Page 26 Summer 1991
Creativity According to Pat Hazell
By Bill Giduz Pat Hazell is a Los Angeles based variety artist well -known to IJA members who have been to the past few festivals. His stage act blends magic, comedy and props, working with everything from Mr. Potato Head to Silly Putty to houses of cards. But he came from juggling roots and still maintains a close affinity for jugglers. he earns praise for his ability to entertain without blue humor, and does so finding comedy in the family situations that audiences find warm and true. His latest creative project was an eight-week May and June run at the Complex Theatre in Hollywood of a comic play he wrote, "The Bunk Bed Brothers.: Hazell acted the part of one of two brothers who return to their family home and their old rooms on the occasion of their parents' 50th wedding anniversary.
You may have seen him on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Evening at the Improv, Comic Strip Live or appearing on the Showtime network as one of the five best comics in America. he has played the best of comedy clubs across the county and done concerts with the likes of Rodney Dangerfield, Sheena Easton, Phyllis Diller and Jay Leno. He agreed to talk with Juggler's World about his own story of success and how it may help you be successful, too! |