I came to my Comedy Central gig “Indecision ’92” to make it in the big city having no idea how groundbreaking it would be. No love affair could be more forceful than how hard I fell for NYC. (Though there is the matter of meeting dear Alex, that came later). So there was something in… Continue reading A First Real-Life Love Affair
After graduating from UNC, I was seriously trying to make it in TV when life threw comedy at me instead. Dad had a friend in the business in California. But I planned to move to NYC, where we knew no one. There was one caveat to my plan: I needed a job first. Seriously? So… Continue reading Life Laughs; Try To Keep A Straight Face
Last year I figured if I had to turn 50 and have a mid-life crisis, I better have fun doing it. So I went where I hadn’t gone before–to the stage. And the girls restored peace into my world again. Name another way that a mid-life mama could sing and dance and draw attention to… Continue reading Crisis Interrupted; Harmony Restored
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