Funny Like A Clown

When you reach the top at your dream you never work a day in your life when you work hard pay your dues and everything you touch starts to turn to gold its an amazing feeling, however when you reach the top there's only one way left to go and that's down as everyone behind you is trying to knock you off the peak so they can sit there.

It takes years to learn the craft of comedy and become a veteran comic hoping for that one big shot and hoping you don't blow it, others are in the right place right time gain instant success almost seemingly over night and never look back. Join us for a look at a comic who would catch that lightning not once but twice at the same time and leave behind a legacy.

The real life funny stuff is better than anything you could make up a rule of comedy be true to yourself talk about what you know. Join us for a look at a comic who would use his Italian heritage to gain an Italian audience that would launch him to legendary status.

If you wanted to write a text book way of becoming a comic this guy could write it, turning small breaks in to big ones staying relevant and in the game he would earn a cult following and the admiration of his peers being the comics comic, in the end he could say as Sinatra did '' I did my my way''

Creating a signature routine something your identified with join us for a look at a comic whose lack of an on stage partner would force him to be creative different and remembered in n industry where the fans are everything the next level of compliment is being respected by your peers and he would leave a legacy of just that

From watching tv with mom and dad gaining a love for acting to a college course then to the lights of Hollywood join us for a look at an actress whose Massachusetts roots would return her home to pursue her career having fun along the way and a renewed excitement to shoot for the next level.

From an unusual way of starting comedy to pounding the club circuit finding a role that would define him launch a 23 year career as the character break records and leave behind a legacy.

From a high school project inspiration to a college degree to starting his own local production company. Join us for a look at a Director writer actor producer whose passion for film would lead to a network of people with similar interests to a 10 year long film collection that would gain him recognition in the industry.

Blue comedy working dirty and telling dirty jokes, Black comedy shocking an audience touching taboo subjects that are supposed to be taken seriously and joking abut them Join us for a look at a comic whose dark humor and on stage persona would get him noticed and remembered land him an iconic role and give him one of the most distinctive voices in the business.

From making people laugh at a young age to finding your place in the business, developing who you are how to get remembered your catch phrase your signature routine in the business its known as finding your voice, join us for a look at a comic whose signature voice and style would keep him working in the game long after those that were ahead of him had faded.

To have a recognizable routine in comedy, what's your closer your signature routine everyone remember you for. To have one of the top ones and most recognizable of all time will gain you recognition from your peers, the oh I wish I thought if that one moment.

A quick climb to the top, having success in a short amount of time other comics work decades to achieve being at the top of your game but none of it being able to overcome the disease called mental illness. Anther great gone before his time and the world left with the question what would he have gone on to do?

What made you be a comedian? I was borne with it, its in my blood. Join us for a look at a comic who would survive the streets when young using street performing for pennies to launch a comedic career that would see him work with the legends of the game before it was all said and done.

A look at a comic whose street roots and family life would become a comedy routine and turn his life around being notice by BET television he would launch a successful comedy career from radio to tv to movies and enter political comedy working so hard at his career exhaustion would be the only thing to slow him from pursuing his craft

Creative freedom, what you want to do as opposed to what the industry wants you to do. When your a veteran comic you make the rules if your a up and coming comic your told the rules but sometimes breaking them can make you more popular than playing by them, will it launch you to stardom or end your career do you dare take the risk?

When you do what you love to do why take a vacation, when your so good at what you do your called a master. Join us for a look at a comic who would be labeled King of the one liners whose rapid fire one line joke telling would turn him in to a legend but like any legend would never forget where he came from and put the people who put him there first.

From being a fan to actively pursuing that passion join us for a look at a comedian fan whose passion would lead him to create a web site about the comic. Bringing fans together i an era before social media he would see to it the legend would live on after his passing through the fans stories and pictures.

From radio to comedy to author join us for a look at an almost 50 year career in show business, from sleeping in dives to headlining at top resorts in Atlantic City and Las Vegas and all the stories in between making a home in Boston he would be admired by generations of comics.

Paying your dues in comedy for every success story there is a price paid from sleeping in your car to couch surfing then eventually ending up in Beverly Hills hotels join us for a look at an original Texas Outlaw of comedy's journey to LA and the stories of working with the legends to working for a television network to sharing his stories through a character in an audio book series.

When you see something that strikes you as funny and instantly make a joke about it, observational humor, Join us for a look at a comic that would pioneer making it in to an art form. His Journey on the talk show circuit to becoming one of the top comedic performers of the time fulfilling his dream, and the one thing he would leave it all behind for that was more important to him FAMILY!

The highs and lows of comedy staying relevant never disappearing in a game few win, when you started in the 70's and are still going in 2021 you survived the sinking ship while gaining main stream notoriety he never hit the top but never left and stayed memorable.

A unique conversation on how minds are made up and minds are changed in a situation everyone thought was over, taken by surprise the highest court has overturned his conviction and he walks a free man. Only 2 people actually know the truth of that night Cosby and his accuser , weather you believe in his guilt or innocence weather your male or female if you put yourself in to bad situations bad thi...

From Boston to LA to New York in a time where comedy was only a big city thing and making it meant selling the tv couch and sleeping in your car join us for a look at a comic whose musical background would give him a window to pursue laughs and being in the right place at the right time theory would land him working with the greats come hear the stories.

From the Legendary days of Boston comedy at the Ding Ho Chinese restaurant to some of the most legendary stops in comedy HBO CNN MSNBC PBS THE TONIGHT SHOW LATE NIGHT 60 MINUETS among many others and coming full circle putting the band back together for the 40th reunion show of the Ding Ho and its replay listen to the stories of legend.

With over 40 years in the comedy business join us as we hear the wealth of comedy knowledge from one of the original Texas Outlaw comics, running with the likes of Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison and later a national television appearance on Americas Got Talent the stories are a plenty and we got them.