BARNES & NOBLE, UNION SQUARE, NYC, 9 AUG 2019: FIRST VERIFIED BOOKSTORE SIGHTING OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON
“I HAD A CHOICE. I COULD SIT AROUND AND WAIT TO DIE, OR I COULD GO BACK ON THE ROAD AND DIE ONSTAGE. THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME!” — THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN IN THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY (AT THE 15 AUGUST 2019 ADVANCE SCREENING WITH THE SHOW WON’T GO ON COAUTHOR JEFF ABRAHAM)
COMEDY LEGEND RITCH SHYDNER, AUTHOR OF KICKING THROUGH THE ASHES: MY LIFE AS A STAND-UP IN THE 1980s COMEDY EXPLOSION, SHOWS OFF HIS LATEST PURCHASE.
THE SHOW WON’T GO ON ARRIVES IN THE NEWSROOM OF THE JOHNSTOWN BREEZE NEWSPAPER IN JOHNSTOWN, COLORADO; ACCORDING TO EDITOR AND PUBLISHER MATT LUBICH, FOR “READING AND REFERENCE.”
15 SEPTEMBER 2019: THE FIRST BOOK SIGNING IS AT THE ICONIC BOOK SOUP ON THE SUNSET STRIP. THE EVENT IS HOSTED BY CRITIC AND AUTHOR RAY RICHMOND. CLICK THE PHOTO FOR THE FULL STORY.
THE AUTHORS FORGO A FORMAL PORTRAIT FOR A ROUGH “SELFIE” AT NPR WEST STUDIOS, WHERE THEY RECORDED AN INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT SIMON FOR NPR’S WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY.
21 SEPTEMBER 2019: THE SECOND STOP ON JEFF & BURT’S APPEARANCE TOUR FOR THE SHOW WON’T GO ON IS AT THE DARK DELICACIES, THE RENOWNED “HOME OF HORROR” BOOKSTORE & GIFTSHOP IN BURBANK
AMONG THE MANY PRESS AND MEDIA MENTIONS FOR THE SHOW WON’T GO ON WAS A RECOMMENDATION IN THE 2 OCTOBER 2019 EDITION OF THE NEW YORK POST.
ROCK ’N’ ROLL LEGEND WILLIE NILE SHOWS OFF HIS SIGNED COPY OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON. COINCIDENTALLY, THE SINGER-SONGWRITER, WHOSE LATEST ALBUM IS CHILDREN OF PARADISE, RECORDED THE SONG, PEOPLE WHO DIED.
16 OCTOBER 2019: BURT AND JEFF OUTSIDE KABC RADIO STUDIOS, FOLLOWING THEIR INTERVIEW WITH PETER TILDEN (PICTURED RIGHT)
19 OCTOBER 2019: SCOTT MICHAELS, FOUNDER OF HOLLYWOOD’S DEARLY DEPARTED TOURS, INTRODUCES JEFF & BURT BEFORE THEIR PRESENTATION AT THE DEARLY DEPARTED ARTIFACT MUSEUM.
COMEDIAN, ACTOR, WRITER, MUSICIAN & PODCASTER WAYNE FEDERMAN (A MAN OF MANY TALENTS) SHOWS OFF HIS COPY OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON.
22 OCTOBER 2019: STEVEN COHEN AND SASHA FEILER, HOSTS OF THE SHUT UP I LOVE IT PODCAST,INTERVIEW JEFF & BURT AT STORIES BOOKS & CAFE IN LOS ANGELES’ ECHO PARK.
22 OCTOBER 2019: COMEDIAN STEVEN COHEN GETS A LAUGH FROM JEFF’S RESPONSE ABOUT THE INITIAL INSPIRATION FOR THE SHOW WON’T GO ON. HINT: IT WAS ELVIS.
BURT & JEFF GET SERIOUS BEFORE THEIR APPEARANCE ON SIRIUSXM VOLUME. THINGS LOOSENED UP CONSIDERABLY ONCE THEY GOT TALKING WITH MARK GOODMAN & ALAN LIGHT ON DEBATABLE.
21 DECEMBER 2019: BURT IMMORTALIZES THE SHOW WON’T GO ON AND CELEBRATES ITS COVER STAR WITH INK! A TATTOO ON HIS ARM BY CRANKEE AT THE INKPIRE TATTOO STUDIO IN NORTHRIDGE, CA.
ADDED TO YEAR-END BEST-OF LISTS AND STILL GENERATING PUBLICITY, THE SHOW WON’T GO ON PROVED TO BE A POPULAR GIFT DURING THE 2019 HOLIDAY SEASON.
11 FEBRUARY 2020: MAGICIAN & WRITER DAVID REGAL MODERATES JEFF & BURT’S MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON IN THE INNER CIRCLE OF WORLD-FAMOUS MAGIC CASTLE IN HOLLYWOOD.
WORLD-RENOWNED PIANIST, SINGER, MUSICIAN, ARCHIVIST, AND ENTERTAINER MICHAEL FEINSTEIN TOLD JEFF HE’S “DYING TO READ” THE SHOW WON’T GO ON!
POSTED ON AMAZON.COM: CONNECTICUT’S BOBBY “BLUE” BLAIN SHOWS OFF HIS RECOMMENDED BEACH READ — AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE’S ALMOST THROUGH THE ENTIRE BOOK!
SEPT 2021: COVID RESTRICTIONS THREW A WRENCH INTO THE BOOK PROMOTION, BUT ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION, BURT & JEFF ARE STILL AT IT!
