comedian -- author -- public speaker   
 
 
 
 



 

 

THE BEACH ARTIST
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It's hours and hours until show time. So I'm on the beach outside the comedy condo, playing in the sand. I'm recreating the Seven Wonders of the World and various other ancient buildings. (Modern buildings are too hard. Try building the Eiffel Tower out of sand and you'll see what I mean.)

The longer I'm at it, the more the tourists are stopping to take pictures. They think I'm some sort of beach artist. (And that's where I got this Polaroid.)

Finally this little kid comes over and plunks herself down on top of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. I suppose that one must have looked the most comfortable. And she started rebuilding my creations to suit her own tastes. She chatted away at a mile a minute while she worked, and we had a grand old time.

She was the only one who understood the situation. I wasn't making art. I was just playing in the sandbox.

-- Paul Frisbie
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
Paul Frisbie works out of Chicago, IL. He's a regular at clubs like Zanies', the Improv and the Funny Bone. He appears at casinos, colleges and corporate events all across the United States, and also works the cruise lines upon occasion. He has performed in all 50 states and in six foreign countries.

Frisbie is a regular guest on the nationally syndicated "Bob and Tom Show" and was recently the subject of a feature story in the "Chicago Tribune Magazine." It's believed that Frisbie was the first comic on the planet to post a web site, which was subsequently featured in the nationwide bestseller, "Netmarketing." Frisbie's own book, "The Chicago River Out Your Window" is currently available at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

Frisbie is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign, where he owned and operated nightclubs and a laundromat/bar. He sold his clubs in 1992 to work full time as a standup comic and freelance writer.

Web Site Copyright Paul Frisbie 2007