It
turns out Charlie Wiener has a real job! Though he still plays a guitar
and sings from time to time proving his roots to the sixites, he really
is a stand up comedian.
He
has shared the stage with Ellen Degeneres, Bobcat Goldthwait, George
Lopez, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, Todd Rundgren, Meatloaf, America,
Jefferson Starship as well as many, many others. He has performed in
forty-six states and half of Canada, driving almost two million miles
and aging himself by a multiple of six. He is old, broke down and in
pain which he bitches about most of the time but that's the way old
people are!
The
father of two adult daughters and three very odd dogs, he has lived a
full life but isn't ready to cash in his chips just yet. His greatest
joy is taking the stage and promoting the concept of old people becoming
a drag on the younger generation. Power to the old people! is
his battle cry and the the audience follows. Well, they're in wheel
chairs, walkers and leaning on canes, don't move very fast and need to
stop to pee every few miles... but they follow. And the young see him as
hope for their future. That maybe someday if they waste their lives
they, too, will get to be bitter old people as well. And that life
doesn't necessarily end at 25. Some people are still
doing 'it' into their forties and even fifties. (Yes, I know,
it's disgusting to even think about that but it's true, I swear to God,
they are!)
