Brookdale Gets Therapy Dog Visit....

The Samuel Shulman Institute Nursing home and rehab center at Brookdale University Hospital now has a therapy dog program through the Good Dog Foundation. Otto is it! Today he started with his first therapy visit to meet and greet the residents. We spent an hour taking Otto around the room to be petted by everyone and then handed out his adorable trading cards. He had a great day and enjoyed his work uniform, the orange and blue good dog foundation bandanna,  and the attention he got from everyone (including Izzy the house cat, who came out to see who was visiting his space) We are all very excited to have Otto involved in this great project. As time goes by he is going to make regular visits and in the future he may come on clown rounds with us. We were also asked if we can include the nursing home/rehab center in our clown rounds and we have started looking into scheduling that as well.
Also....The show is coming, the show is coming......Circus Bicuspid Back For Seconds is March 21st 7:30pm at the Producer's Club.....get your tickets now at Brownpapertickets.com
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What a week.......

Last weekend was the annual clown Jamboree in Mystic CT. It was a little different this year as there was no skit competition or makeup competition (good job Steve Kissel) but there was a star search evening on Friday. So both Phineas and Pupperdoodle performed. He juggled and she hooped and both won prizes for their performances. The best part of the weekend is meeting up with friends that we only see once a year like the always hysterical Brian Dwyer. We got to host a hospitality suite together where we all jammed on our ukeleles....lots of fun. Pupperdoodle presented Kathy "Tots" Mackey with a check for $350 from money she has raised for Camp Sundown as part of her BatMitzvah Chesed project. She is really a special kid. After lots of fun and clowning and a quick drive home we all passed out from exhaustion.
Then it was back to work.....but Friday came and it was time for the monthly SAM meeting. The after meeting show was a session on improv from Scotty Watson and our own Isaac Rodriguez. What a blast! I haven't had a chance to improv like that since my last NY Goofs class. Phineas joined in and we improved some very funny stuff for everyone.
Then tomorrow I'm performing the Dr. Molar Magic Show at the annual Second District Dental Society Dental Health Day. This year its being held at Aviator sports in Brooklyn. It always turns out to be a fun day and the kids who show up get lots of great info on good oral health care and dental care. Then on Monday Otto aka "Four Paw" makes his first Good Dog Foundation visit at Brookdale Hospital's Samuel Shulman Institute.
And.........the rehearsals have begun! Yes we are in full rehearsal mode for our Show on March 21st at The Producers Club...CIRCUS BICUSPID BACK FOR SECONDS. Tickets are available from BrownPaperTickets.com
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