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JUST SAYING THANKS TO MICHIGAN
| Posted on April 15, 2015 at 12:34 AM |
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Hey
Michigan I just wanted to say thanks. Yep, just thanks! Haven't
gotten around in the decade or so I've been in the Midwest after
California to simply say thank you for being so accepting of my
comedy and wacky business I brought and continue to bring to the
table here in the mitt and the region. After
the Tonight Show and wanting to separate from LA for a while I landed
in MI, my gal (YohKoh) had family here and instinctively I felt being
close to Detroit might be a good thing to put fire to my idea of
beginning again with a comedy workshop; an idea that had began in the
80's. I wanted to help discover and coach qualified talents, call me
crazy, I'm used to it....and by the way, my first writer's camps and
meets for comics in '89 began right here in Michigan, so I had this karma
thing going on I felt. That's how I roll. The
dojo concept is an idea I had brought from one of my first stand up clubs D W
Eye in Cincy where we held weekly meetings to discuss comedy and help
each other with our writing and stage character etc. There were some
great comedy minds in those meets. People that have gone on to write
and create major TV series, write for talk shows, directors,
producers on and on. That goes back to '82... jeez I'm old. Anyway
I came to Michigan as a lone dog, no friends here to speak of, my
friends were in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Chicago and because of my
lifestyle of the past 35 yrs as a comic & writer, many
relationships were spread out throughout the entire country. Hell I
had more friends in Hawaii then the entire Wolverine state when I
first got here. If you were a friend of mine and we got together it
was more of a phone conversation or email than an actual meet. That's
what working artists do...or don't do I guess. We work, we don't hang out together. If you're doing too much hanging out and visiting with friends, you don't have a career you have a hobby. I'm
not to be felt sorry for though, I've never been the type to need to
be in one hometown always with the same homeboys and girls forever around. I
don't need that constant familiarity, some people do but not me.
Strangers bring out the best in me sometimes...and if you're going to be a successful artist, get use to strangers. Not
having a close knit group or team around me was not such a bad thing though
as I soon became acquainted with some great people through my work.
It didn't take long to realize Michigan is loaded with good people,
and talented ones as well. And
so I take a moment to say a simple thank you to Michigan artists and appreciators, that's it. You've made my visit a good one. Now
on to the next chapter. Call me. |