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encouragement to disrespect the far t was not always explicit with my parents
but in watching them it was hard to miss
over the years i watch my dad park is lincoln town car in front of fire
hydrants and slip maitre d's money to get a good table without a reservation
after-dinner the car ride home was like a video game the *** grand prix
pedestrians lucky enough to get out of the way so i three children's faces
pressed up against the rear window much like adv ard moon shes painting the
screen
my mother's not goes on to subways and into movie theaters at the under six
year old rate
long after we started sporting chin whiskers
and she never missed a chance to make fun of people who followed the rules
i got the message loud and clear
one of my parents proudest moments happened on a frigid sunday afternoon at
a new york giants football game
they turned around from there freezing outdoors seeds
to see that their ten-year-old son has snuck into a glass tin v_i_p_ box
directly behind them
and was sipping hot chocolate with his coat off
they beamed like i had just won a spelling bee
it's not that we broke the rules we just live by different ones
back on this night in indiana
i felt like a alluded to these kids to shake them and tell them how things are
supposed to be
that at this moment in your lives you are meant to express anger
many drugs
he were teenagers and accordingly or yourselves a night where you break out
of the wound love small-town polite society
these kids were brainwashed
most of them had made pledges to steam virgins until married
they had said no dad rugs
which made it hard to understand how they managed to listen to bob seger and
huey lewis
i was trying to save them
so i did the show
and i felt very much like premies he s delivering the forbidden fire to the
mortals
i brought the spirit of everything i saw a lacking in their upbringing onto the
stage that night and the amit indiana high school class of nineteen ninety
five
reached into their corn fed hearts
and gave me a standing ovation
was i a wise acre
i'm not really sure i had never heard the word before hedges december it was
some kind of a farming term
the letter my agent received from the principal however
did not reflect the positive feeling i had experienced
the following is my performance
of the prom letter during a special i did for comedy central
you'll notice not only is the principal's name changed
but common sense