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wgbh studio performance

Stories from the Stage

On Monday, October 22, 2018, at 9:30 p.m., World Channel TV with its 350 syndicated affiliates, among them Boston's premier PBS station, WGBH, broadcasted worldwide George from the Bronx performing his award winning story, "Larry is Evil!" The 30 minute show, Stories from the Stage, had as its theme "It's All Relative." The worldwide viewership of all affiliates is 16 million.

Larry Is Evil!

Vendura's tale is from his memoir Bronxcapades about growing up Italian in the Bronx with a spoiled brother and wooden-spoon- wielding Momma.





wgbh Performance: "LARRY IS EVIL"

This little brat just loved breaking all my toys!

    other live performances

    MY FIRST JOB, THE BRONX ZOO!

    Teller: The Gallery at Village Works, Acton MA


    All of a sudden screaming people were running past me. It was a lion!  And it was out of its cage coming down the path!

    SIBLINGS AND ROOMMATES

     Mass-Story Winner: Doyles Cafe, Jamaica Plain MA


    And as soon as Mom left the room the little creep poured my strawberry ice cream down the drain and did his victory dance while wiggling his fingers in his ears. 

    FIRST DAY AT PENN STATE

    Featured Teller: St. James Library and Center for the Arts, Norwell  MA


    Lost!  Lost in the middle of this godforsaken rectangular state, desperately searching for Penn State, but all I see are cows!

    BROKE

    Massmouth Winner: Club Passim, Cambridge MA


    I was peanut butter and jelly poor. Things were so bad that I slept in a car without a brake or a gas pedal.  

    TOY BUSTER

    Mass-Story Grand Slam Finalist: Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA


    Then the devil on my left shoulder began to whisper in my ear, and I started nodding, "Yeah...Yeah...Yeah...."

    ROTTEN BROTHER

     Massmouth Big Mouth Off Finalist: Artists for Humanity,  Boston MA


    Any moment now Momma was convinced he was going to die, so she let him get away with murder and he knew it!

    CRAZY LADY ON A PLANE

    Featured Teller: Story Space, Cambridge MA


    Her eyes were popping out of her head as she twisted my arm. "I'm going to crack again! Make the pilot stop the plane. I just got out of a mental hospital!"

    CUT-THROAT SCRABBLE

    Teller: Club Passim, Cambridge MA


    A friend? No, all of a sudden his eyes disintegrated into evil slits. So, this game was not just for fun. he was out for blood!  

    OSCAR'S COMING

    Teller: Doyles, Jamaica Plain MA


    I didn't even shave yet, but they dressed me up like a doctor and sent me to work in the emergency room!

    CANARY AND PARAKEET FREQUENT FLYERS

     Featured Teller: Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham MA


    If they have two nostrils and they're breathing air, they're $60 each!

    I HATE PHYSICISTS

     Teller: Doyles Cafe, Jamaica Plain MA


    You think you have it tough?  Every day I'm surrounded by physicists!

