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This article originally appeared on 08.03.21

Parenting is the most important job that most people will ever have in life. Your decisions as a parent will be some of the most important determining factors in whether your child becomes a happy and productive adult or not. It’s a huge responsibility.

Parenting is a difficult and important undertaking, but many parents simply repeat the same strategies used by their parents. How often do we hear people rationalize their decisions by saying, “That’s what my parents did and I came out ok.”

This approach to raising children negates the fact that with every generation there are countless studies done on child development, many of which run counter to popular parenting wisdom from the past.

Dr. Kristyn Sommer, who has a PhD in child development, has received a lot of attention on social media because of her dedication to teaching “evidence-based parenting.” This expertise has made her an advocate for strategies that run counter to conventional parenting wisdom and have stirred up a bit of controversy.

Here are five TikTok videos where Sommer shares some of her evidence-based parenting strategies.

@drkristynsommer

Play > rote learning for toddlers 🙌 #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playmatters #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #toddler

Three Things I Do Differently as a Mum with a PhD in Child Development

In Dr. Sommer’s first video where she references her degree she admits she refuses to sleep train, co-sleeps with her daughter, and never calls her “naughty” or “bad.” She delves deeper into her thoughts on discipline in the next video.

How To Discipline Your Child So They Actually Learn

Dr. Sommer uses positive reinforcement to discipline her child and as she said in the previous video, avoids the use of terms such as “naughty” or “bad.” If her daughter is doing something wrong she asks her to contemplate whether she’s making a good or a bad decision.

How to Handle Tantrums

Most people tend to think of a tantrum as naughty behavior. However, they are actually a combination of a bunch of little stresses that the child has experienced throughout the day that eventually overwhelm them. Once they hit the tipping point, all of their big feelings bubble up to the surface, resulting in a healthy expression of emotion.

Should You Spank Your Child?

Dr. Sommer is passionately against “spanking, corporal punishment, physical punishment, what ever you want to call it.” She says it needs to stop because it has little effect on behavior and can lead to antisocial tendencies in the future.

She Doesn’t Teach ABCs and 1,2,3s

Dr. Sommer isn’t worried about teaching her child her toddler alphabet or how to count. She says that it “doesn’t really help them with anything” but they should spend that time playing because that’s where they learn best.

@drkristynsommer

Play > rote learning for toddlers 🙌 #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playmatters #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #toddler

Play > rote learning for toddlers 🙌 #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playmatters #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #toddler

This article originally appeared on 07.18.19

When Lily Evans set out to walk her dog, she had no idea the story of that walk would later go viral on the internet.

When she took to Twitter to recount her experience, she opened with a simple question, one that many men have probably wondered for a long time — though women already know the answer.

(Before you click through to the thread itself, note that Lily’s Twitter account is expressly for adults and may be NSFW.)

The walk started off normal enough. Until she ran into a seemingly friendly stranger.

A man eating on a nearby bench offered her dog, Echo, a treat.

He eventually asked her if she lived in the area — which could be considered slightly intrusive — but all in all, it was just small talk.

But then she ran into him again shortly after.

Evans says his friendly banter — maybe innocent, but more likely not — was making her incredibly uncomfortable.

And yet he continued to linger.

Then he invaded her physical space with an out-of-nowhere hug.

“I was terrified,” she wrote.

Evans hurried home, petrified the man would follow her.

He didn’t. But the experience left her shaken and upset. Worst of all, she says, she has been through this many, many times before.

Her story went viral in a hurry, with over 44,000 retweets, 68,000 likes, and thousands of comments.

“The response from other women has been pretty heartbreaking,” Evans writes in a Twitter exchange with Upworthy. “Many, many women have used this as an opportunity to share their stories of harassment, assault, or even just being very frightened.”

The replies to Evans’ tweet thread is littered with similar stories — seemingly “nice” guys on the street or public transportation who push small talk far past its acceptable boundaries.

Though she’s glad her story made other women feel more comfortable coming forward with their own experiences, Evans hopes it also leaves an impression on men who read it.

“I had several guys ask me how they can be more non-threatening, and that’s exactly what I was aiming for.”

