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A bit more of folks asking questions and me answering… answers. This one was hard to keep short – it’s about 7 mins long. (Sorry)
I must be one of the “Good Guys”
After my stand-up show Jun.15, the fine folks of Calgary saw fit to honour me in their official “White Hat Ceremony” – which I believe makes me an official Calgarianiananite. It also allows me to shoot a gun into the air whenever I see fit (provided it’s celebratory and not out of anger.) And thanks Calgary – the show was a blast.
SPY & Rye
Graham Clark (bearded) and Dave Shumka (rooster tails) invited me to be the guest on another episode of their terrific podcast, known around the worldwide web as STOP PODCASTING YOURSELF (SPY). Look at us. Do we know how to have fun, or what?
***NOTE: No tamborines were harmed or played in the making of this podcast.
Brent & The King
At the Canucks Alumni Golf Fundraiser I got to meet some real legends – none more impressive than King Richard Brodeur, who stopped a TON of pucks on the way to the 1982 Stanley Cup Final.
Old Promo 1996
Check out this groovy old promo flyer from 1996. Before I wore my glasses onstage. (Such vanity!)
Hiccups Season 2
A lot of people have been asking me when Season 2 of “Hiccups” will be released on DVD or VOD or various other three-lettered methods of viewing shows electronically at your convenience. Many of these queries have come to me via Twitter, which often isn’t the best place to respond to a question, due to its limit of characters allowed. If I just said “Because, that’s why!” it would sound kind of glib and jerky. I’m certainly not above being glib and/or jerky, but the actual answer requires a bit more room for explanation. So here goes:
I – as content creator – do not control the distribution of the show. The distribution falls into the hands of a distributor. (…Now that I see those words in print, it makes a lot of sense.) So the distributor has the right to shop the show around and figure out where and how to sell the show. Netflix? DVD? Some other thing I haven’t heard of? It’s entirely up to them. Now, we had shot Season 2 of Hiccups without a distributor in place, and it was all done and broadcast before a deal was made. However, a deal has now been made with a distributor, and they have begun the process of deciding how they want to get those next thirteen episodes into your hot little hands. I suspect, from initial conversations, that it will be released in a number of ways – DVD being just one of them. That information will probably be forthcoming in the next couple months, and when it does, I will be Twittering the hell out of it. So keep your eyes and ears open. As we used to say back at assassin training camp, “Stay sharp and make good decisions!!!”
If you want to be the first to get that info (and other info) ahead of anyone else, you can always sign up for my email newsletter here on this site (one of those yellow links near the top of this page, at the right… it says “Join the Mailing List”… up & over there >>>). I’m not a crazy spam-bot type of guy, so I won’t be inundating you with a bunch of useless stuff. That’s what social media is for! I will only use the email for actual news. (And I’ll never share your email with anyone… ever… never… forever. Promise.)
Fondest of regardings,
– BB
Bob Newhart
In honour of the great Bob Newhart joining Twitter (@BobNewhart to follow him), here’s a picture of a magic moment in my life, when I got to go backstage and meet him after one of his shows. One of the true highlights of my career, and a true right of passage for any comic.
Old SaskTel Commercial
Check me out in this OLLLLLD TV commercial for SaskTel (pre-Corner Gas days).
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