Last Saturday

I should have mentioned that I found that Steve Allen Show on the website of Kliph Nesteroff, your go-to guy for interviews and artifacts of great comedians…but more importantly of obscure comedians. You can find lots of fun things to read and watch over on Kliph's site.

I lunched this past Saturday with Kliph and superstar publicist Jeff Abraham. Nowhere in the world that day was there a table full of guys exchanging more trivial info and anecdotes about funnymen of days gone by. I was telling Arnold Stang stories, for God's sake. Anyway, we had this important summit meeting at the only appropriate place to talk about old, mostly-Jewish comedians — Canter's Delicatessen, a place where the food practically talks to you. The corned beef says, "Come…feast on me." The bagels wonder, "Wouldn't I taste good toasted?" Why, even the chopped liver asks, "What am I? Chopped Liver?"

Then I scurried over to a recording studio a few miles away where one of my favorite musical groups, Big Daddy, is slaving away on a new CD. You may remember me badgering you last September to pledge to a Kickstarter for them and you may recall the festive mood when, in no small part to many of you, they achieved and even exceeded their goal amount. They're working on that new CD and what I heard sounded terrific to me. They say they're on schedule to have it out whenever they said they were going to have it out and I can't wait. They're also talking about performing live again and I'll keep you posted as to if they do and where you can buy tickets after I do. Great stuff.