsense talk...

3. Buck Martinez:ESPN... BALTIMORE:

Very learned about the game...

A much better analyst than player or

manager...

Knows the chemisty of teams... and doesn't

P.C. it...

Jerry Remy... Boston Red Sox...

Very important ... Not a homer...

which would be very easy being in

Boston...not afraid to bring out problems with

the home team...

Not afraid to say good things about the

other side... Very impressive...

Scott Graham  &  Chris Wheeler... Philadelphia Phillies

Very solid... They are the second team To Hall of

Famer Harry Kalas & Larry Anderson...

But they are much more... They still care about

the game no matter what the score is...

Bring interesting facts and stats about

both teams...Because they are the second team

they try harder...

Tommy Hutton...Florida Marlins...

A Veteran analyst... No Nonsense...

Like Buck Martinez ... Not a good

player ... but very good analyst...was a network

guy... but doing been doing a great job in

a tough situation in Florida...

Jose Mota...

Los Angeles Angeles...

Very Good Knowledge Of the Game...

Former Player...Played  Because Of His Dad and

Uncles...Never Got a sniff of the Major Leagues...

But a Major League Announcer...

The Bad:

 

a. Chip Carey is by far the

worst baseball announcer in

History...Milk Toast, Vanilla...

Has nothing to say...adds nothing to the

game...

Without His Father and Grandfather

Wouldn't be allow into a major league

Ball Park with a Ticket...

Arizona...

Thom Brenneman...

Again at one time one of the best...

As good as his father...

But has been brought down by

Mark Grace...Grace a former player...

cut his teeth on the Jim Rome Show...

Created the term " Slump Buster" ...

Not enough focus on the game...

Brenneman was much better when he worked

with Rod Allen...

Joe Buck...

Thinks he's bigger than the game ( Football & Baseball)

Was great before he got the job with " Fox"

he's outta control now...

Please do the game...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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