Two Golf Balls Rolled Into A Bar (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502553751)

In less than two years, Bob Morris, 78 years young, went from being a recruiter to a comedian and then to a published author. In May of 2013 he retired as a recruiter after 48 years to pursue his dream and number one item on his bucket list which was to do stand-up comedy before a live audience. He went to The Manhattan Comedy School in New York City to learn how to write jokes and perform them. After six weeks he completed school and on July 10th performed before 240 people at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. Without question he was a howling success. He came away realizing that he could write funny and perform funny. His family and friends kept asking him "So what's next?" The standard next step for comedian "wannabees" is to go to venues that have late evening "open mics" (microphones) to get performing experience (unpaid) and perhaps get discovered. That approach was not appealing because getting home after midnight would put a strain on his 48 year marriage. Bob also felt that becoming discovered was not likely to happen in the near future. He needed a faster pace. He decided to combine two of his passions - golf and humor- and wrote an original golf joke book using the name Bogey Bob Morris. The way he golfs it should have been Double Bogey Bob Morris. The book, Two Golf Balls Rolled Into A bar, was published in November, 2014. He has already started on the next book: Three Golf Balls Rolled Into A Bar! He graduated Middlebury College in 1956 majoring in Drama.His senior year drama project was producing and directing a comedy written by his father. In the summer of 1954 he was an apprentice at the Falmouth Playhouse in Massachusetts. The following summer he was in the summer acting group at Tufts College. His first job out of college was a Page Boy at the American Broadcasting Company in New York City. At night time he attend the NY School of Television where he learned more about what he saw at his job. In 1957 he had to spend 6 months on active duty with the NY National Guard. Upon returning he ended up working in a Greenwich Village theater. He then knocked around in various sales jobs and in March of 1964 he began a 48 year career as a recruiter. Later that year he got married to Susan, a California girl he met on Fire Island. Two years later he became a father to Melissa and the three moved to Rye NY. Two more children came along; Corrine in 1968 and Erica in 1970. They are all married with 2 kids each.