The new season is about to start and we were invited to audition again, but Sharon Nash forgot to tell us when. We were’nt the only act to get invited and then never told when. Through my research into the matter, others have come forward with similiar stories and when I emailed Ms. Nash, I was told that I had no right to ask contestants for their stories. While I was in Cleveland this last weekend doing a TV show for the Akron Today Show, I recieved an invitation to go to New York to audition, so I appreciate their offer, though it was unfortunate to miss the Las Vegas audition where I live. Bernie was going to tell the world that, “Terry Fator is a fraud, he was lipsinking! Didn’t you see his Millie Vanillie puppet?” I had fun on the show, Bernie was pissed he didn’t get to sing, the AGT people said it was to hard to get the royalty permission for the music. He felt that they clipped his wings; being he’s such a warbler!
June 16, ‘07 Oscar and Bernie were seen on America’s Got Talent. We were flown down to LA by NBC and put up at the Universal Hotel in Burbank. It was an interesting flight because I got to talk to David Brenner. We were overheard by Buddy Hacket’s attorney and David said that Buddy gave him his first break in show biz. It was Buddy’s son, Sandy, who got us on the Gong Show and Sandy had given us our first stage time here in Vegas. NBC treated us great and had us sign contracts that stated we couldn’t talk about the show. We were not allowed to tell anybody anything, but to my surprise, NBC put acts not seen yet on tv, on You Tube. Did this give those acts an unfair advantage? We will see as the show goes on. Jerry Springer interviewed us before we were brought on stage. Jerry asked what we were there for and Bernie said the 3x’s. Jerry laughed and said, ”Get the camera on this guy, he wants the 3x’s!” I told him how we were gang-Gonged by Salt N’ Pepa on the Gong Show, and the 3x’s would be the comedy tri-fecta of our career. When we got on stage, first the judges interview you, and Piers did all the talking. Then to open our performance, Bernie said, “America, you got the bird!” The x’s were flying! Piers said, “That’s the most ridiculous ventriloquist act he ever saw!” I said, “Thank you!” What the tv audiance didn’t see was the banter between Piers and myself, when I tried to explain to him that our act is a parody on vetriloquism, he kept saying, “You’re moving your lips!” “So,” I said, “They don’t do that in England?” By the time my short interview was over, Piers had the crowd against anything I would have done. He was so rude to the “Mouth Banger”, she was in tears and they had her talk to a shrink after her performance, afraid she’ld jump or something. I had a great time anyways, not caught up in the hype that you’ll win a million dollars, and met a lot of wonderful people. They asked what I would do with a million and I said, “Keep it, I got x-wives that would fight over it and cost me $10,000 of my own money for the lawyers.” I wished they would have mentioned the name of the act. Next time I’ll have Bernie sing and I’ll grow a moustach, that way Piers won’t see lips that move!
Bernie and I just got back from Cleveland after working the week with two great guys, Mark Poolos and headliner Charlie Wiener. Charlie is well known in the Clev. area for over 30 years performing and it was a pleasure to work with him. Now that we are back in Vegas, come see us at the Fitzgearld’s Casino, working the crowds in front of the casino, and see the Larry G. Jones show. Larry’s show is kid friendly, music and singing, and lots of comedy. See You There!
Last night at the Venetian Hotel in the TAO night club in Las Vegas the audience was treated to Free booze and Pauly Shore’s new movie Natural Born Komics. It was raunchly funny as Pauly did parodys on Greta Van Sustren and the Punked show. The format was like a David Chapple show turned movie with Pauly’s standup act interspersed with sketch comedy. The mood of the room was good, filled with laughter and Pauly’s hospitality, at it’s best. We exchanged words about mutual friend Larry Scarano, and Bernie said how he knows Pauly’s mom, Mitzi, loves puppets!
December 3,06 was a reunion at Boomers in Vegas as Al Sharp came to town from Cleveland and hooked up with Oscar, Joe Wiley, and Brian Hoffman for a fun night. Al will be opening for Josh Blue, last years winner of Last Comic Standing at the Palace Theater in Lorain, Ohio. Boomers had a good turnout and cold beer. I’m sorry to report that Joe beat Oscar 3 times on the pool table, well twice, and Oscar scratched on the eight ball!
Hi Gang, did you catch the quick shot of Alonzo Bodden with Oscar and Bernie on the Tonight Show 10-17-06? Alonzo was Last Comic Standing winner on season 3. He interviewed Bernie, but as you can see, Bernie was totally censored. Alonzo asked Bernie what he had to say to Triumph the Insult Dog, and Bernie let it fly. He said, “Triumph is the coyote and I’m the road runner, I’ll fix his nut licking ass, that ball-breathed bastard!” Alonzo said to Bernie, “You can’t say that, you need to tone it down.” Bernie said, “OK, I’ll swoop and poop on you!” Alonzo sez to Oscar, “Your lips are moving!” Bernie sez, “America, don’t look behind the curtain, you’ll see his lips moving!”
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Hi gang, I went Sunday night at Boomers, in Vegas, with Brian Hoffman and it was fun. They had a good crowd and nice guys running the show. Mark can be reached at 702-523-1658 for stage time and they will give you 5-7 minutes and they don’t restrict freedom of speech. Boomers has a 1 drink minimum and is located at 3200 Sirius Ave. It is between Desert Inn and Sahara Ave. off of Valley View. Go have fun and read my book, “Sometimes…You Gotta’ Kickka’ Cab!” Thanks