“I got a lot of replies from men saying, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry that happened, but we aren’t all like that! Some of us are nice guys,'” she says. “And while that’s true, my point was that strangers cannot know what your intentions are until it’s too late.

She hits on an important point: It’s not inherently wrong or creepy to strike up a conversation with a stranger, but women truly never know when a simple “hi” is going to turn into them being followed and harassed.

“I had several guys ask me how they can be more non-threatening, and that’s exactly what I was aiming for,” she says. “I just want men to be more self-aware and understand that when a woman they don’t know is skittish, it’s nothing personal. We’re just trying to be safe.”

Have you heard of this show Yellowstone? It’s got Kevin Costner as the owner of a really big and very profitable ranch in Montana. It’s pretty popular. How popular is it? It’s inspired multiple spinoffs, including a forthcoming one with no less than Harrison Ford and Dame Helen Mirren. It’s also so popular that its latest premiere broke viewership records for a show that is already watched by just about every boomer.

As per Entertainment Weekly, Season 5 kicked off not with a whimper but with a bang. During its live airing on the Paramount Network, the neo-Western pulled in 8.8 million viewers. But this is the future, so that was only the start. When you throw in simulcast airings on stations like CMT, TV, and Pop, the number balloons to 10.3 million. Add encore telecasts, and it goes up to 12.1 million, encompassing all live-plus-same-day viewers.

For context, the show’s Season 4 finale “only” scored 9.3 million live-plus-same-day viewers, and 11 million when you add simulcast airings. Indeed, it’s the biggest viewership Yellowstone has ever gotten.

Creator Taylor Sheridan is doing pretty well for himself. He even has another Paramount show, Tulsa King, which unleashes Sylvester Stallone upon the south. Sheridan recently addressed one minor controversy, if you can even call it that, laughing off claims that it’s the “Red State Game of Thrones.” Anyway, good news for an already popular program. Maybe you should check it out.

(Via EW)

Back in September, John Oliver made a joke about the recently departed Queen Elizabeth II. It wasn’t mean-spirited or even particularly edgy. All he did was point out that it’s not shocking that a 96-year-old woman passed away. Still, it was too much for Sky, the British broadcaster, who cut the bit when they aired that episode of Last Week Tonight. Oliver was scared that they’d go even further with his most recent episode, whose main segment was dedicated to the monarchy. He needn’t have worried.

As per Deadline, the episode aired on Sky in full, despite Oliver taking a predictably critical view of the British monarchy. Oliver was so sure they’d axe it that he and his team provided an alternative: a 25-minute loop of a brief video featuring Winston Churchill going down a wasterslide backwards, set to the theme from The Benny Hill Show. As such, viewers abroad were spared — and educated about some of the darker aspects of a tradition some (but by no means all) find outdated.

The episode did not hold back. Oliver even made another joke about Elizabeth II’s passing, saying he felt the same way about her death as he did about Mr. Big eating it while on a Peloton on And Just Like That… “It’s like I care, but I don’t,” Oliver cracked, adding that “she ain’t done nothing for us” before moving onto the nation’s poisonous history of colonialism.

(Via Deadline)

The Los Angeles Lakers are 3-10 to start the season after notching a much-needed win over the Nets on Sunday night despite the absence of LeBron James, who sat out for a second straight game with a groin injury.

James’ health jumped to the top of the Lakers’ list of concerns, but even when he does return to the lineup there are plenty of things to fix. After another offseason where the Lakers refused to sign shooters, the team ranks dead last in three-point shooting in the league and while there could be some positive regression on its way, the roster is what it is (as James has said many times) and they’re never going to light it up until changes are made.

However, as has been reported a number of times, the Lakers aren’t willing to make moves too quickly, even as they’ve slipped into the basement of the West standings. As the front office continues to drag its feet on making a trade involving their 2027 and 2029 first round picks, despite LeBron making clear that’s what he wants to have happen, they have found a new reason to put off making any drastic maneuvers. Per Marc Stein, L.A. has decided they won’t make roster changes until Dennis Schröder and Thomas Bryant are healthy and in the lineup, after both had thumb surgery during camp.

