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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning too, Fritz Coleman. Good morning, mister Coleman.

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<v Speaker 2>How were you amy doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Fabulous? Thanks for getting up early with us today.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>So, Friz, you did TV weather for years and now

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<v Speaker 1>you just make people laugh while.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to That's true. I started my career in

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<v Speaker 2>stand up and I got my job doing the weather

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<v Speaker 2>from doing stand up at the Comedy Store, So it's

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<v Speaker 2>full circle for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, that's how you got discovered?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I was working at the Comedy Store in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>eighty two and the news director from NBC was in the.

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<v Speaker 3>Was in the audience, and then I had mentioned during

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<v Speaker 3>my show that I had done the weather when I

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<v Speaker 3>worked for Armed Forces Radio and Television in the Navy,

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<v Speaker 3>but I didn't know anything about it, and I had

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<v Speaker 3>some many notes to tell about not.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing anything about the weather and doing it, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is an absolutely true story. When my show was over,

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<v Speaker 2>I went backstage to meet these people, and this man's

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<v Speaker 2>Steven Tonedy God rest his soul, said to me, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a weird question, but do you have any desire

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<v Speaker 2>to come to Channel four and do some vacation relief

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<v Speaker 2>fill in weather? For me, and I said, you did

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<v Speaker 2>hear me say on stage that I don't know anything

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<v Speaker 2>about the weather? He said, perfect, there's no weather in California.

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<v Speaker 2>This will work out great. So I auditioned. I got

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<v Speaker 2>the job doing fill in for a couple of years.

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<v Speaker 2>Then my predecessor left and I got bumped up to

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<v Speaker 2>the main job and I was there for forty years.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an honest to God miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that fun? So now, did you said that the

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<v Speaker 1>stand up gig gave you some fodder for the weather gig?

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<v Speaker 1>Did it work in reverse? Two?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it is. It was. They were mutually beneficial experiences

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<v Speaker 2>from playing to drunks at one o'clock in the morning

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<v Speaker 2>and comedy clubs. There was no emergency situation on TV

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<v Speaker 2>that I couldn't react well and not lose my cool,

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<v Speaker 2>And the reverse of that was true. Being on television

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<v Speaker 2>doing the weather helped me to get booked around in

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<v Speaker 2>shows in southern California. So it was a mutually beneficial experience.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you're just doing this. This is your job.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you've left my job. The weather is gone. And

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<v Speaker 1>I know we've talked before and you said you don't

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<v Speaker 1>miss it at or lick.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, no, I mean I tell people, even if you

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<v Speaker 2>love what you do, forty years is long enough, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad to be retired. I get to do this

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<v Speaker 2>show at the alports Ole Theater, which has been going

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<v Speaker 2>on for a year and a half. It's called Unassisted Living.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a show for people of a certain age. So

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<v Speaker 2>I get to go on stage in wine for an

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<v Speaker 2>hour and twenty minutes about the joys the euphoria of

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<v Speaker 2>being old and people who are in that similar circumstance

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<v Speaker 2>have a good time. I say, if you have a

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<v Speaker 2>Medicare card and you appreciate being home by dark, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to come and see this show because it was

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<v Speaker 2>built for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So then let me ask you this, Fris because

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<v Speaker 1>I remember I used to have a friend who was

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<v Speaker 1>several years older than me, and I'd go, oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't feel that way yet, or and she kept saying,

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<v Speaker 1>just you wait, just you wait, You'll get there soon enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there some of that in your show? Because there

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<v Speaker 1>are certain things.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the whole thing. That's the whole thing. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>common experience. Some of the topics we talk about are

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<v Speaker 2>having grandchildren during the pandemic, what happens to your body,

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<v Speaker 2>men and women, how you perceive the world, your lack

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<v Speaker 2>of energy, how you assess how you were as a parent,

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<v Speaker 2>all the common experiences of being old, and not all

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<v Speaker 2>of it is bad. I closed the show out with

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<v Speaker 2>a whole block on being grateful. The one thing this

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<v Speaker 2>happened to me since I got older is I find

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<v Speaker 2>myself being more grateful for everything I have and everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've experienced, and I sort of close out on a

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<v Speaker 2>positive note. And it's fun. I have found that a

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<v Speaker 2>comedy these days, with the darkness and the division in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, is really very therapeutic. I don't do any politics.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a relatively clean show. So my job is to

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<v Speaker 2>just take people's heads out of the rest of the

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<v Speaker 2>weirdness in the world and allow them to understand what's

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<v Speaker 2>common among us instead of what divides us. It's what's

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<v Speaker 2>common among us. And if you're given the gift of

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<v Speaker 2>being able to get to a certain age, then these

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<v Speaker 2>are all the typical experiences. And there are people who

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<v Speaker 2>have been back two and three times to see this show,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I think it's working okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Fritz all of your shows at the El

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<v Speaker 1>Portal theater are matinees.

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<v Speaker 2>How come well because people in my particular demographic, which

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<v Speaker 2>is old people and their parents, like to be home

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<v Speaker 2>by dark. So we start to show at three in

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<v Speaker 2>the afternoon on a Sunday. It's usually the last Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>of every month, and we just find that that's a

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<v Speaker 2>good fit for the people that come to see this show.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. And then there's a special for the summer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a two for one, that's.

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<v Speaker 2>True, and we're really excited to announce this. If you

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<v Speaker 2>buy a ticket at Elportaltheater dot com anytime between June

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<v Speaker 2>first and June fifteenth, it's two for one. You'll buy

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<v Speaker 2>one ticket, you'll get one free, and those tickets are

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<v Speaker 2>good for any show in the summer all the way

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<v Speaker 2>through September. So we'd love to see you. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>Marilyn Monroe Farm is part of the Elportal Theater and

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<v Speaker 2>it's just small enough for me to come and hug

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<v Speaker 2>everybody after the show. I would love to meet you,

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<v Speaker 2>come on out and see us.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. And it's so we've got when's your next?

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<v Speaker 1>Is the next one?

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<v Speaker 2>This Sunday? Were this Sunday? If you want to come

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<v Speaker 2>to Sunday. I'm not sure where there are any tickets left,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can try Sunday the twenty fifth at three

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock Elportsoltheater dot com. And it's a Memorial Day weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>so you may may not be able to fit us

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<v Speaker 2>into your schedule, but if not, come and get a

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<v Speaker 2>two for one deal and come and see you sometime

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<v Speaker 2>this summer.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that Fritz Coleman Unassisted Living. It's such a

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<v Speaker 1>fun show. I actually I got to watch the special

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<v Speaker 1>that you recorded. It's a lot of fun. And in fact, Fritz,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to make it fun for a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>week out call listeners because we have two pair of

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<v Speaker 1>tickets to give away, so we're gonna do that right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Fritz Coleman, thank you so much, and we look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to seeing the show. It sounds like a lot a

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<v Speaker 1>great time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you enough, Amy, Thanks for having me, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>take care,