The photo above is of me at a party a few years ago flanked by two great comic actors — Ken Berry on the left, Larry Storch on the right. They've done lots of great things individually and one great thing together — a TV series called F Troop.
In the next week or three, I hope to get around to a series of posts about MeTV, a cable channel named after my life and featuring shows I watched while I was growing up as much as I ever grew up. Some of them, I look at now and wonder what it was I ever found of merit in them. Have you tried watching Petticoat Junction lately? Good heavens. But some shows hold up great and F Troop is/was one of them.
Larry Storch is also a stand-up comedian and impressionist of great reknown. Back in the fifties, he was the guy all the singing superstars wanted as their opening act…and at age 90, he's still at it. Last Thursday in New York, he appeared at Standup NY, a club on W. 78th St. Amazingly, he was not the oldest comedian on the bill. Professor Irwin Corey, who's closing in on 100, was.
Then on September 11 here in Hollywood, Mr. Storch is doing what is being billed thusly…
Comedy Legend Larry Storch makes his final Los Angeles stand-up comedy appearance back where it all began 60 years ago. Before it was The Comedy Store, it was the fabled Ciro's nightclub. This stage was the spot where Larry Storch made his first professional comedy appearance after serving in World War II. Larry returns one more time, with the help of some very special guests, to say good-bye to L.A.!
And one of those special guests will, I'm told, be Ken Berry. Tickets are on sale here and I already have two of them. Thanks to my pal Jeff Abraham for letting me know about an evening I sure don't want to miss.