Vote Joe! Monoblog 2009 - The Second Week
May 25, 2009
I may be biased here, but I believe our show achieved some sort of landmark tonight. Richard Pryor, our third guest, came out of retirement to perform his first new stand-up routine in over 23 years-- a hilarious five minute bit about the differences between white people with muscular dystrophy and black people with muscular dystrophy. I know I've said it before, but this has got to be the sweetest gig in the world!
May 26, 2009
This morning I was a guest on Regis & Mary Kate & Ashley. Seconds before I was to go out on stage, I dribbled coffee on my shirt. So I had to sit through the interview with a large brown stain on my chest. I was able to make a couple of jokes about it, but I felt pretty silly. Shit.
May 27, 2009
Allison Marveer is one cute lady and a great guest. She said during the break that she's probably done with "Progress, Not Perfection" after one more season. What an unlikely success. A series set entirely in the workplace of a company that refurbishes laserprinters....it goes to show that you can put great characters anywhere and they will make anything interesting. I like that they take chances and explore a bit of the dark underbelly of capitalism, although some of it seems far fetched at times. I told Allison that and she said, "I get that a lot".
May 28, 2009
A couple of months ago I put all of my money into pork futures. Now the bottom has fallen out of the market, and my retirement savings are all but gone. Shit.
May 29, 2009
Was back in Richland Center to be the grand marshal for the homecoming parade. It was predictably weird to give a pep rally speech to my old high school but I think the kids liked it. A few of them were familiar with my pants-dropping days and were screaming for me to do it but I withstood the temptation and passed. Rode around during the parade on the back of a local dentist's 70's Stingray Corvette and waved like a madman. The game that night was fun, they beat River Valley and I wore the Hornet mascot costume for the second half, I tipped them off that it was me though when I finally broke down and feigned dropping my tights at midfield. The kids ate it up. I think the football coach even thought it was funny. Had a good nights sleep at the White House Lodge, snuck back behind the bar and stole a bottle of booze after breakfast and then it was back to NY.
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