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Sneak Peek: Watch the First 5 Minutes of My Life Is A Joke Life is one laughing matter for five of Chicago’s funniest female comics. Can they juggle raising kids, maintaining relationships, and making ends…
Patti’s Peanut Butter Punchline
My Life Is A Joke: Patti’s Peanut Butter Punchline Being funny must run in the family as veteran comedienne Patti gets some unsolicited advice from her mother on how to incorporate precise enunciation into her…
“You look good….for having kids!” What?
For some reason there are men who think it is complimentary to say “You look good…for having two kids.” They make it sound like motherhood is a horribly disfiguring accident. They use the same…
My Life Is a Joke! on OWN
Laugh, cry…and then laugh until you cry as you meet five of Chicago’s funniest female comedians. Patti, Kellye, Lisa, Natalie, and Jessica are bound together by friendship and the shared desire to make it…
Loud Voices
Every once in a while someone comes up to me after a show and asks me if I really have a son with special needs. I’m not surprised by the question any more and it…
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Step Up for Families Caring For Children With Special Needs
There are families in Illinois who could benefit from Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy but their insurance companies do not cover the service. We are not asking for money to be spent, but rather a choice in therapies. Contact your elected officials and ask for their…
ACT ON AUTISM NOW
I will be on Fox Good Day Chicago on April 10th to discuss Autism Awareness. If you are inspired to do more and want to know who can help make changes in Illinois a great place to start is with your State Senator. Let them…
What is Autism?
The woman on the playground stared at Declan with her mouth hanging open for at least ten minutes. He walked to the top of the ramp and spun the wheel. He walked to bottom of the ramp and banged the xylophone. He repeated this behavior…
720 WGN CHICAGO – Let’s do some RADIO!!
Very excited and proud to be doing my first show on WGN Radio tonight, March 24th, from 10pm to 1am. Plannned for tonight’s show- We have an eclectic list of guests: Pati Jinich- Chef at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington D.C will tell us…
Rubbing Thighs
Recently I had the opportunity to perform in Charlotte at the Comedy Zone, a club located in a sizzling entertainment complex. Every night, lines formed outside of hopping trendy dance clubs that I can not gain access to because I call them “hopping.” As we…
Waiting For God
For the second week in a row a waiter is my hero. I spent years slinging cocktails and serving up food so I may be more than a little biased in my admiration. Last week a server in Texas refused to serve a table when…
Let Them Be “Special” Somewhere Else?
My mom answered the phone sobbing. I asked what was wrong and she said haltingly “A..waiter…in Texas…he …” I interrupted her, mostly because she was going to make me start crying too. “I know mom. The waiter who stood up for Milo.” It was my…
Stand Up Comedy Workshop February 19 and 26th
In case you don’t already know, I love to talk. On stage I talk about my family, pop culture and the ridiculous situations I find myself in. For two nights I get the opportunity to share my love for the art of stand up comedy…
I Have No Peanut Butter
We all make the mistake of asking for help from someone who does not have the ability to give it. It happens because we’re distracted by the desperate search for some item that feels vitally important at that moment. We’ll approach nearly anybody, even complete…
Back To School
The Back to School Marketing began the week school let out for summer. It was hard to stay away from the stacks of new notebooks, folders, highlighters and pencil sharpeners. But we kept our distance as though ignoring the harbingers of fall would give us…