ig Bad Voodoo Daddy, swinging into Carbon County later this month, ranks among the entertainment highlights at local and regional venues in the coming weeks.
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of that most hardworking species of entertainer. comedians rich voss and bonnie mcfarlane are two of the hardest working people around, married to each other and new jersey. rich:: it s so much money to live here. i drove three exits on the jersey turnpike. it was $7. see, if you drive the whole new jersey turnpike, when you get to the end, you have to give them your car. bonnie: i m going to tell you guys something that i don t generally tell people right away. i m a vegan. i m very passionate about it. it s all about eating a cruelty free lifestyle. no animal or animal byproduct of any kind. i do cheat a little. i eat veal. it s so good. it s so tender. how do they get it like that? anthony: i m very sentimental about jersey italian, particularly spaghetti and meatballs. that s what i was going to go for. rich:: i ve eaten here at least five to ten times and i ve never had a bad meal, ever. anthony: oh, okay, i know what exactly. rich:: i wouldn t get the meatballs. [ l
i m getting the [ bleep ] out of the city and i m moving to jersey. bonnie: there s your answer. there s your answer. it s never going to be hip. rich: you know what? where does hipness stop? at what age? bonnie: hey, hipness is overrated. rich: yeah, it is overrated. you know what, i love living here. i love it. pine valley, the best golf course in the country. trump has a beautiful course here. anthony: now wait a minute, trump. i am not a fan. rich: who is? anthony: every minute that he walks the earth demands a certain complicity to not shout out, will you look at that ridiculous looking [ bleep ] head. it s like if you have a disfigurement, that sort of tacit agreement that, i m just not going to bring it up. that s too much to ask of me in trump s case. i want to scream. rich: do you know why he puts his names on the buildings? so the banks know which ones to take back. okay? at least he s a humble guy. jesus.
anthony: proud, long-time residents of new jersey? bonnie: no, i ve lived here nine years, but only been proud maybe the last two. it took me a long time to sort of anthony: get up to speed? bonnie: yeah. anthony: born and bred? rich: yes my whole life. bonnie: he won t leave. i had to make peace with it. anthony: when s the first time you played atlantic city? rich: there was a club at the sands. many times i would get paid on thursday and i would lose it all and then i d have to work for free. there s no worse feeling. anthony: oh i know that feeling. rich: it s a nightmare. you ever watch a couple in atlantic city? okay dear hold this money, don t give it back to me no matter what i tell you. i don t care what i say. an hour later. give me my god damn money. no i m not fooling around. you re lucky i even brought you here, bitch. you better give me my money. you re the reason i m losing. touching my arm when i m shooting craps. anthony: is there a specif
they never get offended. we all have our words, you know, that we don t like. the ones that affect us the most. i have my trigger words as a white woman. the word i don t like is no. i don t hear it that often, but when i do mm-mmm. rich: here s the deal with jersey, people land at newark and they drive up the turnpike. they don t turn off and go up into the nice anthony: they see the refineries. rich: they think that s new jersey. anthony: but see how sick is that i think it s beautiful? bonnie: more horses per capita than any other state. anthony: northern new jersey is the embroidery capital of the world. rich: yeah. bonnie: what? anthony: apparently. i don t know where that s happening. rich: my ex-wife worked for an embroidery company. bonnie: no. rich: i swear to god. i ll call her right now. anthony: this is the taste of my youth. for all of the marvelous things about new jersey, will people ever come across the bridge and the tunnel in the other dire