Well, dear readers, the second day at the show was much better than the first. By that I mean instead of being empty there were several hundred people roaming the room. Still a disaster any way you look at it, but I ended up selling a decent amount of books and DVDs, and making a connection with a teacher here, who is going to have her class read my book then have me up to speak (and speak to a conference of teachers as well – maybe Benjamin Kritzer will become a hit with the students in Las Vegas), so that will be fun. My two favorite people who came by the table were Lillian and Blanche, two classic elderly Vegas ladies formerly from New Jersey. They even bought a book. Lillian said, “We used to be with it, Blanche and me, but they changed ‘with it’ and now we’re not ‘with it’ anymore.” I suggested they write sitcoms. In any case, it was nice to catch up with Rita McKenzie, and spend some time chatting with Jamie Farr, who is a very nice chap. We also spent quite a bit of time chatting with the person who was at the next table, the gal who played Cissy on Family Affair. So, we had the TV Cissy, and Cissy Wechter right next to each other. Afterwards, we came back to the hotel, where David joined us. We ate dinner and then did a spot of gambling. David and I played craps whilst Cissy played her poker slots. Cissy didn’t do so well last night. David and I pooled our dough, and then he played while I cheered him on with our usual sayings – whenever we won, I said, “My boy, I am so jiggy with that” or, “That’s what I’m talkin’ about.” People at the table were looking at us with expressions you can only find in Vegas. None of the tables felt good to us, and we kept changing tables every few minutes. After an hour, we were up seventeen dollars. We took a break, then found a craps table in the new wing of the hotel, and we tried that. That was the table, and we did quite well there. We played about forty-five minutes and we each ended up winning about a hundred bucks.
My, that was an endless paragraph. I heard it rained on Friday in Los Angeles. I’m sorry to have missed it because I do love September in the Rain by Frank Sinatra. Well, why don’t we all just click on that Unseemly Button below before I write another endless paragraph, in which case I would have to title these notes How Long Was My Paragraph.
Well, I’ll be heading back to LA shortly. I want everyone to send their good vibes, or at the very least their good xylophones, that we won’t have any unseemly traffic on the way home. Don’t forget now – we need the Hainsies/Kimlets good vibes wending our way, and we need it en masse.
A very busy week coming up, and then I begin work on the new TV show. I haven’t mentioned it yet, but I will now, I shall be in New York, New York on October 5th for four count them four days. So, I do hope to see some of our East Coast Hainsies/Kimlets whilst I am there. We’re doing some casting for the New York version of our Tourette Syndrome benefit, and we’re checking out the theater, the Danny Kaye Playhouse, too. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Well, dear readers, I must get ready to leave, I must eat a cinnamon bun, I must take a final tour around the casino, and then I must settle in for the four hour drive. Don’t forget your good vibes now. And don’t not check out the Jennifer Piech interview, which is, as I’ve already mentioned, a delight. And don’t forget Donald’s brand spanking new radio show which will be up at some point later today. Today, of course, is free-for-all day, the day in which any topic of discussion is fair game and your choice. So, let’s all take part, let’s get a good thing going, let’s face the music and dance whilst eating matzo and chopped liver and borscht and noodle kugel, let’s misbehave, let’s do do do what we’ve done done done before (that is three dos and three dones) and post until the cows come home. I shall be back upon my arrival in Los Angeles, California, and I shall check up on your posts then. Until then, discuss away, my pretties.