Funny One Man Show:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to 'The Tonight Show'

When there’s nothing to do but laugh, nothing is enough.

Description:

An out of work college graduate finds a job when he discovers a passion. A young man with a progressive muscle disease learns to defeat the disease daily by making others laugh.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to ‘The Tonight Show’ is a younger man’s tale of two Thanksgivings – one spent wondering what the future might hold and the other, nearly a decade later, grateful for all the good that had come his way.

I had gone from college graduate who couldn’t find a job to 9 years later waiting here in the crack of the curtain at ‘The Tonight Show’ to tell jokes about not finding a job ... and this is what was on my mind.

Is it possible -- a comedian friend had asked -- that I had it backwards? Why are we talking about ‘these little things that don’t make sense’ when we all live with larger things that don’t make sense that need solutions more than these?

Comedy had taught me to care about how I thought. Thinking in a certain way got laughs and also made me feel healthier and happier. But was there a higher, healthier thinking?

Comedy had created a problem that only comedy could resolve.

And that’s when the curtain parted, my name was introduced, and the talent co-coordinator leaned in with one more piece of advice,” Now, get out there and ....”