The Curse of Empty Promises
A friend of mine, Shawn Rapier, told me a sobering story recently. An old friend reached out 2 months ago and invited him to her wedding. It was 3 days away, and being out of town, he couldn’t make it. Instead, Shawn said, “Let’s do this – How about I get a few of […]
The Promise That Is Jerry Lewis
9 Decades of laughs. How is it even possible? Jerry Lewis’ passing this weekend left me reeling and unable to process the influence this man made on my career. Jerry is the reason I, as a physical, visual act, have a career. Without him, my kind of comedy never becomes cool, guys from Red Skelton […]
The Promise to Stand for Something
Celebrities, Entertainers, Hollywood types and Athletes who offer their opinions on political matters are highly criticized and often told to keep their mouths shut. I am not on their level of celebrity or knowledge, and don’t claim to comprehend enough about politics to make any real difference on that end, and am simply one small […]
The Promise of Staying Positive
Over the past few weeks I can easily say more has gone wrong than right on our RV trek across America. The challenge is when you set your expectations so high, and hope every idea will turn out, and then reality happens. The thing I have to keep saying to myself is to stay positive. […]
The RV Trip Promise
Kids are sleeping. It’s 2 AM here in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and my mind will not shut off. Two years ago, after we as a family made a very big decision and purchased a Class C 32 ft. Winnebago motorhome to cross the USA in 4 weeks, I promised the kids that […]
Have You Heard of VidAngel?
The other night our family snuggled in for a chance to watch something fun on NETFLIX. As we scrolled through the options, our kids had seen a majority of the limited “Family Movies” section, even multiple times, so we went in search of something new and fun to watch together. After scrolling and previewing […]
The Promise of Compliments
How often do you give others a compliment? There is no quicker way to engage someone, a complete stranger, and gain a fast friend, than to offer a sincere compliment. I hope you enjoy this video with my humorous examples of giving compliments to random strangers and how it made their day better and makes […]
Happy Mothers Day
Dear Mother ~ You gave birth to me. Loved me before anyone else. Know me from inside. I am a part of you. Thank you for life. Thank you for late nights, sleepily feeding and caring for me, school projects and mending my broken heart. Thank you for mentoring when they said I was different […]
Gotta Hand it to United
A few weeks ago I posted a blog called, “The Promise United Never Made”. Wow did that stir up some strong feelings from the opposers, critics, and posers out there! Haha. My whole point was simply that United Airlines only had it as a GOAL to make the customer experience be positive, that they never […]
A Promise to Self: The One
Tonight a beautiful woman approached me and said, “I’ll never forget the time I heard you speak, it was life-changing.” I thanked her and asked when she’d heard me speak. “It was at Canyon Crest Elementary School when I was in 6th Grade”. I scratched the gray in my beard, grabbed my cane, and […]