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July 2006
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Greetings:
Welcome to my tenth Newsletter! Yep, about a week or so late as usual!  I'll be taking a break from the comedy most of the summer.  I'll still do an occasional show here and there.  Check back to the website occasionally for updated schedules!

Most of the information here will also be available on my website. 

There will also be selected entries from my Blog, and updated show schedules.

 

 Joke of the Month:

A lawyer married a woman who had previously divorced ten husbands.

On their wedding night, she told her new husband, "Please be gentle, I'm still a virgin."

"What?" said the puzzled groom.

"How can that be if you've been married ten times?"

"Well, Husband #1 was a sales representative: he kept telling me how great it was going to be.

Husband #2 was in software services: he was never really sure how it was supposed to function, but he said he'd look into it and get back to me.

Husband #3 was from field services: he said everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn't get the system up.

Husband #4 was in telemarketing: even though he knew he had the order, he didn't know when he would be able to deliver.

Husband #5 was an engineer: he understood the basic process but wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method.

Husband #6 was from finance and administration: he thought he knew how, but he wasn't sure whether it was his job or not.

Husband #7 was in marketing: although he had a nice product, he was never sure how to position it.

Husband #8 was a psychologist: all he ever did was talk about it.

Husband #9 was a gynecologist: all he did was look at it.

Husband #10 was a stamp collector: all he ever did was... God! I miss him! But now that I've married you, I'm really excited!"

"Good," said the new husband, "but, why?"

"You're a lawyer. This time I know I'm gonna get screwed!"

From this blog entry.

My idea for a new collaboration.

How about a new duet. Matisyahu and Sean Paul.

It would definetly be a song that would be good to dance to. It could bring Jews and blacks, or hispanics. What is Sean Paul anyway? Paul is not really a name of Mexican decent.

It would bring the people of both cultures together as they will spend decades trying to dechipher the lyrics from their songs.

Keep your ears open for the first single, "Mumble, mumble something mumble what?"

 

Upcoming Summer Shows
(schedule subject to change, visit my website)

July
9 The Funky Frog Mentor, OH 440-209-FROG
15-22 Vacation! See you in the Dakotas!  

August
30   St. Ignace, MI  
31   Sault St. Marie, MI  
Sept. 1   Manistique, MI  

Recent Comics I've worked with:



NO, that is not me! That is Quinn Patterson.  He and I rocked the house in Findlay, OH!
Ralph Palmer, Dennis Piper, and myself in Parkersburg, WV.  A comedy club with a live tree in the building.
 

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On the Serious Tip:


This picture is what's left of a garage from a house 2 doors down. To get somewhat of an idea of how big this fire was you can see on the picture on the right the burnt out leaves from the tree.  There was a mini-van and a pick up truck in the garage.  To say the least it got quite intense when the gas tanks on them blew up.  I am still amazed that the firefighters were able to save the house.  The house took some damage, but the fact that the firefighters were able to save it and kept the fire from spreading to any of the neighboring houses is impressive.  My hats go off to the Akron, OH firefighters.

In case you are wondering that house you see on the right in the picture is currently vacant.  Yep, some a-holes stole the aluminum siding off of it.

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Movie Reviews:

Superman Returns

Like quite a few people I was quite anxious to see if this movie would live up to the hype.  One sign of a movie being a good movie is when it clocks in at just about 3 hours but you don't feel like you've been sitting through a three hour movie.  Brandon Routh did an excellent performance as the Man of Steel, but I think he did an even better performance as Clark Kent.  This movie was as much about Clark Kent as it was a Superman movie. Unlike the other Superman movies in this one you get more of a feel of who Clark Kent really is. 

I had did some reading where people were making some parallels between Jesus and Superman, as stupid as it may have sounded there are several lines in the movie that point out that parallel.

This movie has enough action for the men and kids and enough of a story line for the women.

My redommendation:

If you haven't seen this yet, go see it.  It's also an excellent date movie.

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