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    Story List

                            STORY TITLE/FILE #

    1. 3 am in the Coliseum /3
    2. Hungarian Smugglers /4
    3. Train Conductor and the Stamp /9
    4. Three Travelers, Five Languages /17
    5. Please Don't Pass the Cheese Platter! /21
    6. Employee of the Month /24
    7. Banished by the Great Doctor Henderson! /30
    8. Mormon Crystals /31
    9. London "Honeymoon" /33
    10. Two Engines Out Over the Atlantic! /34
    11. 10,000 Pollywogs /42
    12. Three Cases of Hummus /43
    13. Match Sticks /45
    14. The Wooden Hammer and the Concrete Wall /46
    15. Food! Free! /47
    16. Quaker Psychiatrist /48
    17. My Twenty Minutes in the Peace Corp /49
    18. "What Eye Chart?" /53
    19. Hearing Test Phone Booth /54
    20. "Pay When You Graduate" /56
    21. "Excuse Me, Sir, But Your Bus Is About To Leave." /57
    22. Near Death in 12 Feet of Snow /60
    23. Bear Tree /62 
    24. "You're Suspended!" /70
    25. The NYC Track Star /74
    26. Deadly Waltz with the Giant Ice Cube /75
    27. "The Big Blow's Coming!" /77
    28. Mazzullo's Rear Axle /78
    29. Only Nine Laps to Go! /82
    30. Subway Rescue - "Oh I Haven't Seen You Since Graduation!" /83
    31. "All the Dairy Products You Can Eat!" /87
    32. Kak Vasha Familia? /90
    33. 400 Years in 30 Minutes /92
    34. Blueblood M&M's /93
    35. My Love Affair with Rocks /96
    36. 3000 Miles Without a Starter Motor /98
    37. Rest Stop In Iowa /99
    38. Robin Hood and the Xerox Key /103
    39. Moving Pass Required! /104
    40. Mules Have the Right of Way! /105
    41. Petty Cash Petty Confrontation  /106
    42. How I Became a Professional Photographer /107
    43. Teaching Those Rice Bugs a Lesson /108
    44. French Fried Vendura /109
    45. Earthquake Bells and Screaming Lovers /110
    46. "What? Me Memorize 64 Security Badges?"  /111
    47. Sponge Cake /112
    48. Weight Watchers in Taiwan  /113
    49. Na Pali Coast and the Plastic Sleeping Bag /114
    50. "Sorry, Mrs. Holland. You're House Is Condemned." /119
    51. Bedtime with Beverly /121
    52. Hitchhiking Encounter outside Philadelphia /123
    53. "Can You Get Anything There?" /124
    54. Sister Mary Dorothea and the Lawn Detail /125
    55. Uncle Sam and the Never Never Dowels /130
    56. Mom's Coffee Cake /134
    57. "But Uncle Sammy Can't SwIm!!!" /135
    58. My Visits to Hewlett and Packard  /137
    59. "But Do They Have Free Donuts?" /40
    60. "You Are Hereby Accused of Sexual Harassment" /143
    61. Dead on Arrival /149
    62. Sex Trade Via Gerbils /151
    63. No Russian Spoken Here! /153
    64. 169 Milk Cartons and a Sports Car /163
    65. Pizza, Extra Crispy! /165
    66. "Doctor" Murphy and the Sex Bomb Oscilloscope  /168
    67. Brother Bullen and How to Use a Key /170
    68. The Boron Moron /171
    69. "You Remind Me of My Ex-Husband!" /180
    70. "He's Coming and He Has a Gun!" /192
    71. Snow White and the Seven Hoods /193
    72. B.C. and the Buttercup /194
    73. Faster Than Rabbits, Dumber Than Turtles /195
    74. Slave Cabin /198
    75. The Bad Boy Who Hid the Communion Wafer /199
    76. "You Have Three Mothers." /200
    77. The Alphabet Circle /201
    78. Homeroom Teacher Late Again /205
    79. Birdhouse Tree /206
    80. The Catholic, the Protestant and the Jew /213
    81. "No, Yankee, Them’s Oil Wells!" /215
    82. "No Discharge of Firearms in the Dorms." /216
    83. Trapped in the Oklahoma State University Library /217
    84. "Got a Map?" /318
    85. Fateful Phone Call to the Great Doctor Adler /222
    86. "Now Don't Get Riled, This Is a Tape Recorder." /223
    87. 72 Blurred Photos of Cow Behinds /224
    88. "My Car's Disabled." /225
    89. Sleeping in Joe Paterno's Office /228
    90. /Sandy McBride Stops Smoking /231
    91. Windshield Wiper and the Penny /233
    92. The 80 Pound Pendulum and My Teeth in Braces /236
    93. "Now Make Me Another Batch By Tomorrow." /237
    94. "Oh, and on Your Way Back, Pick Up My Conference Slides." /238
    95. "Hi! I'm Taking a Survey!" /240
    96. "You're Under Arrest, and, No, You Can't Kiss Your Mother Goodbye!" /245
    97. 3 am Epiphany - Physics, Chemistry, Math - All One /249
    98. The Theoretician and Jumper Cables /250
    99. "I'm working on Chapter 7." /253
    100. "You Don't Belong in This University." /254
    101. Thomas Edison Made This Phonograph /258
    102. The Key to the Diploma Room! /259
    103. Instant Student - Registration to Graduation - in 10 Minutes  /260
    104. "You Can't Outrun a Rabbit!" /261
    105. Lawn Mower "Accident" (Twice!) at the Sewerage Plant  /262
    106. Coke Stain on the Gymnasium Floor /263
    107. Fiberglass Curtains /269
    108. The $6,000 Chandelier /272
    109. "No, I Won't Take Still Photographs with Your Movie Camera." /274
    110. Two Germans and a Christmas Tree /282
    111. White Lab Coat and a Clipboard - How I Infiltrated the Nuthouse /287
    112. Cousin Richie and the Starter Motor /290
    113. Everything that You Are Dying to Know about the George Washington Bridge /291
    114. Pee Pee and the CIA /292
    115. Obama's Podium /293
    116. Two Gerbils in a Mayonnaise Jar /298
    117. The Moonies Kidnap Dr. Dick! /304
    118. Lap Nap /305 
