Laughlin Run comedy

Just back from touring. MIke and I started out in San Diego at the Casino Pauma. Next we headed for the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin Nevada. Wow, it was biker week, and it was amazing. A million motorcycles roaring around town. It was hot and sunny on the river. The showroom was very nice in the hotel. We wondered what the crowds would be like considering it was 99 percent bikers. It turned out the crowds were fantastic. Everyone was very friendly, and the audiences for the shows were great ! We had a great time.

April 21,2010

Hello everyone,
alot going on,, Tomorrow head out on the road for a week opening for the man, New Jerseys Bad Boy, Mike Marino. First we head out to Casino Pauma near San Diego. Then on the road to Laughlin, the Edgewater Casino. This should be a wild time, it is biker week. I miss doing the podcast,but it was such a hassle trying to get it to play on the site, so it was user friendly. I am going to give it another try, using my blog section to host the weekly podcast. So back in the home studio in a few minutes, and then try my hand at some technical challenges to post it on the blog. Wish me luck, hopefully I will have on posted today..

Podcasting and other things

H.ey,,
It's a beautiful day here in Southern California !,, why do I like to rub it in to my counterparts back east !,, I don't know,,. It keeps my mind off the gangs, drugs, killings, car jacking, inmate releases, homeless, and bad air.. Ahh that is why.. Oh my god, or OMG,, this podcast,,, having trouble, switching hosting again. Just trying to get it to stream, not my thing,, my podcast !,, so you click on it and hear it,, that is the idea.. We are working on it, the whole team. Keep checking the Calendar, we have some upcoming dates. April 22-25, opening for Mike again, this time in Laughlin. This should be fun. Also just added, a charity show, 999 for kids, for the department. May 20, Universal Citywalk, the Rhumba Room. It should be a great time. We have Erik Estrada from CHIPS fame as our MC. OK, time to go work on the podcast, let me get my overalls on and get under the hood of this macbook.

Hey 2010

Seriously,
I mean, I could us an excuse, and say I do a weekly podcast everyweek, there is no reason to do the written blog anymore. But the button is still on the web site, and to tell you the truth, sometimes I need it. Apparently not that often. It is hard for me to believe that my last written blog was in 2009. And I have not updated my web site, because, the shows I have booked are a way out, and I have several irons in the fire.. No excuse. I will get the sit updated pronto. The last time I submitted to this written blog, I had read and was inspired by an autobiography for George Carlin. Since then, I have read a book on the life of Chevy Chase, and am not on to a book about, and by Howie Mandell. Let me remind you ofcourse that I am still working my full time police job, along with my comedy career. I have to somewhat pay attention to my duties at the police job, anytime you might get killed, or have to kill, you should pay attention. I prefer nowadays to kill on stage, but there still is the matter of bills, and travel. Oh and food. I am still at writing and creating, and figuring out what my actual point of view and comedy voice is. I have inked the deal to return to my hometown Caledonia, NY, and do a second show for my fallen classmates, the Totsie Cook, Dan Coyle Scholarship. I am very happy, that we are going to be at Jones Hall, a much bigger venue, and that Mike Marino has agreed to do the show again, and at greatly reduced fee. Mike agreed to do a second show with me the Friday night before, so I am waiting for the contract to be signed for the Hochstein Music Academy in Rochester. This is a great venue, it is like a mini carnegie Hall. Theres no drinking, it is a theatre, and they have never had a comedy show event. This will be a great place for the Cop and the Con to debut in the city of Rochester NY. It is still a risk financially, in this kind of gig, as the producer, I have to rent the place, arrange for spot light, sound and black curtain, which they after they get cash. I have to secure a million dollar insurance policy, and then just sell tickets from 3,000 miles. Thats ok, I am dedicating a substantial budget to advertising this show, and am going to expect the best. Theres only one other real comedy club in Rochester, and it's in Webster. So with Mike Marino as the headliner, this show will sell out.

Getting ready for 2010

Wow,, Laura Mallory really did a tremendous job with the homepage of the web site !,
What a year, as I look back, I didn't realize how much we got done this past year !, I say we, because it takes a team, and I definately think I have a great team getting built for this comedy machine, that will be up and 100% running in 2010. Laura Mallory with the Woven Web, awesome!!. Go to the wovenweb.com and check it out.
New York was really inspiring, hopefully if you can , you have listened to the podcast and got all the details. The biogrophy of George Carlin really got me going, and thinking, big time ! By June this next year, I know I will have a whole new routine, that may take a whole different direction. It is going to be great. Making big plans for 2010. Happy Holidays !!

Live With Passion

I didn't know what to title this blog, so I decided to put in a "Tony Robbins" tag line. Why not. Well after a week in Reno, my first gig, for a week straight, 8 shows in six days, opening for Mike Marino !, it's time to put in a blog. I am going to still do the blog, even though I do the weekly podcast. I am pretty sure some people don't access the podcast, although all you have to do is click and listen. Bill Burr who does his weekly Monday Morning Podcast, doesnt do a blog any more, although he hasn't updated his web site yet, taking off the blog, since his last post was about a year ago. Believe it or not, after our week in Reno, Mike Marino went back to New Jersey for 3 or 4 days, then he flew back to California to do one show with me, a corporate show in San Luis Obispo Ca. It was great, right on the beach! The place was called appropriately enough, "Cliff's" resort. It's not mine, but so what, it's bears my name, so I'm glad it was top of the line posh. The show went great, it was a show for, Joint Regional Intelligence for Law Enforcement and Terrorism. It was a great group ! Awesome pay, awesome accommodations. Up next, an 8 minute set at the Ice House for Comedy Time Tv, and then were off to New York City, Manhattan during Christmas is awesome !! Thats all for now, keep checking out the weekly podcast if you haven't already.

What a Summer

Hi everyone !, with a weekly podcast I'm not sure if doing a blog also is necessary, or good or bad. It's on the web site, so I can't see it sitting there with an old date on it.  This summer was something fantastic.  Going back to the summer place for a wonderful week, with the Wife, Kids, parents, was perfect, just too short.  But we had to set off for Spain, it was a great two weeks, but we were definately ready for home.  The Comedy Benefit shows, specifically my homecoming show, turned out perfect.  After planning these shows for over eight months, there was a lot to coordinate, and keep track of.  It was a very emotional and rewarding trip.  Seeing so many friends and family.  Many friends I hadn't seen for 30 years.  Raising money for my fallen classmates was great, and very sad to reflect on them being taken so young.  So many of the hometown folks came together, to raise money in their honor.  It was really special to be able to have Mike Marino headline the shows !,, he was unbelievably terrific, as expected !!  We have to do it again next year, and what a great problem we have, in needing a bigger venue, we had to stop marketing the Caledonia show and turn people away.. I can't stop thanking enough my Caledonia people who came through for the show.  Loree Harrington, Bob Blair, Jim Guillen, everyone at the Caledonia Country Club, you all were awesome !. Back to rehearsing and writing for my week in Reno, at the Silver Legacy Casino, opening for Mike Marino.