There’s nothing quite like a business trip to exhaust you. There’s the driving, and the business, and the hotel with windows that don’t open, and the guys down the hall doing God knows what.
So, it was this weekend. Drove a grand total of 17 hours in just more than a day. It was enough to make me want to sleep for a week.
The only redeeming thing was what I got to come home to:
And, then, once I settled in, all the problems came rushing back:
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It was announced that one person won the recent $338 Powerball drawing.
That person was not me.
However, if it were me, suffice to say that my wife and I, along with our 19-month old son, Ivan would make good use of the money. In fact, Ivan and I sat down together and came up with what that would be:
1. Buy stuff
2. Buy more stuff
3. Move to a bigger, nicer home.
4. Buy some more stuff
5. Definitely hire a driver.
6. Sleep late (me)
7. Hire all the Sesame Street characters to come do a private show at our home (Ivan)
8. Spa day (my wife)
9. First class trip to Europe and then islands in the South Pacific (my wife and me, and Ivan, too, though he doesn’t know what Europe is just yet)
10. Never work again (all of us)
So, that’s our list. What would you do?
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People often ask me what my comedy material is about and where I find inspiration for my work. The answer is simple: from home. Nothing resonates more with people than stories about family.
So, thanks for coming along for the journey so far. And, if you want to see more — and we hope that you do — please come see me perform live this week. I have 2 big shows in Philadelphia and New York City. For information, click on the city name below:
I hope you’ll make it to one of these shows!
And, in the meantime, if you want to see how we beta-test the material, here’s how:
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Jan 24 at 8 pm at Atlanta’s Punchline: (280 Hilderbrand Drive) Tix available at: http://www.punchline.com/
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As we watched the Inauguration today, it struck me that it still is true in this country that you can be anything you want to be. Sometimes it seems like you can’t. Sometimes it seems like the rich get what they want and everyone else gets the shaft. But when you watch a Black man who was born into a financially modest family and raised by a single mom, take his second Oath of Office as President of the United States, somehow it just makes it seem like, “hey, maybe our dreams are possible too.”
So congrats to the President. And, to our son, I’ll continue to tell him to keep dreaming to be anything you want to be because anything still is possible.
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Atlanta, THE ATL — known for, among other things, the 1996 Summer Olympics; CNN; and the Atlanta Falcons. Now, of course, one of its biggest claims to fame may be as the backdrop/setting for The Real Housewives of Atlanta aka (NeNe Is Cashing In).
But, just when you thought the housewives had ATL all locked up for themselves, the Comedians at Law are hitting the scene. That’s right, on January 24 at 8 pm at Atlanta’s Punchline Comedy Club, the nation’s favorite troupe of lawyers-turned-comedian will take the stage and make you forget all the Housewives and their issues, if only for one night.
For information and tickets, please see: http://www.punchline.com/shows.asp?showdate=1%2F24%2F2013
And, if you want to catch the Comedians at Law elsewhere in the next month, you can see them as follows:
Jan 23 at 7:30 pm at Zanie’s Comedy Club (Nashville): http://zaniesnashville.laughstub.com/show.cfm?cart&id=217213
February 6 at 8 pm at Helium Comedy Club (Philadelphia): http://www.heliumcomedy.com/philadelphia/calendar.php?month=2&day=6&year=2013
February 10 at 8 pm at The Stand Comedy Club (New York): http://thestand.laughstub.com/show.cfm?id=222642&cart
Hope to see you at one of the shows:
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Our son Ivan is just 16-months old. He’s also one of the toughest bosses in the World. Think Donald Trump on steroids meets Genghis Khan. He doesn’t suffer fools, he brooks no quarter, and he doesn’t chew his cabbage twice. He is, in sum, demanding.
But, he is not unfair. So it is that from time-to-time, Ivan aka “The Client” will share his business philosophy with the World. Today was just such a day. He used the occasion of playing ball in the park to create a metaphor about playing ball in life. And, here’s what he had to say on what it means to play ball and why you should do it:
1. Playing ball means getting along with others. If you can’t play ball, you can’t work anywhere with other people. So, good luck being the keeper of the lamp at the lighthouse.
2. Playing ball will advance your career. If you can’t play ball, pray that you can hear really because you’re going to be listening to others from the bottom rung and the back of the pack.
3. Playing ball requires subtlety. If you can’t play ball, enjoy being known as “the guy without any filter.”
So, there you have it. Now “play ball!”
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As the fans and readers of this page know, my wife and I have a 16-month old son named Ivan. As they also know, my main role in life is being the foil to Ivan’s charismatic antics and the source of his material. For more on that, you can see his weekly newsletter for parents (like me) who need remedial assistance: NEWS FROM THE CRIB
But, when I’m not being the Abbott to Ivan’s Costello, I’m also a comedian in my own right. And, not just a comedian, a Comedian at Law – a member of an elite group of 4 lawyers who turned away from salary, benefits, respect of family and friends and leapt headlong into the world of comedy.
I know it’s sounds hard to believe, but it’s true. In addition to my own individual comedy work, I am, in actuality, a comedian who transitioned to my comedy career from my legal career and co-founded a group called Comedians at Law (www.comediansatlaw.com) which consists of 3 other lawyers-turned-comic and me.
We – the Comedians at Law – travel the country performing for packed houses of lawyers who need to relieve the stress of legal work and for their spouses and significant others who need to relieve the stress caused by being in a relationship with a lawyer.
In addition to our live performances, we also have a weekly podcast – which we call “PODCAST” (#CALPod on Twitter). It’s been growing in popularity since we launched it, and we’re very proud of it because it combines incisive analysis of the biggest legal stories of the day but leavened with a huge dollop of humor and laughs. We also have a great guest interview each week. Frankly, the PODCAST is just about the funniest and most entertaining thing you’ll ever hear (at least, according to my mother).
Truth is, the PODCAST is pretty funny and fun, and most importantly it’s available FOR FREE! So, we hope you’ll check it out.
It’s available on iTunes, where you can also spread some holiday cheer by rating the podcast (5-Stars would be extra holiday cheer!) and writing a nice review. So visit us on iTunes right now at: COMEDIANS AT LAW ON ITUNES
You can also find the podcast on Podomatic, where we’re poised to crack the top 10 of all comedy podcasts. You can help us climb the charts by becoming a follower. All it takes is to go to Podomatic, register, and follow: COMEDIANS AT LAW ON PODOMATIC.
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