MICHAEL BUTLER MURRAY NARRATES THE SHOW WON’T GO ON AUDIOBOOK, WHICH IN ITS FIRST WEEK ON SALE WAS AMAZON’S #1 NEW RELEASE IN THE THEATRE BIOGRAPHY AND PERFORMING ARTS HISTORY & CRITICISM CATEGORIES. MURRAY IS ALSO A HIGHLY-REGARDED ACTOR AND MUSICIAN.
WHEN AMAZON.COM BEGAN DELIVERING THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, WASHINGTON STATE ROCK STAR DAVID B. ERONEMO WAS AMONG THOSE WHO SPREAD THE WORD.
RADIO STAR TIM CONWAY JR., HOST OF THE TIM CONWAY JR. SHOW ON KFI-AM IN LOS ANGELES & iHEART RADIO, SHOWS OFF HIS COPY OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON AFTER HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE BOOK’S AUTHORS.
BURT & JEFF TALK ABOUT THE SHOW WON’T GO ON — AND DEFEND JERRY LEWIS AND HIS LOST MOVIE THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED ON THE SHUT UP I LOVE IT PODCAST, HOSTED BY SASHA FEILER & STEVEN COHEN.
THE SHOW WON’T GO ON RECOMMENDED AT THE ICONIC BOOK SOUP IN WEST HOLLYWOOD: “PREPARE FOR LOTS OF ‘HOLY SHIT’ MOMENTS! RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: STARING INTO THE ABYSS”
WRITER, PRODUCER, SHOW BUSINESS HISTORIAN AND COMIC BOOK LEGEND MARK EVANIER WAS SPECIAL GUEST MODERATOR FOR THE WELL-ATTENDED DARK DELICACIES DISCUSSION. (CLICK PHOTO FOR STORY)
THE COVER OF THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON. EIGHT AND 1/2 HOURS, NARRATED BY THE GREAT MICHAEL BUTLER MURRAY. CLICK THE COVER TO ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!
JOHNNY PISANO, WILLIE NILE’S BASS PLAYER AND STAR IN HIS OWN RIGHT, POINTS OUT HIS PERSONALIZED COPY OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON. JOHNNY IS KNOWN FOR HIS SPLIT JUMPS AND JOHNNY PISANO’S PUNK ROCK PIZZERIA.
RAQUEL, QUEEN OF BAIL, RENOWNED HOLLYWOOD BONDSWOMAN, WRITER AND ENTREPRENEUR, IS A VALUED SUPPORTER OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON.
19 OCTOBER 2019: JEFF & BURT, SITTING IN FRONT OF TINY TIM & KARL WALLENDA DISPLAYS AT The DEARLY DEPARTED ARTIFACT MUSEUM, SHARE UNTOLD STORIES ABOUT PERFORMERS WHO DIED ONSTAGE.
STEVEN ALAN GREEN IS A COMEDY STORE LEGEND WHOSE ONE-MAN SHOW, I EAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU FOR BREAKFAST, RECOUNTS HIS (UNPLEASANT) EXPERIENCE WITH JERRY LEWIS.
22 OCTOBER 2019: WITH STEVEN COHEN & SASHA FEILER, HOSTS OF THE SHUT UP I LOVE IT PODCAST, AT THE STORIES BOOKS & CAFE EVENT. JEFF & BURT WERE GUESTS ON THE PODCAST IN SEPTEMBER.
22 OCTOBER 2019: BURT WITH COMEDY WRITER AND IMPROV PERFORMER SASHA FEILER, HOST OF THE SHUT UP I LOVE IT PODCAST. THE DISCUSSION AT STORIES BOOKS MAY TURN UP AS A PODCAST BONUS EPISODE.
“I CALL IT ‘DEATH POTATO CHIPS.’ YOU KEEP READING, SAYING, ‘I’M JUST GOING TO READ ONE MORE…” — MATT LUBICH, NEWSPAPER EDITOR & PUBLISHER & WINNER OF THE PLEASEKILLME.COM SIGNED COPY CONTEST.
GILBERT GOTTFRIED’S AMAZING COLOSSAL PODCAST’S FIRST PATREON BONUS EPISODE FEATURED A CAMEO FROM JEFF AND KIND WORDS FROM COHOST FRANK SANTOPADRE ABOUT JEFF & BURT’S EARLIER APPEARANCE.
11 FEBRUARY 2020: A HISTORIC APPEARANCE, AS JEFF & BURT ARE INVITED TO PRESENT THE SHOW WON’T GO ON TO AN ELITE CROWD IN THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS MAGIC CASTLE IN HOLLYWOOD.
11 FEBRUARY 2020: BURT & JEFF AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON BEFORE AN ELITE CROWD IN THE EXCLUSIVE, WORLD-FAMOUS MAGIC CASTLE IN HOLLYWOOD.
21 JUNE 2020: JEFF & BURT ARE INVITED BACK TO THE WORLD-FAMOUS MAGIC CASTLE, FOR AN EXCLUSIVE “MEMBERS’ PERK” ONLINE, LOCKDOWN PRESENTATION OF THE SHOW WON’T GO ON.
11 JULY 2020: RICHARD HALPERN, aka MR. TIN PAN ALLEY, PLUGS THE SHOW WON’T GO ON DURING HIS POPULAR SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC FACEBOOK LIVE SHOW, LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD PENTHOUSE.
HALLOWEEN 2022: JEFF & BURT CARRY ON THE SHOW WON’T GO ON HALLOWEEN TRADITION ON LIVE TV… TELLING TALES TO HELEN RAPTIS, HOST OF AM NORTHWEST ON KATU-TV IN PORTLAND, OREGON