The Lakers have indeed looked at free agents for a potential in-season roster boost — first Moe Harkless and more recently Joe Wieskamp and Tony Snell — but the sense I got after spending the past week in L.A. is that their preference is to wait for the returns of Dennis Schröder and Thomas Bryant before making judgments that could lead to changes. The Lakers have high hopes that Schröder in particular can give the offense a boost after both he and Bryant sustained thumb injuries during the preseason that required surgery.

Look, I get wanting to see the roster as it could be, but color me skeptical that Schröder and Bryant are going to turn the fortunes of these Lakers. This isn’t a team in need of just a little more competent depth, which those two very well could provide, they need something rather dramatic in terms of an influx of talent.

However, for a front office that put themselves in this position, being able to point to any absences allows them to kick the can down the road a bit more and make it seem like they’re trying. The problem comes when they’ve waited so long that the playoffs become out of reach — unless, of course, that’s their preference to feeling pressured into making a chase for a mid-seed by dealing away the last of their assets.

Who is the nicest person in Hollywood? Many say it’s Keanu Reeves, and with good reason: Not only is he kind and generous but is also helping save lives. Who can beat that? Still, we might have a runner-up in Colin Farrell, a very good actor having a very good year with four very different good movies. What could make Farrell’s 2022 even better? Having people share stories about what a nice guy he is in real life.

“Colin Farrell’s the nicest celebrity I ever served at 3am at Fred 62,” one person, an employee at the Los Angeles diner, randomly tweeted. “He sat at the counter and ordered a tuna melt, then later called me over and said, very thoughtfully, ‘these fries are really f*cking good.’”

First off, a late night tuna melt and fries sound amazing. Second, those have to be really good fries to inspire a customer to wave over the waitstaff and “thoughtfully” expound on their excellence. Or maybe Farrell’s just an unusually sweet person. Based on all the replies the person’s original tweet received, a good chunk of them sharing similar stories of Farrell being a stand-up dude, it sure sounds that way.

You hear that, fellow celebrities? Go out of your way to be pleasant to people and your legend may grow in stature. Maybe Farrell and Reeves should do a buddy comedy together where they simply roam the planet saying nice things to strangers. Maybe they could run into John Cena as he’s fulfilling yet another Make-a-Wish wish.

GloRilla‘s fanbase seems to grow larger by the day. Everyone seems to enjoy the Memphis rapper’s music, including hip-hop legends like Nas.

On Nas’s latest project, King’s Disease 3, the Brooklyn rapper shouted out Big Glo on a bonus track called “Til My Last Breath.”

“I’m applying pressure, I see why she prеssed (Why she pressed),” he raps. “When she with me she GloRilla, FNF (FNF)/
N-A-S, I’m steppin’ ’til my last breath (My last breath, yeah).”

The “Nut Quick” rapper recently shared with TMZ that she was in awe that the legendary rapper even knows who she is. “That’s love,” she said. “I love that so much. Nas is a big legend.”

She shared that she “never thought in a million years” that someone like Nas would be a fan of her music, let alone shout her out in a song.

GloRilla continued: “It’s super big.”

But it shouldn’t be a surprise. GloRilla’s star has been rising since she released her viral hit, “F.N.F,” earlier this year. Along with snagging a feature from Cardi B for her other smash hit, “Tomorrow 2,” she has received the Best New Hip Hop Artist award at the 2022 Bet Hip Hop Awards and been nominated for Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist at the 2022 American Music Awards, as well as being slated to make her debut performance.

It looks like GloRilla doesn’t agree with 21 Savage’s recent comments that Nas “isn’t relevant,” and she’s right.

Check out the video below.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/14/glorilla-shocked-nas-shout-out-nut-quick/?adid=social-twa

These days, it feels like we exist in a paradox, in which every day we’re bombarded with more criticism than your typical 16th-century peasant would’ve received in three lifetimes. And yet rarely does that criticism take the forms that we’ve been trained to recognize: “I did/didn’t like this because it made me feel X.” It’s almost never that. So much feedback, and yet: it’s rarely a grievance; almost always a thesis.

