Todd Pesick, Mark and The Last Comic Standing, John Heffron. We killed all week at the Funny Bone in Fairview Heights

Mark, Dan Chopin and Gary Bowling

Scott Long, Mark and Frank Caliendo

Jo E K and Mark

(she is the boss at the Fairview Heights Funny Bone)

Mark, Carl LaBove, and Keith Alberstadt

(what are those two guys looking at?)

James Sibley and Mark at the Funny Bone in Springfield, IL

Mark and Don Bassford, Owner Springfield, IL Funny Bone

Mark and Todd Pesick hanging out while John Heffron gets all the attention.

Preparing for another show as one of my idols looks on - - - Emo Philips.

Buffy and Todd P after another sold out show

Buffy and The Last Comic Standing. She thought John was a lot taller than he looked on TV

Christine Stedman----one of the funniest women in comedy

Mark, Christine Stedman and Todd Pesic

Mark with Full Contact

Chilling with Cledus T. Judd on his tour bus between sold out shows at the Springfield Funny Bone.

Rob and Dave. My bodyguards in Rantoul.

Mark and Bryan McCree in Michigan.

That was me before intensive skin replacement surgery! OK, not really, that is my friend Barry Johnson in the Netherlands. Barry is also a comedian and if you ever see him?----ask him about his trip to Red Bud, Illinois.

Mark with Dano Sullivan (the bitter divorce comic) and John Garrison at

Louie's in St. Peters, Missouri

Mark with Ricky Gutierrez at the Fairview Heights Funny Bone. Ricky is a great comic and a mentor to aspiring comedians.

Yep! those are the girls, I never was much of a dog person. That is Louise (left) and Lily (right). We adopted these two gray Tabby sisters from Petsmart.

With Mike Moto (left) from California and John Lennon, owner of Pepperoni's Comedy Club in Sioux City, Iowa.

World class midget wrestler Tim Gaither at the Fairview Heights Funny Bone.

Mark with Brian Archer from Indianapolis. "That's probably a police flashlight in the background."

Mark with the Tennessee Tramp, Janet Williams in Findlay, Ohio.