Writer Reid Champagne Adds a Comedic Touch to Insightful Observations

 Financial woes have nearly quadrupled the rate of depression in the US. According to a recent report by The Brink, the number of depressed adults has jumped from 8.5% before the pandemic hit to a whopping 32.8% in 2021. During these difficult times, great humorists like Reid Champagne have been providing much-needed laughter to Americans everywhere.

Champagne, in particular, tackles serious and controversial topics while infusing his signature humor, which is often described as “self-depreciating.” He often makes himself the subject of his jokes, thereby putting himself center-stage rather than anybody else.

While talking about his creative process, the writer said, “When I write something, I don’t do it to correct the ways of the world. Instead, I tell it like it is and do it in the manner of a breakfast conversation I would have with my wife [Carol] about this and that. For instance, in my accounts of Lake Tahoe, I compared the destruction of wildlife habitat with inhabitability of Iceland because Iceland is an experience I share with Carol and my audience.”

Champagne has also been known to champion inoculation drives and other controversial issues without ruffling many feathers. According to a subscriber of his blog, “I like that he doesn’t talk about divisive matters unless they apply to him. He didn’t talk about vaccination until his trip to Iceland, saying it was the only country that would accept their vaccination cards. And that was pretty much it about the topic of vaccines, but you’ll definitely find allusions to it in the day leading up to their trip.”

Before reverting full-time to writing about his everyday brushes with food, travel, people, and just life in general, Champagne was a popular columnist for several renowned magazines such as USA Today, Eurail, Delaware Today, The Sun, Main Line Today and more. The writer even authored a book in 2012 called, “An American Walkabout”; a book about growing up and coming of age in one’s later years.

Readers who wish to read his blogs and download the book can do so on via the website given below.

About Reid Champagne

Reid Champagne is a famous American humorist with over 35 years of comedy writing under his belt. After retiring as a funny columnist, he channeled his sense of humor into recounting daily life with his wife Carol through blogs. He’s also authored a travel book by the name of An American Walkabout, available for sale on Amazon.

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Writer Beckham Publishes First Profile Of Bill Cosby After His Prison Release

They had confused me with David Beckham, the soccer player.

Barry Beckham describes his encounters with entertainer Bill Cosby when he promoted Beckham’s Black Student’s Guide to Colleges—the first of its kind—in the 1980s. The serialized episodes are collected in “No, I’m Not David, But I’ve Met a Lot of Famous People.”

“I chose that title because so many youngsters emailed me with praiseworthy comments,” he explains. “I realized finally that they had confused me with David Beckham, the soccer player. So, I replied with, “No, I’m Not David.”

The episode about Cosby is part of Amazon Vella where stories are released as one short episode at a time. Beckham expects to release a new chapter monthly. Beckham sees “No, I’m Not David” as a collection of candid and revealing encounters with some of the country’s most revered and sometimes reclusive icons and standard bearers. His series of interviews and encounters with the high and mighty include David Rockefeller, John F. Kennedy Jr., Miles Davis, Earl G. Graves, Edward Albee, and others.

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The third episode after Cosby features John F. Kennedy Jr. whom Beckham knew while a professor at Brown University.

“I combine memoir with the new journalistic approach,” says Beckham. “Like Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, and Rex Reed, my role in the story becomes as prominent as the subject I’m writing about, so I describe what they said and did when I was with them, using novelistic techniques of scene setting and dialogue.”

Beckham depicts Cosby’s voice and movement in several memorable situations. He admits that he didn’t understand the first three minutes of Cosby’s introductory greeting after his performance because it sounded like a minister’s discourse. The entertainer encouraged him to use the photograph of the two of them in all of his advertising. When Beckham said that he couldn’t afford it, Cosby told him to call John Johnson, publisher at Ebony, and arrange for credit.

Having published critically acclaimed novels and a biography of New York basketball legend Earl Manigault, Beckham says: “I’m eager to try combining my own biography with the lives of those I write about—like the new journalists recorded.”

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Award-winning Writer Alaina Warren Zachary’s “Crankey Village, NM” is comedy gold at Festivals

“Crankey Village, NM” is created to be appealing to a broad audience from 18 to 65+ with a diverse cast of characters and a well-mapped out series filled with life struggles, humor in coping and hope to grow.

Crankey Village NM winning at Comedy Festivals

Crankey Village NM winning at Comedy Festivals

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.May 18, 2021PRLog — Award-winning writer, singer, and SAG-AFTRA actor, Alaina Warren Zachary’s new comedy script and series bible for “Crankey Village, N.M.” is finding success on the festival circuit.

Crankey Village, NM has received the following awards to date and they’re just getting started:

  • Best Teleplay California Women’s Film Festival ’21
  • Best Comic Teleplay Austin Comedy Film Festival ’21
  • Best Comic Teleplay Houston Comedy Film Festival ’21
  • Finalist Chicago Screenplay Awards ’21
  • Semi-finalist Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition ’20
  • Semi-finalist Cinequest Screenwriting Competition ’21
  • Quarter-finalist Sedona International Film Festival ’21
  • Quarter-finalist Stage 32 5th Annual Comedy Writing Competition ’20

“Crankey Village, N.M.” has been compared to Schitt’s Creek with a Superstore vibe which Warren Zachary is looking to get developed into a 10 episode television show.

Inspired by an idea of three long-time improv pals David Brezniak, Jane Ranallo Goodman, and Alaina, “Crankey Village, NM,” was written by Zachary. A narcissistic widow craving an east coast lifestyle is held back by the wacky, multi-cultural residents, family, and staff of a retirement community in New Mexico.

The first season of “Crankey Village, N.M.” has been structured for 10, half-hour episodes and the format allows for an easy binge-watching session which is hugely popular today.

Zachary has had an impressive performance career, earning a BFA from Boston University. Three Broadway original musicals: Grease, Nine, and Baby. A member of the famed Cambridge-based improv troupe, The Proposition. Scores of commercials and over 100 theatre roles.

She studied at the Mannes College of Music, sang with the Saratoga Opera, was a founding member of the Hudson Opera Theatre, and won an impressive grant to record the lost songs of French composer, Cecile Chaminade. The CD is “Mon Coeur Chante!”

Zachary relocated to Santa Fe in 2008 and joined the faculty of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design teaching musical theatre. She now resides in Albuquerque. Recent TV appearances include Roswell, Better Call Saul, Night Shift, and Graves. Films are Wander, Half Brothers, The Short History of the Long Road. Her feature screenplay, These Broken Wings took top honors in the Tale Writers NM screenwriting competition and now she brings her tremendous energy to Crankey Village, N.M., an episodic, comic homage to New Mexico.

About “Crankey Village, N.M.”

Produced by Dieu Donne Productions, LLC and Buffalo8 as Executive Producers, Crankey Village, New Mexico is a TV series about a wacky family-owned retirement community somewhere in New Mexico. When narcissistic widow Luella Crankey inherits the retirement community, she will do anything to sell. Wacky residents and quirky staff will do anything to stop her. Sylvia, the resident horned lizard sees it all. Watch the “Crankey Village, NM” featurette on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GhAFbAGpCE. For more info, please visit https://www.CrankeyVillageTV.com