My overall impression
I drove a couple hundred miles from the San Joaquin Valley to see Bill’s show and meet him, finally, face to face. I was not ready for the what I experienced that night. Indulge a little background, please. In my prior life, living in SoCal as a corporate video writer/producer, I had used Bill’s voice-over talents for many, many projects spanning almost 15 years. I was that director on the other side of his headset that he began the show with. Enter irony, stage dead-center. I too listened to my first crystal set in my bedroom in the dark and felt the entire world flood my head through that copper wiring. I too ‘loved’ Lucy and Fearless Fosdick, I too made prank phone calls to unsuspecting innocents, recording their responses to childish questions and recorded them for later self amusement with my accomplices. And I embarrassingly admit that I even stole money out of girls purses, albeit in high school, but eventually went straight and then into the entertainment business also. I too discovered Primal Therapy in the 70’s. Enough said. Sitting in that little packed theater turned time-machine was for me nothing less than a catharsis of self-realization. What a wonderful gift this man whom I only thought I knew gave me. Thanks Bill! We’ve shared many scripts over the years, but this time you’ve given a whole new meaning to the old saying “both on the same page!” Masterful performance!
