I am on the red eye from NY after a whirlwind of the life of a stand up comedian. My plane has Wi-Fi but I am not able to log onto it, of course.
Since Ashley and I got married we’ve spent some family and friends time in Maui but I wanted to “go off the grid” for a real honeymoon so we headed to Shanghai. And by “real honeymoon” I mean an eye opening, romantic tour of a far off land paid for by Asia Uncut, the finest English speaking talk show allowed to be watched by a billion viewers. We shopped, and it is crowded there.
Ashley surprised me with the only quiet dinner for two to mark my 20th sober B-Day Dec 10. A private restaurant on top of a bell tower that seats 2 and has the view of Shanghai’s massive skyscrapers and 1000 year old castles that we’d seen on TV. Also, the best meal of my life and that’s a life of too many good meals. Twitter, Facebook and You Tube are illegal there but TMZ plays every night on HBO Asia. No wonder people pointed and laughed at me.
Last week, I was performing at The San Jose Improv but had my usual early Friday morning local radio to promote the show and it was San Francisco based so I got 4 hours of sleep instead of 5 (I also do a day or 2 of print and radio earlier from home). The traveling and interviews are always the hard part. The shows are awesome and after seeing the SJ Improv, a 110 year old theatre and seeing how happening San Jose really was I had second thoughts about staying on Nob Hill and the extra hour drive nightly (though it brought back a lot of great memories of the 5 months I lived there filming 9 Months). Also, this was a theatre with a comedy club name. A historical landmark where Charlie Chaplin and Harry Houdini worked the same stage. Everyone treated me incredibly well.
Then back to LA to see Ashley for a day. Although I did spend a few hours at Kimmel’s watching the new Trailer Park Boys film. I LOVE that show. It’s on Direct TV Channel 101. Off to NY for Jimmy Fallon. I love Jimmy. He’s as sweet and humble as he seems. Not just because he plays Sharon Stone and my son in the soon to be released (I hope) The Year of Getting to Know Us, but because he’s found the sweet spot for all of his many talents and then there’s The Roots. They are like having the whole E Street Band as your house band on a talk show.
Now I get to go home. Do my final rewrite for my NBC pilot (they have been unusually kind since they changed management after I signed my deal…that NEVER happens). Do a little work on Kid Pitch – the sports show I’m producing on and off screen for Fox starring 9 year olds. Yes, Larry King’s sons are involved but I swear I had no idea who they were when I cast them. In fact, his son Chance is more talented than Larry and I combined. And best of all I get a real Christmas with Ashley at home. Even went to Target and got a tree and stockings. I’m looking forward to that more than True Lies 2…almost.
Happy Holidays and count your blessings. Your kind feedback has been some of my favorites in a year of big ones. I love you.
