Bruce and Rickles, together TWICE

What makes life worth living? In my life, it's a story well told (within a few takes)... But I think my main joy in life has been striking up conversations with strangers in coffee shops. It's been my hobby for the past ten years, and has been fantastic entertainment. You wouldn't believe the fantastic stories I hear from intellectuals, doctors, bohemians, bums and business people-total strangers YET they say so much. They're a great source of entertainment and just because I am willing to strike up a conversation. They're almost as much entertainment as Larry David and Don Rickles... Speaking of Rickles, whadda great voice? Yeah, yeah, he's hilarious (I am a huge fan) but have you ever heard him tell a story when he's serious? Hear him talk in interviews on NPR. His voice has a warm texture, resonance and spirit. I even took notice of his speaking voice before the summer 2003-when Rickles actually called me on stage at The Sands in Las Vegas and proceeded to insult me. Then, in Sept. 2008, he randomly called me on stage AGAIN in my home town of St. Louis. As I was walking off stage, following his line of fire for the second time in my life in front of my home town, I whispered to him that he randomly had called me on stage five years prior... Then, when I returned to my seat, he announced to the audience that he has never called the same person on stage twice in two different cities in 55 years of live performances. Should I start playing the lottery? Many years ago, I said that one of ten experiences that I would like to have before being put in my casket is to be the butt of Don Rickles jokes. Can you believe that wish happened to me twice, with no kind of prompting? Frankly though, I think Rickles has such a keen sense of audiences and he probably is able to "key in" on the guy who seems to be enjoying him the most, and that's guy he calls up on stage to batter If a biography is ever written about Rickles I hope to tell the story in an audio book. Now, I just need to spend the day rolling around with Larry David. I think I would trump Larry in creating trouble some how, some way. You see, Larry David is me. Not in looks, but in temperament and personality. My girlfriend had been kicking me to try to create a reality show but I told her that the show was taken. She never believed me UNTIL she actually watched Curb Your Enthusiasm. She is still convinced Larry had been spying on me. Oh, Larry and I mean well but somehow, some way our intentions are always misunderstood. While it'd be fun to tell the Larry David story in a documentary or audio book, I would rather just hang out with him.

Right now, I gotta jump in studio to tell the stories of ten "St. Louisians, A Slice of Their Lives." I like these one minute anecdotes about native St. Louisians I narrate. You can hear one piece I narrated a couple of months ago on the woman who holds the World's Highest IQ, Marilyn Vos Sevant; I used the piece as one of my demos on www.brucehorlick.com in the broadcast section. I have had at least six people say to me, unsolicited, "Hey, I didn't know the Ask Marilyn lady was from here..."
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