Table of Contents
The Walk On 11
1 The Gate 15
2 Small Towns and Video Shops 21
3 Moving to the Big City 26
4 The Vanity Fair Girl 30
5 First Christmas in New Brunswick 37
6 Resolution 41
7 Starting Out 46
8 The Grind 52
9 First Impressions 58
10 All You Need is Love 63
11 If I Can Make it in Sussex, New Brunswick, I Can Make it Anywhere 73
12 Meeting Seinfeld 79
13 Immigration 86
14 Leaving London 90
15 Welcome to New Brunswick 95
16 Where the Hell Do I Live? 100
17 You Can't Do That Here 103
18 Learning the Ropes 107
19 Valley Violence Fundraisers 113
20 Community Television 118
21 The It Factor 126
22 Newfoundland Bound 132
23 The Comedian's Guide to Survival 137
24 Pat Clarke 142
25 Pitching Saint John 145
26 James Mullinger's Comedy Boot Camp 150
27 Out of the Shadows 153
28 Beating Seinfeld in a City on fire 156
29 The Backlash 161
30 Loss 165
31 Maritime Directions 169
32 A Dysfunctional Christmas with Nikki Payne 173
33 If Something You Want Doesn't Exist, Create It 180
34 Where Yuk Yuk's Used To Be 188
35 One Man. One Canoe. One Province. 192
36 Vasectomy 195
37 Let's Do It Again on the Rood 199
38 Nurse Lall 205
39 The Most Hate Mail I Ever Received 210
40 The Roaring Twenties 216
41 Laugh in this Place 221
42 Valentine's Day 224
43 A View to a Virus 230
44 The Big Pivot 235
45 Arrivals and Departures 240
The Ties that Bind 244
