CAR CRASH — MY LAST AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI’m not being colloquial here, we’re talking about an actual car crash that I was involved in just before I was to head out to California. When I last posted, it was to commemorate the 20th anniversary of my third and final wedding. My parents were still around but not very mobile at that time […]
A DAY OF BLISS, THEN REALITY A WEEK LATER
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedOn this date 20 years ago, I said “I do” for the third and very likely final time unless someone can convince me that being married strategically helps me in any way. I certainly entered into this last one with the attitude of “Well this is the final piece of the puzzle,” as I’d wanted […]
AN UNUSUAL OFFER, BUT GLAD WE TURNED IT DOWN
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedMaybe the timing is not the best, as Democracy appears to be hanging by a thread, but I’ll just assure myself that there’ll be a November surprise, and maybe a lot of stupid people will forget to vote. But as it is Hallowe’en, I’m reminded of a weird offer we got on October 30, 1971 […]
WHY I NEVER DRINK IN THE MORNING
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThis story has to do with the great baseball player Pete Rose who died Monday at age 83, never making the baseball Hall of Fame because of his off-field gambling activity. Though he would vehemently deny it much the way Donald Trump denies all his misdeeds, there was plenty of evidence that he had not […]
WORST COMICS I EVER WORKED WITH
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedBut no names, just to be nice. A few months ago, I talked about a juggler I worked with in Arizona and the guilt I felt about compounding the misery of his disastrous set with a somewhat catty remark during my triumphant set at his expense. That was a gig in Arizona. The three I […]
A BREAK I DEFINITELY WASN’T READY FOR
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI’ve told parts of this story before, and it’s not a commemmoration of any anniversary as much as just a reminiscence of a near break I got waaaaay too soon in my career. This story began on January 2, 1986, when my solo career was barely two months old. It was my first time performing […]
MY BIGGEST ONSTAGE A**HOLE MOMENT
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThis post won’t be a commemorative one, though I had initially planned to write about the 30th Anniversary of my first ever gig outside North America. Turned out, searching my archives, I found I had told that story in April of 2018, including the total hack/asshole I worked with. So as I started to think […]
YEP, THEY GO IN THREE’S
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWhen I first heard that adage about deaths of notable persons seeming to go in groups of three, it was in a particular week in 1988, when the three celebrities that died were pop star Andy Gibb (who had only five days earlier reached the ripe old age of 30), porn star John “The Wad” […]
MET HIM FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedA lot of tributes have come through in the 40 hours or so since San Francisco baseball legend Willie Mays passed away Tuesday at age 93. He was arguably the greatest player in the game for the second half of the 20th Century, and probably in the top five greatest of all time. And my […]
MY WORST UK GIG EVER
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedAs I’ve said numerous times in the past, as a performer, the good gigs sort of fade into anonymity with a few of the excellent ones standing out, whereas that 1 or 2% of gigs that go terribly wrong are the ones that will remain forever. Why else would I commemorate a disastrous gig that […]
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- CAR CRASH — MY LAST AMERICAN CHRISTMAS December 19, 2024
- A DAY OF BLISS, THEN REALITY A WEEK LATER November 20, 2024
- AN UNUSUAL OFFER, BUT GLAD WE TURNED IT DOWN October 31, 2024
- WHY I NEVER DRINK IN THE MORNING October 1, 2024
- WORST COMICS I EVER WORKED WITH September 27, 2024
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