When someone annoys us online, we feel compelled to ascribe a moral dimension to their obnoxiousness. The bean dad (remember him? sorry for reminding you) can’t just be an obnoxious guy, we have to inflate his behavior into a moral sin (neglect, child abuse, etc). That allows us to pathologize basic obnoxiousness so that it becomes not just a matter of personal taste, but a societal ill to be called out. It is not simply our preference to dislike a guy. It is our moral duty, to raise awareness about Why What He’s Doing Is Actually Toxic, OKAY? (One of the basic tenets of modern discourse is that awareness of a bad thing will automatically rectify it — through awareness magic, I suppose).

It’s important not to let personal biases blind you to the good things in life, but at some point we, and specifically I mean Americans here, seem to have turned this into a crusade to obliterate all subjectivity. We have facts and fake news, moral rights and moral wrongs, focus groups, and “many people are saying,” and yet it’s become almost taboo to enjoy or dislike something “just because.”

I say: it’s time to embrace your inner caprice. Having your own distinct preferences is one of the bedrock pleasures of being human.

I suspect part of our inability to apply this kind of personal reaction is a response to feelings of collective powerlessness and precarity. It’s the internet that gives us access to all this feedback in the first place, but even the internet, which once promised to circumvent sluggish institutions and empower the individual (it’s almost hard to remember now, but it really did) has basically crystallized into a set of sluggish institutions all its own. There’s a widespread feeling that we don’t have much real say in the direction of society beyond our own consumer choices. Acting in kind, political parties have come to resemble competing lifestyle brands. Increasingly it feels like “taste” is the only thing we have left.

Our response to that trend has been to try to leverage that asset into something more. Where taste becomes not just taste but moral action — a society-shaping force. But not only is taste not that, in trying to turn it into something more, we lose precisely what makes it fun in the first place: the privilege of not having to be an example to anyone and answering only to yourself. There’s a powerful truth to “I like this,” one that refuses to presume.

Turning every personal reaction into a public service announcement naturally assuages the guilt we feel for “being negative” (a feeling I suspect Americans are trained to avoid more than other cultures), but it does so at the expense of turning us presumptuous and self-righteous (as some foreign visitors among us have already written about eloquently). Nothing is mere preference; everything is a lesson and a teachable moment. It’s the perfect coping strategy because it appeals to our basic narcissism. What if you were the main character of reality?!

Back in the olden days, well-meaning editors tried to steer critics like me away from using the first-person construction in reviews. The “I” is implied, they’d say. It’s needlessly self-aggrandizing, went the thinking, elevating the reviewer over the work. But paradoxically, it’s precisely the “I” that refuses to presume. “I” acknowledges forces greater than the self. “I think X. YOU can do whatever you want.”

It seems like we’ve all been training for years to avoid those kinds of first-person constructions at all costs. It’s been 10 years now since Kevin Smith pitched his “anti-movie review show” on Hulu, which he described in promos by saying “We don’t review movies, we revere movies.” “We don’t really review it,” he said, “we savor it, imbibe it, like a liqueur, if you will.”

Why are we so goddamned scared of having opinions? If the act has only gotten cornier since then, the sentiment remains largely the same. As Dwayne The Rock Johnson recently said while promoting Black Adam, “The fans will always guide you to where you need to go.”

Insofar as “the fans” are anything more than an amorphous mass of consumers you point to whenever you need a scapegoat, I submit that “the fans” will absolutely not guide you anywhere good. The only thing more imperfect than your own applied personal taste is someone else trying to apply it on your behalf. What’s the success rate on clothes someone bought you because they thought “it looked like your style?”

This “fans are the answer” stuff is the kind of thing executives used to say, pointing to quadrants, tentpoles, built-in fanbases, existing IP, etc. — all fancy ways of saying “I have proof someone out there likes this, which is more important than me saying I like it because it’s good.”

It made some sense for them (even if it was inherently cowardly) because they were in positions where admitting personal preference was dangerous. “Following the numbers” is just doing the job. Putting your name on something because you like it is to potentially admit fallibility. To acknowledge that someone else might’ve done it differently when it goes wrong. Now that the job insecurity of a nineties media exec has trickled down to the masses, maybe it was inevitable that the same kind of corporate speak would trickle down with it.

