Halloween in LA….so hard to tell

November 30, 2006 Tuesday

Several weeks before halloween I entered a recording studio and noticed the receptionist was wearing a tiara, clearly the tiara had nothing to do with the upcoming holiday. I wasn’t sure whether to bow or curtsy so I simply announced that I was there for a job, had no tiara but was interested in working regardless. as the holiday approached it didn’t surprise me to see her dressed as a space alien a FULL WEEK before halloween. it reminded me of the joke I equate with how to succeed in LA:

cow 1: I’m worried about mad cow disease
cow 2: I’m not
cow 1: why?
cow 2: because…I’m a helicopter!

I believe the secret to success in LA is to truly believe you are a helicopter, the rest will follow.

I helped a friend give out candy on halloween and made the following faus pas*:

mistook a little girl with an afro for Angela Davis, asked two tiny asian boys dressed in Harvard sweatshirts if they’d do my taxes next year, inadvertantly blurted out to several 12 year olds “oh my God…it’s halloween gone wild” (my natural response to the fact that they were dressed like Paris Hilton). it was an interesting evening, perhaps the most frightening moment not from a goblin or witch but when a lit pumpkin got too close to Rob the neighbor who was so drunk he was flamable.

in other news…the show with Shorty Brown was a great success so if you are reading this in LA, come to the next show on Nov 30th!

dailycomedy.com has listed me as a “guest comic” on their site so go there and see what funny things I’ve written, won’t you?

I am off to do a show where I will be illustrating the “feel good” nature of LA by displaying a toilet seat cover pack I recently took from a restroom with the words “AWESOME toilet seat cover” written on it.

* I am unclear as to how pluralize faux pas