THE MOST NERVOUS I’VE EVER BEEN ON STAGE
Published by Rick on Tagged Uncategorized1977 was a pivotal year for me and my partner. After years of Rick and Ruby working the suburbs, we finally decided “Wait a minute. We live in San Francisco, why the heck are we working Walnut Creek?” We pursued a club on Polk Street called The Palms, and I’m not really sure how we […]
MY LAST US ROAD TRIP — THE VERY LAST!!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWe turn the clock back to the early summer of 2001, about three months before 9/11, and seven months after I started working in UK. I had hooked up with the comedy club chain called Comedy Zone, who were able to book me on a run that started in Charlotte NC, went to Myrtle Beach […]
FOND MEMORIES OF A NICE GUY
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedHearing today of the death of actor Ed Asner at the age of 91 brought back the memory that this was one celebrity we would meet more than once and with whom we would have something resembling a friendship, albeit mostly in phone conversations, over the ensuing years. He helped us get our first gig […]
OPENING ACT HIGH AND LOW….. IN THE SAME EVENING!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedLast night I did my weekly podcast Comedy Dish with host and fellow comic Steven Alan Green, and I persuaded my former partner Ruby (Monica Ganas) to be our special guest. What excited me most about it was the advance promo on Facebook got about ten times the number of “likes” and comments that we […]
THE SUPERSTAR JAM, WITH ME TO FOLLOW
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn 1987, The Comedy Store was supplying me with enough income that I could have stayed in LA the whole year and made a comfortable living. But during that 80’s Comedy Boom there were road rooms that were also being very generous, paying airfare and lodging, and one that I worked in Texas even supplied […]
“Suddenly A Shot Rang Out…”
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedActually from my count, it was five shots, but they came in pretty rapid succession, so the exact number is somewhat vague. I was a bit occupied doing my act at the Comedy Store one Monday night approximately 30 years ago. I was in the Store’s Main Room and having a fairly good set, given […]
A NIGHT OF HELL AND LAUGHTER
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedFor the past few months, I’ve been doing Wednesday night podcasts on Facebook with my friend and fellow comic Steven Alan Green, who was my impetus some 20+ years ago for expanding my horizons outside the deflating comfort zone of the US comedy scene and spreading my message across the pond. Our show has had […]
“I Know You Are, But What Am I”
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThat was the most popular catch phrase used by Pee Wee Herman, whom I was working steadily with exactly 40 years ago. There are some things that appeal only to American tastes, and Pee Wee was one of those. I remember telling a British comic about working with Pee Wee, and he asked, “Was he […]
NAMEDROPS KEEP FALLING
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedYes, for you readers in San Francisco, you’ll recognise that play on words from the late Herb Cain’s daily column in the SF Chronicle newspaper. It just seemed appropriate for this story. Six months ago, I wrote about meeting the (at the time) recently deceased country music legend Charley Pride when he and I were […]
50 YEARS AGO, A NEW ACT EMERGES
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedAs May 1971 was drawing to a close, some things were becoming certain, though other things like, “how am I going to make a living” weren’t so certain. I knew that my future was in San Francisco, punctuated by one ride on a cable car earlier that month, after which I was totally sold. I […]
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