a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SC-exu4JyoI/AAAAAAAAAGE/i6GEIi0W2EQ/s1600-h/22302891_1ebef0ab8e_m.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/SC-exu4JyoI/AAAAAAAAAGE/i6GEIi0W2EQ/s200/22302891_1ebef0ab8e_m.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201550671870544514″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;”I/span don’t get nervous at interviews. I’ve spoken with Broadway stars and government officials, Grammy winners and Olympic medalists, millionaires and homeless children. I’m telling you (with the exception of Bernadette Peters), I don’t get nervous.br /br /But last week, I found myself a little butterflied. No flop sweat, but definitely buzzing with jittery energy. Why? Because I interviewed Kazoo.br /br /Okay. The truth is I interviewed Jerry Hager, but for 26 years he was Kazoo at Seaport Village in San Diego. As the resident mime until 2006, Hager put on a show most every weekend, bringing light and magic to the world.br /br /I grew up fast for reasons I’d rather not get into, but during those 1980s summers, watching Kazoo silently tell his stories, I got to be a kid. One of the most well-liked medication for order levitra this problem. It really is so far amongst the few medicines in the market that are able to viagra for women provide erection that a man always desire to perform excellent intimate act. This is by no means a complete list nor is it ever intended to be, a substitute for professional medical advice or online discount cialis professional recommendations, diagnosis, or treatment. Both of which have proven effective. levitra tablet is the most famous and well known erectile dysfunction treatment. Just another child, marching along — tromp, tromp, tromp — humming a tune on a plastic kazoo, following a friendly mime.br /br /I shouldn’t have been so nervous. Hager is a wonderful man and a talented teacher at Grossmont College. His family loves him. He inspires people.br /br /His daughter told me later that I made him cry with my confession of how much his shows meant to me. I didn’t mean to bring on tears, honest!br /br /The thing is, though, you never know how you’re going to affect people in this lifetime. Kazoo helped me believe in magic when there was precious little to be found. He brought theater to life for me in a real way.br /br /I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to tell him that.br /span style=”font-size:85%;”br /Photo courtesy of a href=”http://flickr.com/photos/jennerally/”jennerally./a/span
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Wow, that is really cool! Very cool! What a great story. I used to be fascinated by mimes, but only because I rarely got to see them on TV. 🙁 I would loved to see one all summer long!BR/BR/I bet he was amazingly touched. I don’t know if I do anything at all for my students. Only one has graduated so far. If they ever come back, I’ll be a weepy mess, for sure.