Writers Festival Does Not Cancel Appearance!

This is like a real thing. It's called the Saskatchewan Festival of Words and it's coming up in a couple of weeks and I'm booked.
I was sure they would have second thoughts and un-book me at some point but it's apparently going on and I'm part of it.
Noah Richler, (Mordecai's kid) Ian Thomas, (Dave's brother) and Murray McLaughlin(Straw hats and old dirty hankies!) will all be part of this event.
Also CBC's Shelagh Rogers will be there and is going to have to introduce me at one of the presentations. Neato. I can just imagine how that conversation will go.
"Hi Shelagh I'm Howard Glassman, I use to be on the Radio in Toronto too."
"Hi Howard, I've never heard of you, were you working Air Traffic Control?"

At any rate I'm thrilled to be going to back the The Jaw for something of the non-maudlin variety.
I just hope these Festival people don't discover what a huge mistake they've made and rough me up.
Check out the whole line-up here.

I'm hosting a big Gala with Murray and Ian and one of the organizers wrote this note yesterday.

Hi Mr. Glassman:
I am finalizing the details for the Saturday night (July 21) performance
at the Festival of Words. I don't have a contract rider for you and I
was wondering if you have any food or drink requests (other than bottled
water) that you would like us to have for you for your performance?

I wrote back that I just needed water. I should have been more creative.

Yes I will need my own dressing room with black drapes on the wall.
4 sacks of baking flour.
2 bottles of Tequila and a carton of chocolate milk.
1 suckling pig, 1 non-suckling.
1 French hen, 2 turtle doves.
A slinky.
An etch-a-sketch.
A blow up doll and a package of red hots.