Jamie Alcroft: Still Falling Forward (S1 E31)

Kites and Strings

Today’s guest is Jamie Alcroft. He was the Jamie part of the Mack and Jamie comedy duo who were once considered the funniest comedy duo in America. He’s appeared multiple times on the Tonight show with Johnny Carson and then Jay Leno in the 1980’s which lead to their hosting the syndicated television series called Comedy Break. We learn essential points about writing comedy and about his ascent with his comedy team, Mack and Jamie, taking us through Ohio and war protests, Opera, Colorado and learning to smith silver, to being the morning deejay in Key West, to New York and declining Saturday Night Live and ultimately to LA. Throw in a some ice choreography and super talented kids and that's a big chunk of this episode.
Jamie remains very funny, He continues to flash his silversmithing skills, do voice-acting in cartoons and video games and he authored the book the "Tin Man Diaries: A Sudden Change of Heart," which has received wonderful reviews as he talks about another chapter in his life, that of a surviver of a massive heart attack, and ultimately being the recipient of a donor heart. As a comedian he took the opportunity to mine some good material and is understandably very appreciative of life and his compassionate heart donor who demonstrated ultimate creativity when he signed his donor card. We hear about this part of his life in this episode along with very humorous stories, a few impersonations, and some ideas to turn a book that is dear to his heart into a television series. Such a fun episode!
The Tin Man Diaries on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tin-Man-Diaries-Loosely-tightly-ebook/dp/B07MXTPRQ4
Silver By Jamie: https://www.silverbyjamie.com/
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