Del had an amazing life. This book is a chronicling of that life, (as best as you can chronicle such an unkempt, outlandish life - weeding through many wild legends - more of them true than not), by a friend of mine and one of Del's students and long-time aquaintances; Kim "Howard" Johnson. I apologize for that run-on sentence, and the qualifiers and sidetrackings of it, but that is a good example of following Del's trail.

Del was from Kansas. He was part of traveling theatre shows. He toured with horror movies. He appeared off-broadway with Larry Hagman. He talked comedy with Lenny Bruce. He met and hung out with L. Ron Hubbard before he'd invented that "religion". He taught Belushi, Murray, Farley...and so many others. He worked with Elaine May. He did acid when it was good. He roller-skated in the sewers (well...just imagining it is good enough). He spent hours teaching, and his whole life believing, that improvisational theatre could be a place for more than nervous young smartasses to show off their cleverosity. He proved it, here and there, quite a few times. He did so many interesting and varied things, tried so much, met so many people and interacted in so many "scenes", it's crazy. Sitting around listening to him talk you could learn something about improvising, theatre, what it takes to keep going in showbiz, or you could just be entertained, intimidated, and thrilled by the presence of his energy.

He was unlike anyone else I have met. I can't really put it into words, but in a big way Howard has done so with this book. Because he just told the story. This great, crazy story. I wonder if you will agree after you read it. Read it. Buy it first, then read it. It's as close as you'll come to meeting Del.

You can buy it HERE...or go down to your local bookie store