The pianist, vocalist, and long-time owner of the Neutral Ground Coffee House is a veteran cabaret performer, holding court at some of the swankiest rooms in the city for decades. His musical satire and American Songbook shows featuring composers including Henry Mancini, Allan Sherman, and Anthony Newley/Leslie Briccuse always have crowds smiling and toes tapping. Tonight Phil joins the Troubled Men to dance through the minefield of a world gone mad.

Topics include an unnamed horror, Texas gigs, the saltwater wedge retreat, a new cover booster, a Vanna White substitute, Marylou Retten, the Neptune Society, Denise Charbonnet, Tony Green, an altar boy, St Rita school, attending Sacred Heart, a bookie father, a first guitar, songwriting for Popeye & Pals, Jack Ruby, teaching school, a first piano, the Pontchartrain Hotel, an unruly patron, Chris Champagne, the Fairgrounds, AI, CIs, MREs, CYO dances, St. Christopher, girls volleyball, N.O. dysfunction, Justin Timberlake, Terry Flettrich, local personalities, degenerate gamblers, the Public Belt Bar, Gennifer Flowers club, future shows, and much more.

Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

Break Music: "High Anxiety" by Mel Brooks

Outro Music: "The Joker (Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse) by Glyn Styler

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