Ep. 84 New Year- No Problems, Comedians from the 60's & 70's, An Ego Check, Historical Fiction and A Screenwriter is Not Born

OPEN Hey Morons!  How are you?  Wanna talk politics?  Me neither.  You know, I had weaned myself of off politics for most of the summer and into the fall but I got sucked back in, or rather, I allowed myself to get re-addicted to it on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021.  I'm sure you have been inundated with it so this will be a break from that!  We reminisce briefly about a couple of  comedy albums we listened to as kids and as teens, from Cheech & Chong to Richard Pryor to Bill Cosby.  Remember he used to be a comedian?  He's not so funny anymore.  We only mention a few… Who were the comedians of your youth?  Steve Martin who was really the first comedian to actually fill stadiums for a concert.  Or maybe Eddie Murphy?  Or even Gabe Kaplin?  Remember him?  He turned his standup about growing up in New York into the sit-com "Welcome Back Kotter" that launched the career of John Travolta.  The comedy album that did it was called Gabe Kaplan: Holes and Mellow rolls.  "Up your hole with a mellow roll" was one of the things they used to say as kids in Brooklyn I think, according to the album.  And I believe a mellow roll was an ice cream treat you'd get off the ice cream truck.  We then get into a discussion about the ego and how the Senator maybe needs to find a way to keep his ego in check.  And it's HIS idea!  It's very enlightening.  It gets especially enlightening when no sooner do we finish talking about ego, he ends up going on about all the celebrities he's had his picture taken with.  Wow.  Talk about irony. Then… the Senator has an idea for a movie.  But first the Senator decides to try his hand at singing.  He knew I was recording and he did it anyway.  But I hope you'll find it's interesting to listen to this first episode of 2021 at the beginning under the notion that Trump is on his way out and probably not going to cause any more problems… fat chance.  Thank you for listening to the Modern Moron…