There’s a parallel even on the criticism side, where even criticism itself has become depersonalized. Criticism on the grounds that something sucks or it’s boring or preachy or just lame rarely penetrates the zeitgeist anymore. The stuff that sticks or gets airtime is always that a show is “normalizing rape” (Game Of Thrones) or “it’s colorist” (In The Heights), or “it’s whitewashing,” or “it’s woke-washing” (the reverse of whitewashing). These kinds of criticisms are catchier because they take the criticism out of the realm of personal opinion and again, inflate it into a societal ill. It’s basically impossible for any artist of a certain scale not to be accused of being too woke or not woke enough, because their original sin is having a specific perspective, without which any decent art is basically impossible. Taking the “I” out of criticism effectively demands that art appeal to everyone all of the time.

It’s all very depressing to see every American start talking like fantasy movie execs, fantasy heads of PR, and fantasy sports team owners — to see sports coverage devolve into a nightmarish sabermetric alphabet soup. The power of anything, as the famous Ratatouille clip below reveals, is in how it makes us feel on a personal level.

The upside is that we don’t have to do this. You can embrace your caprice. You can like what you like and be annoyed by who annoys you, for the pettiest of reasons. Oh, that guy builds free houses for orphans and volunteers every weekend at the legless cat shelter? Good for him, I don’t like the way he stands.

Your petty affinities and annoyances aren’t going to change the world, but they never were. They were supposed to be fun. Or interesting. The least they could do is not make you sad.

It’s fairly common knowledge that professional tasters and master sommeliers can taste and identify flavor compounds that food scientists have yet to isolate. I tend to think taste in all things is like this. Just because you can’t point to it in the company handbook doesn’t mean it’s not there. Maybe it’s magic. Maybe science just hasn’t figured out an explanation for it yet. Either way, your subconscious mind is doing some work your conscious mind can barely fathom, and maybe that’s something to be celebrated rather than denied. Don’t deny it, don’t justify it, just let it be.

Become opinionated. Become ungovernable. Become free.

Vince Mancini is on Twitter. You can read more of his reviews here.

It took a while for Andy Shauf to follow up his 2016 breakthrough album, The Party, but now that he’s gotten going, he’s become incredibly prolific in the last few years. Between his solo work and his side project Foxwarren, Shauf is now set to release his fifth album in under five years in the newly-announced Norm.

Due out on February 10th, 2023, Norm will see Shauf embarking again on the character-specific narratives that he does so well. But unlike the many distinct personalities of The Party and the Judy character that Shauf painted in subsequent releases, Norm looks to follow a far less linear path. “The character of Norm is introduced in a really nice way,” Shauf said in a statement. “But the closer you pay attention to the record, the more you’re going to realize that it’s sinister.”

While Shauf produced and plays every instrument on the album, he’s brought in Outkast, Tyler The Creator and Janelle Monáe engineer Neal Pogue to help craft the album’s slightly synthier sound. On lead single “Wasted On You,” we hear a palpable lean towards jazzy synths rather than the gentle folk and soft-rock acoustics of Shauf’s past work. But it’s very much a noticeable part of Shauf’s sonic universe.

Watch the video for “Wasted On You” above and check out the Norm album artwork and tracklist below.

1. “Wasted On You”
2. “Catch Your Eye”
3. “Telephone”
4. “You Didn’t See”
5. “Paradise Cinema”
6. “Norm”
7. “Halloween Store”
8. “Sunset”
9. “Daylight Dreaming”
10. “Long Throw”
11. “Don’t Let It Get To You”
12. “All Of My Love”

