david witz
A.K.A. Dov (Hebrew version of my name)
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
“Leap, and the net will appear.”
What makes you, YOU?
- Father of two adult children who earn their own way and have never been arrested.
- Wrote about pop music and pop culture for Chicago Daily News, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Billboard and many others.
- Writes and produces the Martha & Dotty audio comedies.
- Blessed with a voice that makes me sound more authoritative than I actually am.
- Has won dozens of ADDY Awards, AIR Awards and assorted industry awards since 1979.
Things that make you tick...
- Pogo—I collect the original paperback anthologies
- SJ Perelman—I collect the original anthologies
- Chicago’s blues and jazz clubs
- International Fireworks Competition in Montreal, every summer
- Supporter and artist, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, since 1999
Pet peeves, dislikes, and anything else wrong with everything?
- Electric shavers
- Typos
- Oakley sunglasses
- Paranormal beliefs
Your first (and last) magazine cover?
- US Weekly, “Angelina’s Shocking New Love Affair!”
Your midnight shift superhero identity?
- Captain REM, can sleep though anything
What is your shaman power animal?
- House Cat. Because it’s time I was waited on hand and foot.
Drop some knowledge on the world...
- Big Ben isn’t the clock, it’s the largest bell in the clock tower
Fairly useless but unique skill or trick?
- Can play “William Tell Overture” on harmonica.
Go-to bar joke?
- What lies on the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A nervous wreck.
Your last meal?
- Mee Krob (Korean noodle dish)
Good book for a long-flight?
- “The Sot-Weed Factor”, John Barth
