I'm not sure you would call what I did with Andy Sturdevant recently a "lecture"—it was more of hilariously weird loose-improv-with-Power-Point. This was for the "Games" show of Salon Saloon—an arts-forward talk show sampler produced by Works Progress and hosted by my longtime pal Mr. Sturdevant, bon vivant and man-about-town.
Andy asked me to talk about games I played with my family, and I led him and the audience through various games my children have invented, including Pop Goes the Weasel, Kick in the Crotch, and something really wonderful called "Baby Ewok".
Let's just say Andy and I are not afraid to pretend we are dinosaurs with each other. Or play Stuffed Animal Olympics with on-the-spot Howard Cosell commentary. Or pretend to be Ewoks and crawl under a blanket together and then "birth" ourselves (oh, now you know how to play Baby Ewok!). And all to an audience of about 80 people, most of whom are strangers.
Andy is amazing. He is more than my friend. He is my brother.
Photo by Sean Smuda.
