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633 - SINATRA! with Comedian/Legend Tom Dreesen!

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Tom Dreesen (Comedian, Author "Still Standing Today," Over 60 Appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Dozens of episodes of Letterman, Opening Act for Sinatra 14 Years) has been in show business for over 50 years, a career rich in stories. Today Tom shares stories about his years with close friend, Frank Sinatra. This is an insanely GREAT episode! Enjoy! Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker, and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here - https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website - https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here - http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on social media - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy Twitter - https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook - https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy and at ChristineBlackburn.com Thanks guys! Christine

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Today on the show, comedian Tom Driesen share stories

0:11.0

about being Frank Sinatra's opening act for 14 years.

0:15.7

There's 20,000 people after Christine. I want you to go out there and I want you to, you're in

0:20.1

around now. They're all around you. They're behind you and they're in front of you. I want you to go out there and I want you to, you're in the round now. They're all around you. They're all around you. They're behind you and they're in front of you.

0:22.6

You're in the round. I want you to go out there and for the next 45 minutes. I want you to hold their attention. Oh, one more thing, Christine. I want you to hold their attention for 45 minutes. Oh, one more thing, Christine.

0:33.9

I want you to hold their attention and make them laugh,

0:36.0

but I want you to make them laugh when you want them to laugh.

0:38.3

I want you to pull the strings on the emotions of 20, Christine. I want you to hold their attention and make them laugh, but I want you to make them laugh when you want them to laugh. I want you to pull the strings on the emotions of 20,000 people. No props, no tricks, no charts, no special arrangement, no special lighting, no orchestra, nothing, but you and 20,000 people. And one more thing, Christine, not one of them came to see you. Today on the show, legendary comedian

0:57.8

Tom Driesen share stories about Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Stick her out. Hey, my name is Tom

1:05.5

Driesen and you're listening to Story Worth. Ten years. That's hard to believe. Happy Anniversary, Christine.

1:25.4

Welcome to Storyworthy.

1:26.9

And I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

1:31.0

You're a longtime fan of the show of over 10 years for a new listener. Welcome to you Storyworthy.

1:38.2

Now, I hope you guys enjoyed the story last week by comedian Bill Dawes talking about being detained in Egypt. Bill was doing one of those,

1:48.3

you know, a tour for the troops and he was over in Saudi Arabia and the show got canceled. So he

1:54.1

thought, well, I'll just fly over to Egypt because it's very close. I'll spend the day, see the pyramids.

1:59.0

That'll be cool. And then that's, that's it. You know, So he goes down there by himself to Egypt. By the way, this is just one year ago.

2:06.0

This is in July of 2019. So he goes and sees the pyramids. And Bill Dawes, he's smart.

2:13.3

How smart? We're not sure. Basically, he gets scammed and then he gets arrested and now he is

2:20.7

detained in Egypt. And ladies and gentlemen, it is scary because they got his passport. They got

2:26.9

his phone and they got pictures of him mooning things because he's a comedian. And so he's mooning himself like by a beefeeder by the Tower of London.

2:39.8

And then he's mooning in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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