11/18/2022 — Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital
01/20/2023 — Fredericton, NB @ Shivering Songs (Solo)
01/21/2023 — Halifax, NS @ Light House Arts Centre (Solo)
02/21/2023 — Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
02/22/2023 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
02/24/2023 — Ft. Worth, TX @ Tulips
02/25/2023 — Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
02/26/2023 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall
02/28/2023 — Phoenix, AZ — Crescent Ballroom
03/01/2023 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
03/02/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
03/03/2023 — San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/07/2023 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
03/08/2023 — Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
03/10/2023 — Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre
03/11/2023 — Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum
03/12/2023 — Kelowna, BC @ Kelowna Community Theatre
03/14/2023 — Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre
03/15/2023 — Calgary, AB @ Jack Singer Concert Hall
03/16/2023 — Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place
03/17/2023 — Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
03/18/2023 — Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
03/22/2023 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
04/20/2023 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
04/21/2023 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
04/22/2023 — Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
04/24/2023 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
04/26/2023 — Boston, MA @ Royale
04/27/2023 — Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
04/28/2023 — Ottawa, ON @ The Bronson Centre
04/29/2023 — Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia
05/02/2023 — London, ON @ London Music Hall
05/03/2023 — St. Catharines, ON @ FirstOntario Place
05/04/2023 — Kitchener, ON @ Centre in The Square
05/05/2023 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall

Norm is due out on 02/10/2023 via ANTI-. Pre-order it here.

What’s it like to be an actor in an iconic film franchise when you’re not a huge Hollywood name?

If you’re Tom Wilson, who played the bully villain Biff Tannen in the “Back to the Future” trilogy, it means your days are filled with people recognizing you and asking you the same questions over and over and over again.

What’s Michael J. Fox like?

What’s Christopher Lloyd like?

What’s Crispin Glover like?

Do you all still hang out together?

Wilson has been asked the same questions so many times over the years, he created a postcard to give fans who ask them that tells them everything they probably want to know.

But a song he wrote answering some of those questions truly takes the cake. Wilson has been performing “Biff’s Question Song” as part of his music and stand-up comedy routine for years, but since his initial version went viral in 2006 he has honed it to hilarious perfection. Watch:

u201cTom Wilson (Biff Tannen) was asked the same questions by BACK TO THE FUTURE fans so often, he wrote a song answering them. This is that brilliant song.u201d

— All The Right Movies (@All The Right Movies)
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Honestly, had no idea what a key grip or best boy did in movies, and it’s refreshing to hear him say he doesn’t know what a producer does, either. Also, the DeLorean a piece of garbage? Always suspected it.

The card Wilson created goes into more detail and offers a sense of who Wilson is as both a person and a performer. It reads:

“I’m Tom Wilson. I was in all three ‘Back To The Future’ movies. Michael J. Fox is nice. I’m not in close contact with him. Christopher Lloyd is nice. He is a very shy man. Crispin Glover is unusual, but not as unusual as he sometimes presents himself. We got along nicely. Lea Thompson is nice. Eric Stoltz originally played Marty, but was fired due to performance issues.

The first movie was shot in 1984 and ’85. The sequels were shot ‘back to back,’ never before attempted by a movie studio. The hoverboards didn’t really fly, we were hanging by wires from a crane. The manure was made of peat moss, cork, dirt, and a food agent that made it sticky. The Delorean was an inferior automobile, and nearly impossible for a person of normal size like myself to enter and exit.

There are many tiny plot points hidden in the movies, but I don’t know what they are. Among many improvisations on the set, I coined the term ‘butthead,’ as well as ‘Make like a tree, and get out of here.’ The third movie was my favorite, since I got to learn western skills like riding, roping, quick draw, and shooting a six-shooter, a great adventure for a guy from Philadelphia.

I hold my co-workers in the best light, but have no idea what any of them are doing right now. Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of the movie, but Robert Zemeckis directed it. Nobody had any idea that the movies would become a cultural touchstone, but the themes of friendship and adventure moved the audience so powerfully that I felt the need to create this postcard as a time-saver. It was the first movie I ever acted in, if you don’t count being killed in the Kung-Fu movie ‘Ninja Turf.’

Love is more important than material possessions. I made less money than you think. I don’t talk about the movies much because I’m busy with standup comedy and music performances. Those performances aren’t near the magnitude of the movies, but I find them enjoyable and satisfying, so that’s the area of my concentration.

I’ve performed on ‘The Tonight Show’ with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, but not at the same time. I’m pleased and proud of my acting credits, listed at imdb.com. I’m a painter as well. You can contact me at www.tomwilsonusa.com. Thank you and God bless you.”