The Good. The Bad. The Funny.

• Lori Palminteri
• Uncategorized
• July 3, 2020

One of my pen-pals (yes, that’s plural, I have multiple pen-pals that I write to via email or by hand or sometimes via messenger pigeons or I just write poetry and put it in bottles and thrust it into the ocean hoping it might reach a soul mate) shared this quote from Bob Newhart:

“You know what’s strange, about comics?  If you ask someone about their most memorable night–ask a singer about a night she remembers, she’ll talk about the time she hit all the right notes in a packed house.  Or a dancer, they’ll tell you about the terrific leap they made that they’ve never been able to equal.  An actor will tell you about the time he got a standing ovation.  But if you ask a comic to tell you about the night they remember most, you’ll get a story about a night they died, just bombed, had the worst night of their life.  That’s how most of the comics I know think.”