Getting Ready for the Show -Trip to the West -Part 3
The venue was just two minutes from my hotel so I warmed up for my speech by watching Judge Judy for a few minutes, and I kept thinking about how weird it was.
A whole gathering waiting for me to show up to speak.
"You coming?" I asked my beautiful wife.
"I've had just about enough of you," she responded. "Go aggravate someone else for awhile."
We both laughed.
And it was weirder still when I got to the place.
The first people I met were already making requests.
"Please say you're going to give us the ladder story," the host said.
"That's Born to Run," I said. "I gotta' play that one."
And there were others that had seen me speak before.
And they introduced me as 'funny as hell.'
So.
A little pressure?
Nah!
All in a day's work! I was only worried about talking too long. There are plenty of stories.
The stage was an actual stage.
I would be able to prance around.
Microphone and all.
The crowd was ready.
I made them laugh about three seconds in...and went from there.
We had a ton of laughs.
One story after another and dead quiet when I was sending the message home.
The ladder story getting the huge laugh.
Leaving the stage was weird again.
People are a little unsure of walking up to you.
Would I be just as nuts when I'm standing there?
Weird.
My speaking voice was raspy...first long speech of the winter.
We gathered outside in the sun and I drank a couple bottle of water. They had served Buffalo wings.
Strange!
An hour later I was back at the hotel.
Judge Judy had shifted to a cop show.
Kathy was ready to head for dinner.
"How'd it go?" she asked.
"Horrible," I said.
"Idiot," she replied.
We headed out for steak.
We ate at a place called City Hall.
The waiter cleared our crumbs away after each course with a little tool.
It was really uncomfortable.
The place was way too nice for us.
But the porterhouse was outstanding and I had a big bowl of sauteed spinach.
"There was a guy in the audience who asked if I'd speak to his company back here next year."
"You said 'yes', right?"
"Why not?"
I cut my steak.
"You wanna' just pick it up and gnaw on the bone, don't you?" Kathy asked.
"More than you'll ever realize," I said.
On to Vegas!
A whole gathering waiting for me to show up to speak.
"You coming?" I asked my beautiful wife.
"I've had just about enough of you," she responded. "Go aggravate someone else for awhile."
We both laughed.
And it was weirder still when I got to the place.
The first people I met were already making requests.
"Please say you're going to give us the ladder story," the host said.
"That's Born to Run," I said. "I gotta' play that one."
And there were others that had seen me speak before.
And they introduced me as 'funny as hell.'
So.
A little pressure?
Nah!
All in a day's work! I was only worried about talking too long. There are plenty of stories.
The stage was an actual stage.
I would be able to prance around.
Microphone and all.
The crowd was ready.
I made them laugh about three seconds in...and went from there.
We had a ton of laughs.
One story after another and dead quiet when I was sending the message home.
The ladder story getting the huge laugh.
Leaving the stage was weird again.
People are a little unsure of walking up to you.
Would I be just as nuts when I'm standing there?
Weird.
My speaking voice was raspy...first long speech of the winter.
We gathered outside in the sun and I drank a couple bottle of water. They had served Buffalo wings.
Strange!
An hour later I was back at the hotel.
Judge Judy had shifted to a cop show.
Kathy was ready to head for dinner.
"How'd it go?" she asked.
"Horrible," I said.
"Idiot," she replied.
We headed out for steak.
We ate at a place called City Hall.
The waiter cleared our crumbs away after each course with a little tool.
It was really uncomfortable.
The place was way too nice for us.
But the porterhouse was outstanding and I had a big bowl of sauteed spinach.
"There was a guy in the audience who asked if I'd speak to his company back here next year."
"You said 'yes', right?"
"Why not?"
I cut my steak.
"You wanna' just pick it up and gnaw on the bone, don't you?" Kathy asked.
"More than you'll ever realize," I said.
On to Vegas!
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