DeStefano remembered by Wood

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 10th, 2011

Roy Wood, Jr., wrote a lengthy remembrance of friend Mike DeStefano.

I no longer use the term ‘friend’ lightly. I’ve learned over the past couple of years just how few friends I really have. The older you get you’re more likely to take people OFF that list rather than ADDING people to that list.

Outside of the guys you start comedy with, it’s a rarity to pick up new friends along the way. The solitary nature of what we do keeps us from forming real bonds with people. The friends you had before you started comedy become cherished commodities.

Mike Destefano (Mike D) and I met briefly during auditions for ‘Last Comic Standing’ in New York. The convo didn’t go much deeper than a handshake and the usual chit chat about our hometown comedy clubs. That was the last I saw of him for a couple of weeks because of the way they separated the semi-finalists. It wasn’t until we made the Final 10 that I got to interact with him for the first time.

Read the whole thing. It’s worth it.

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