Shut the Fuck Up Redux

At the Upright Citizen Brigade, a local theater troupe in New York City that promotes live improvisational comedy for free, I had the opportunity of relating my bizarre E train weekend service change subway story to the masses -- and to Robin Williams.

photo: john shearer © wireimage.com

I told my tale of the robust black woman who told the bong drum guy to "shut the fuck up!" Robin Williams was on stage. At three different points in the show he would indiscriminately yell out, "shut the fuck up!" It was a moment of celeb synchronicity that made our night.

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