    119. Bear Attack in Yosemite Park! /306
    120. Gold Mine Trespassing in Rhyolite, Nevada /307
    121. "Where's the Toilet Paper?" /309
    122. "I Do Not Like These Figures on Your Expense Report." /310
    123. "Doctor Josephson Is on the Phone? The Doctor Josephson???" /311
    124. "Your Satellite Is Falling Out of the Sky!" /313
    125. The Penalty Is Death, You Handsome Guy!" /314
    126. Signature Required before You Get a Copy." /317
    127. "Are You Recording Me?" /322
    128. Alligators and Chickens /326
    129. Rita's All-Day Bronx Zoo Interview /328
    130. The Best Pizza in the Whole World! /330
    131. Oil Gasket Blown in the Middle of the Mojave Desert /332
    132. Wealth, Stored, Life and Energy /334
    133. Golden Rule /337
    134. Parents, Government. Church  /338
    135. I Hate Physics /340
    136. Who's the Idiot? /343
    137. Quiet Room, Four Walls /347
    138. Sun, Energy, Wealth, and Time  /348
    139. Dukakis, Stephanopoulos and Seven Continents /349
    140. Briefcase Full of Money /352
    141. "May I Please Borrow Your Four Tires Again?" /353
    142. "Don't Step on My Conference Table!" /355
    143. Five Levels of Desk, Five Levels of Chairs /356
    144. Petty Cash Crisis, What Are We Going to Do? /358
    145. Wine Tasting and the Credit Card /365
    146. Cute Forest Ranger and the Great Doctor Shockley /369
    147. "No, I Don't Want a Plastic Window." /386
    148. Hot Lava on the Road Directly Ahead! /392
    149. Canada's War Museum /398
    150. Oregon Trail  /399
    151. Oregon Moonscape  /400
    152. Yellowstone Winter Wonderland  /404
    153. "Any Jerk Can Do This in the Daytime" /407
    154. Biagio's Three Wives /410
    155. "But Aren't You Going to Visit Your Relatives?" /411
    156. Don't Tell Mom: Our Secret Bastard Line /412
    157. I Am Here as a Result of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation  /414
    158. Grandpa and the Mule /415
    159. Biagio’s Suicide /416
    160. The Problem with Maryland  /424
    161. Say Nothing; Do Nothing; Be Nothing /427
    162. Dad and the Horizontal Throne /429
    163. Jeannie's Easter Basket /439
    164. The Four Letter Word /444
    165. Doctor Newnham's Secret Assistance /445
    166. "How Much of the Bonus Do You Think You Deserve?" /446
    167. "You Got Him!" /450
    168. "These Are the Keys to Every Laboratory in MIT." /451
    169. Our Two TV's /460
    170. Mom's Bra Money /463
    171. Dark Side; Light Side /465
    172. All of a Sudden, I'm an Antique Dealer /476
    173. Gold Shavings /478
    174. Mrs. Weiss's Upstairs Tenants /480
    175. Mom and the Ensenada Door Buster Line /486
    176. "All the Chicken You Can Eat." /487
    177. Firing Buckley /494
    178. Greg Johnson's Astronomical Promotion /495
    179. Dr. Cannom's in Love with My Wife! /503
    180. You Have Attention Deficit Disorder /505
    181. Indian Reservation /506
    182. The Boss Tried to Commit Suicide? /507
    183. Counseling the Boss's Wife /509
    184. Native American  /517
    185. "I Hate New Yorkers!" /518
    186. My Alien Sister-in-Law /519
    187. Debbie's Sheer Nighttime /520
    188. Shortened European Trip /523
    189. Mom and Dad's Earthquake Visit /525
    190. Earthquake Movie Editing  /526
    191. Eye-popping St. Tropez /531
    192. "How Do You Say Deodorant in French?" /536
    193. Bronx Draft Office Visit /543
    194. "The Man Born Yesterday" /553
    195. "I Have a Cosmetic Defect" /554
    196. Ain't Easy to Catch a Train /557
    197. Mike Becomes a Gun Fanatic /559
    198. My Love Affair with Black Widow Spiders /561
    199. Cultural Entomologist? /563
    200. The Bishop's Blessing - Applesauce Garcia III /564
    201. St. Francis Blessing - Bruno and the Student Pastor /565
    202. Kitchen Grape Arbor /566
    203. 93 Year Old Sex Maniac /568
    204. "Your File Cabinets are Functional" /569
    205. "What About My $6,000 Chandelier?" /570
    206. "Left at the Dishwasher!" /586
    207. Greek Wreck and Pretzels  /591
    208. Octopi! /592
    209. Crow Trial  /598
    210. Truck Load of Liquor /599
    211. Why the Draft Age is 18 to 26 /602
    212. "You Don't Know Anything about Baseball!" /603
    213. Cleaning Lady Turns Princess /604
    214. "Put That in Your Resume!" /610
    215. Cinderella Story: Chemist Chrysalis to Physicist Butterfly /611
    216. "What's Your Price? Everybody Has a Price." /612
    217. "By the Way, Where's the Nearest Home Depot?" /624
    218. The Two Wine Glasses /634
    219. "Not a Dime More Than $25,000, Doctor Spear!" /644
    220. Mormon Mini Golden Parachute /645
    221. "You Never Signed My Vacation Request?!?!" /646
    222. "You Can't Play in My Sandbox!" /648
    223. Block Party Time! /657
    224. Hitchhiking with Doctor Dick /666
    225. Because My Friend, Carlo, Says So!" /685
    226. Bathroom Embarrassment  /690
    227. "Lady Bugs, Father, Lady Bugs." /693
    228. Grandpa's Photo /704
    229. Aunt Theresa's Shattered Head /705
    230. A Cradle for Lauren /705
    231. California Post Office Confrontation  /707
    232. My Speech Before 200 Guineas /711
    233. Ten Pounds in 5 Days /721
    234. My Letter to a Dead Man /731
    235. Bingo Photo! Alex Haley Moment /734

         



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