Joan and I talked many times about her signature, seal-like, long-armed clap when she entered or exited the stage.   As you may have read in my very first Huffington Post piece, I hate hate hate when performers tell the audience to give themselves a round...

    I left my apartment to check on my laundry down the hall. I hate doing laundry and I usually send it out. I don't have a lot of money to burn, but it’s the one thing I do for myself.     Some people think laundry soothing or...

Today I was walking next to an African-American woman, probably mid 50's. She was holding a 99 cent store bag of groceries and an old umbrella to shield her from the 94 degree sun. Although it seemed she did not have a lot of money,...

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My older sister is a lawyer, wife, mother, board member on the City Council, the Celiac Organization and the Special Olympics.  I tell jokes and play with dolls. More specifically, I am a 23 year comedy act.

 

Our phone calls usually go something like this.

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 (*) Definitions   I am sitting in my nephew’s bar-mitzvah when my brother Kenny leans in and asks why the Rabbi has his tallis *(tälis| a fringed shawl traditionally worn by Jewish men at prayer) over his head. I replied, “Well, when the Rabbi comes out of the tallis, he sees his shadow and there are four more hours of the service.”