sick as the proverbial dog

steve martin in his book, BORN STANDING UP, tells a story about how he did an important gig and afterwards got deathly ill and went on to wonder just how many times that happens to performers; getting sick after an important gig when their body defenses which had been on high alert come down. it just happened to me: i headlined the trop here and had quite a few family and friends in to see me and though i felt like i might be coming down with something i had some just great shows. monday night through this evening i have been sicker than i have been in years. just fucking horrible. it broke about an hour ago. goodness.

i also have had times when i was sick as the proverbial dog before a show and performed myself well. i have had other comics tell me of similar experiences. my own opinion of that is: when we are on stage we are our fullest self and that self is a healthy self and that overcomes whatever illness we may have brought with us onto the stage. that may sound weird but i think that is what happens.

but anyway, i was sick but am not now.

bookings for this coming year are coming right along; i now have gigs through june. during basketball season i am not working all that much so i can follow the rebels and watch the mountain west conference tournament which is held here in las vegas. so far i have bookings for two weeks in houston, 4 casinos in california, indy crackers, sarasota, mrytle beach, hilton head, dallas, fort worth, arlington and of course, vegas and atlantic city. i will post them in the next week or so.

i may have over rated the unlv basketball team....we shall see.