Shecky Greene called

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 23rd, 2009

The Male Half had a riotous ten-minute phone conversation with Shecky Greene. Does life get any more bizarre?

We were just settling in to watch the latest episode of Better Off Ted (the hysterical ABC sitcom that is in danger of cancellation), when The Male Half’s cellphone buzzed.

The I.D. flashed “Shecky”! (We had stored the legendary comic’s number in our cell after a lengthy phone conversation a couple years ago covering everything from Vegas to horses to television.) Since then we missed seeing/meeting the man on a handful of occasions.

Earlier in the day, we had sent an email to Mr. Greene saying that we were making plans to attend the Sunday night show at the Suncoast in Vegas on May 17. (When we were in Vegas earlier this month, we saw the ads– he’s there May 15-17. We vowed that we would make it to Vegas one way or another to finally see him live!) We weren’t sure if the email address we used was still good… or if our message would get to him.

Then the phone rang!

We just made final arrangements for our air and hotel. We’re traveling first to Los Angeles (The Male Half is doing another 20 Hot Comics weekend at the Comedy & Magic Club on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16.), we’ll travel to Vegas to see Shecky Greene perform! In Vegas! (And, it is hoped, pal around a bit after the show! We’ll keep you posted, of course!)