The Idea
I hit the parent lottery. Seriously. I have THE BEST parents.
When I was a kid, I LOVED fish sticks.
A few years back, I was having dinner with my parents in Las Vegas at a fabulous fish restaurant. My dad told one of his hit or miss jokes. My dad LOVES jokes.
And Bazinga! "Fish Schtick" was hatched.
The process
Take My Wife Please -- A Bit of History
Performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on May 8, 1966. Available on "The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show Volume 2" DVD.
Unless you are on the older side of the baby boomer generation, you may not be familiar with Henny Youngman. Henny Youngman was a comic known as the "King of the One-Liners". His most famous one-liner is "Take My Wife...Please". Youngman was an influence on Rodney Dangerfield, who in turn, influenced comedians such as Chris Rock and Conan O'Brien.
What's "Schtick"?
Schitck is a yiddish term for a comic theme. Steven Colbert's persona on the Colbert Report is considered "schtick".
A Day Out at the Museum
"Fish Schtick" was shown at the South Bay Focus 2013 show at the Torrance Art Museum.