but thing is you know we all do other
jobs when we're starting out and lots of
people do the classic catering david
schwimmer you went one up from waiting
tables you did waiting tables with a
little bit extra I waited tables for a
long time about seven years but my first
gig was as a rollerskating waiter at
this yeah I was good it was at this
really cool place in Chicago any cool it
was it was called what's called EDD
Bewick that came out of this place
to play a character yeah I was Romeo I
was Frankie
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only Romeo roller-skated well in Chicago
they had rollerskating all right
so and I was roller skates and and I was
serving all the outdoor tables so there
was a huge parking lot and a pretty wide
sidewalk with tables lined up like
picnic tables where families would come
in and you'd make not very much money
with minimum wage in the States as
you're aware but you made a lot of money
by performing stunts so I would like
line up people's kids and they would
like you know they wouldn't you know
Neil next to each other in a line I
could probably jump over three or four
and then I would say hey you guys want
to see it you know the parents were like
yeah go for it
just like I would just take off down the
street and jump all over I mean over
over them and then and then kind of like
skid to a stop and then I'd get you know
all these fancy tips from doing it but
you had to play a character and my
character was like Romeo the romancer
you know he was kind of based a little
on Travolta in you know grease or
something you know I mean it was a 50s
diner so I had a big pompadour and you
know bigger muscles at the time
is this from that time is this when you
were Romi at home I had that earring
that screams Romi yeah no but mine never
was not as long as that it was more of a
pompadour okay yeah similar similar
embarrassing
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