Comics Unleashed, The Martin Short Show, Later, Friday Night, Comedy Day
Don Friesen's Interests
General
Movies
Dr. Strangelove... It's a Mad, Mad World... The Holy Grail... The Life of Brian... Bananas... Network... Manhattan... Airplane... Midnight Run... Groundhog's Day... Fletch... It's a Wonderful Life... The Matrix... Terminator, T2... High Anxiety... The Return of the Pink Panther...
Television
CURRENT: The Daily Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Scrubs, My Name is Earl.................. ALL TIME: The Simpsons, Seinfeld, SNL, Taxi...
Books
Comedic essays e.g. "Without Feathers," "Getting Even"... Politics: see Al Franken, James Carville... anything educational, motivational, biographical... "Fox in Socks" as read by my daughter...
Heroes
I know it sounds sappy but, my Mom and Dad... and my wife, when she's not driving me crazy...
..... I'm a married father of two, stand-up comic living in S. Pasadena, CA..... My wife and kids are my life... Oh, and comedy is my life too, so I guess you could say I'm leading a double life, which is probably why I never have any time and drink so much coffee. (I would add baseball too, but "triple life" stretches the analogy past the point of breaking.) But it's a good life, both of them--all three really---a great life/lives... a semicharmed kind of life. Please feel free to add me as one of your friends. Better yet, join my email list (above) and I'll give you a heads-up when I'm going to be on TV or in your area.
Who I'd like to meet: Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, any SF Giant... Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Woody Allen, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, anyone from Monty Python.... David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien (hopefully on their shows... and soon).... Charles Grodin, John Lithgow, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, Bono........ Anybody who can explain to me why it costs over $850,000 to buy a 3BR/1BA in S. Pasadena... Anybody who can loan me over $850,000 to buy a 3BR/1BA in S. Pasadena....
