Me with Kevin Meaney, Cory Kahaney, and Freddy Roman. This was at a Friars golf and tennis thing they do. I beat all their asses at tennis, which wasn't hard because they were all 70, then performed in front of them that night. My opening line was "I read in Melvin Helitzer's "Comedy Writing Secrets" that the key to having a good comedy set is beating the audience at tennis right before you go on." TEPID response. I looked around -- not one other tall, skinny, smart-ass German guy in the room. This is the kind of picture that I've spent my career going out of my way NOT to get because I always figured if it ain't goin' on the famous guy's wall... Ah, well, ego's just too damn big. Could've had some keepers.
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