As Rocky Balboa said: “To me, it’s just Thursday”
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedSo he said to Adrian on their first date in the first “Rocky” movie, as they went out on Thanksgiving evening. Living in England, where the holiday is not recognized, I echo the…
Pro Sport Doesn’t Have the Monopoly on Racism
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedBack when I was first working in England, I was walking home from the tube station after midnight, and saw five black men walking in my direction. Having lived in L.A. for 20 years by this time, I i…
And I’m Back There In Two Weeks (Unless There’s Really a God)
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt wasn’t that the gig was a total disaster, though on Saturday it was headed in that direction. This has been a problem with many of the current Jongleurs comedy clubs situated…
I Support The Cause, but I’m Sitting Out This Sit-In
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was working in Basildon, Essex this past weekend, the site of an incident earlier this month involving the eviction of the “residents” of Dale Farm, mostly gypsies and othe…
UK Top 5 is All-American. Has that ever happened?
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn the 60’s it was pretty common for the US top 5 singles to be entirely British, and in one week in 1964, it was all Beatles. But I don’t recall there ever being such domination from the Yanks on UK’s singles charts…
Just A Test To See If The New Facebook Works
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedBachmann-Palin in 2012! Fox News features intelligent, non-biased reporting! The global economy is just fine!! OK, now that I got your attention, I…
Sick Humor at Ground Zero?
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedOne of my favorite anecdotes of the UK comedy scene is the one from late 2002 of an American having a bad time at a gig in London (not me, BTW, I ALWAYS do well!). A…
Been A While, But There They Are Again
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedHere they go again, San Francisco 49ers heading for their sixth trip to the Super Bowl, scoring the winning touchdown in the final quarter to win 28-24 after at one point t…
Time To Let It Go, Giants Fans
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haven’t written about baseball or The SF Giants for awhile, and was thinking about holding off on it for another week or so, especially in light of Michelle Bachmann making TWO, count ’em, 2 i…
Think I’ll Just Drop Out and Live in the Woods
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedAfter a lovely two-week jaunt to USA where I had fantastic gigs and got to hang with a lot of people I’ve known and loved forever, the reality of life as a human and functional c…
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