I had the opportunity to see Group-B last Thursday evening which from the start had my inner fan boy all atwitter with a video of the king of cameos Marvel Comic’s Stan Lee welcoming you to the festival and admonishing the audience to shut off their cell phones, texting and no photography culminating with his signature line; Excelsior!
Author: Steven Schwartz
Steve is the eldest member of the Intellexual family. A transplant from NJ , Steve has been a long time friend and adpted family member of the Dawson-Davis-Davis-clan. Steve is also a filmmaker and a fledgling comedy writer, stand-up comedian and has been working on a documentary about a junior cavalry organization from his youth. Steve currently works for DirecTV.
Waxing poetic…
Many of my female friends have told me…come to think of it all my male friends as well, that I have the ugliest back and shoulder hair on the planet. I never gave it much thought. Yeah, it’s unsightly, but I can’t reach my back and I didn’t want to go through the pain and cost of having it done. Fast forward to yesterday.
Balut, Sweat and Tears!
So far 2014 has become the year of firsts for me. First time getting a passport. First time traveling outside the country. First time going through customs, the first time setting foot on foreign soil, first time getting a mani-pedi, (clear polish if you were going to ask) And, first time eating balut.
24 Hours to Go…
In my 48 years I have traveled to different parts of the United States. Most recently, to Florida for a wedding of two friends from high school. A first for me. I had never been to Florida, but I have never left the country nor have I ever needed to get a passport. Another first.
Birds and Blood Sugar in the Bay Area
This past week I had taken my brother and my father to San Francisco for a couple of days to visit with my aunts. I say my aunts because I consider my aunt Elaine’s partner, Rhoberta of approximately 40 years, as family.
Silly Old Ant
What makes a person funny? Is it the way they tell a story? Their intelligence? Can people be taught to be funny? My answer is no. I have known very funny people in my life and there are some people who are just not funny, period.
12 Down 76 to Go
As many of you may or may not know, I have been trying, for quite some time now, to become a writer for television. I have written a couple of spec scripts for the CBS comedy, The Big Bang Theory.