'COMEDY SALAD WITH BUDDAH' PAT GODWIN

This week I am back in the comedy saddle with a personal favorite comedian, who I get the pleasure of sharing a stage with Easter weekend (Apr 14-15) at Mason City Limits Comedy Club. It's the one and only, Pat Godwin! Having been born to a theater professor and an actress, Pat Godwin was destined for the entertainment biz, himself. I had fun digging up some comedy facts about this veteran standup comic. Paddy G. as some call him shares my love for music, and is an accomplished musician himself. But don't call him a guitar act. You have heard him countless times on the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show. You may have also caught him on the Howard Stern Show, Philadelphia's Morning Zoo, Sirius Radio, and XM Radio. If that's not enough to jog your memory, Pat was featured on Last Comic Standing (2009)...has been seen in Ohio grocery stores, and Arby's!

Pat's fun facts: Once spilled coffee on Keith Richards?

                           Had his very own acoustic guitar signed by Eric Clapton, which he promptly  

                           gave to his pal, Tom Griswold.
                           Held his high school pole vault record for 20+ years (I'm just bragging now).
                           Has 5 comedy CD's...Circle City, Excess in Moderation, Reindeer Games,
                           Under the Bed, and Captured Live.
                           Played Pinball Wizard with the Who's Pete Townsend (without spilling a drop
                           of coffee on him).
                           Did voices for Inspector Gadget.
                           He has appeared on 6...count em'...6 Bob & Tom CD's.
                           And finally, once followed Buddah Eskew on stage with the greatest of ease.

I asked the author of such hits as "Gangsta Folk" and "First Date" (Pat) to play along with six hand selected questions (I usually defer to my Magic 8-Ball). He in turn asks one burning question back to Buddah at the end of this interview. Here we go...

1. BUDDAH: Going back a few years, what comedy advise would you give to a 25 year old Pat Godwin?
    PAT: Drop your dreams, go back to school, become a lawyer, OR start comedy, NOW, because Mr. 25 year-old, it will be 6 years till you try comedy. (Young Pat Godwin did music for 10 years, first open mic at age of 31).

2. BUDDAH: What was the one thing you have always wanted to do that would put standup comedy of the shelf?
    PAT: I've always wanted to do everything in entertainment like, being a comedian, musician, and author.

3. BUDDAH: It's a round table discussion about comedy, music, and life in general. Who are four other people, dead or alive, you would invite to the table to chat with?
    PAT: (Let's go with dead, because I've met all the live ones) John Lennon, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx, and Ernest Hemingway.

4. BUDDAH: With your music background in mind, Who were some of your musical related influences as an up and coming musician?
    PAT: Elton John, Steely Dan, John Martyn, The Beatles, Randy Newman, and Elvis Costello.

5. BUDDAH: If you had a time machine, what time period would you travel to, and where would you go?
    PAT: (Right back to my birth and start all over again, sans mistakes).

6. BUDDAH: Rapid fire time:
                        Who is your favorite president? PAT: Kennedy
                        Favorite city to visit? PAT: Anywhere my son is!
                        Favorite book? PAT: Confederacy of Dunces
                        Favorite movie? PAT: Waiting for Guffman
                        Favorite cancelled TV show? PAT: Mine
                        Favorite cartoon character? PAT: Roger Rabbit
                        Favorite zoo animal? PAT: Monkey
                        Favorite musical artist? PAT: The Beatles
                        Favorite meal? PAT: Conch Salad
                        Favorite beverage PAT: Coca Cola

And finally one question for Buddah...
PAT: Buddah...boxers or briefs?
BUDDAH: Buddah slips out of the G-string and into.....drum roll.....briefs. Boxers are too baggy and boxy.

Well there it is, another Comedy Salad in the books. I'll bet Pat and Johnny Lennon would pen some magical hit after Churchill and the boys hit the road. Just don't ask Pat Godwin how he feels about that American Pie dude, Don McLean (It's a great story. Ask him. I dare you). You can catch Paddy G. April 14-15 at Mason City Limits Comedy Club. If you like New York Pat will be performing in silly mode at Rob's Comedy Playhouse in Williamsville, NY on April 21-23.

Peaceout, comedy fans.

Eyebrow model Pat

Guitar Pat (jokes sold separately)