Come out to Jon Lovitz Comedy Club this Friday night at 8pm. We have a great line up. It's going to be a hell of a night. Mention that you are there to see me and you'll get in free.
Next weekend I'll be at The Comedy Store in The Original Room.
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As my plane teetered into Salt Lake City's airport, I was greeted with a blanket of snow and an icy wind. I naviagated my way through the airport even though the signs were a bit confusing and headed to pick up my rental car. The lady from National was really sweet and we had a nice little conversation as she got me my car. The conversation was mostly centered around how apprehensive I was to drive in the snow again. I mentioned that I was really glad that this time I at least had a Chevy Malibu and it was a gentle snowfall as opposed to the last time I had to drive in the snow, when it was a blizzard and I was armed only with a KIA Rio...much better.
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The Monterey Pennisula is one of the places in California that I have most certainly looked forward to visiting. Especially since I missed a great opportunity to see it with my sister a few years back and she has never let me live it down (and rightfully so). So I was really excited when I learned that I would be flying in there and would get to spend some time in this lovely Utopian place, as it had seemingly been described to me.
However, what was going to be a two day stay in the Monterey/Salinas area wound up being a divided trip between Monterey/Salinas and Fresno. Now for those of you not incredibly familiar with California's geography, these two places are over three hours apart. So my trip to Monterey would again be altered. I didn't mind too much though, since it meant more work and that's always a good thing.
Always trying to be the optimist, I made it a point to make the most of my time there no matter how short it may be. So I enlisted the help of some friends that are familiar with the area to at least get a recommendation for lunch.
It seemed that Cannery Row was the place that I should head. It is a quaint little area right by the water with a number of shops and restaurants lining either side of the street until it ends at the Monterey Aquarium.
So after I picked up my Ford Fusion from Enterprise, I was off toward Cannery Row.
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I sign into my email and the email is from my Regional Manager at Monster and it's my flight information for my upcoming trip to a small, little town in the great state of Washington called Clarkston. Now I have no idea where Clarkston is, so naturally I have no idea what flight path I'm going to take to get there. The only airport I'm actually aware of in Washington is Seattle (I know, my knowledge of the geography of the American Northwest is lacking to say the least).
Now, I am fully aware that to anyone else, there would probably be no reason for elation or even slight excitement over this particular flight itinerary. I know that most people when they have there eyes scan this particular airports name from left to right would not feel the sudden joy that I did. However, this slightly dorky, big kid in an adult body was really happy to see it. The Looney Toons and Bugs Bunny fan deep inside of me erupted with utter jubilation at the reading of the destination city of Walla Walla, Washington.
There have been two cities that I have been excited to visit for Looney Toon related reasons. The first of course is Albuquerque, since we all know Bugs Bunny always says he should have made a left turn at Albuquerque. The second city is Walla Walla. For those who don't recall, it is because toward the end of a great Looney Tunes episode called Translyvania 6-5000 Bugs Bunny says it amidst a number of magical words. It is awesome.
So like very few other people, I was excited to head off to Walla Walla.
So I first realized that perhaps I go to Starbucks too much and drink too much coffee when they sent me a personalized gold card to use. Yeah, it's says a lot when you have a card with your name on it. I thought that was bad enough, a big enough statement of how much coffee I drink.
However, then I went into Starbucks the other day and I didn't even have to order. The girl just holds up a venti cup with my order already on it. It was very Cheers like, it was cool for them to remember, but also tells me maybe it's time for an intervention. Perhaps coffee anonymous meetings should be in my future.
Last night was another great show at the World Famous Ice House right down the road in Pasadena, one of my all time favorite places to perform. There was a great line up of comedians and a great crowd there ready to laugh. Thank you to all who came out. I'm still adding new shows but you can catch me around LA April 14th at the Pig N' Whistle in Hollywood and April 22nd at Malo in Los Angeles. My comedy hiatus is over. Good Times.
Insomnia is not just a bad Al Pacino movie from the late 90's. You would think with as much as I travel I wouldn't have trouble sleeping in hotel beds. Nonetheless, here I am in San Bernardino exhausted but staring at the cieling. It's the bright lights and bustle of this desert oasis. Who could sleep when I could hit up a TGI Friday's or Chili's and ring in my Thursday the proper way? Oh well, it's time to watch some old episodes of Scrubs. Good night...I hope so
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Today I board a flight to Walla Walla, WA. Where you say? Well I say, hell yeah Walla Walla.The Looney Toons fan in me is really excited. Don't remember where Bugs Bunny said it, then YouTube Transylvania 6-5000. You'll thank me for the trip back to childhood. In fact, maybe I should just Youtube it for you to save us both the time and give you the immense joy that accompanies a viewing.
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Here is the video that explains why I am so excited to go to a random place that I have only heard of one another time and that was when Willard Scott wished some lady her 104th birthday and it was brought to me by Smuckers. Do enjoy it, because it really will remind you why Looney Toons are so damn awesome!
A couple weeks ago, my work travels to me to Bakersfield which is a place that I actually travel to quite frequently. Quite different from the chaos of Los Angeles, Bakersfield is a more agricultural area and the people and the pace reflect that. Slower pace, solid, down to earth people, it's really a nice little place to get away from the craziness of LA for a little while. (if you can get passed the occasional fertilizer smell)
This trip was quite different than my previous sojourns into Kern Valley as far as my accommodations were concerned. This time I stayed in downtown Bakersfield. After making the long drive over the Grapevine and down the 99 with vegetation and farms lining the road most of the way, I came across my hotel, The Padre Hotel. What I saw was astonishing. It was an ultra-modern, recently renovated high end hotel, in the heart of Bakersfield. It was shocking, it a great way.
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