- "Someone once said that 'the truth will set you free.' If that's the case, then one-time stand-up comedian Rick Reynolds must be one of the most free artists on planet Earth."
So wrote Ed Kaufman in "The Hollywood Reporter," assessing a 1991 performance of "Only the Truth Is Funny," the pioneering one-man show of humor and introspection which garnered critical and popular attention, eventually becoming a cable television special. Storytelling about his life's path as the basis for comedy and unsettling drama, Emmy-nominee Reynolds is credited, in part, with the spate of legitimate stage productions centering on biographical monologists (Billy Crystal, Elaine Stritch, et al.) which are now commonplace.
Rick Reynolds parlayed his success into a sitcom with Pam Dawber ("Life ... and Stuff") and the live production, "All Grown Up ... and No Place to Go." He's currently developing another show and is using his new Web log, "The Church of Rick," as part of the process.
Reynolds tackles religion with enthusiasm in these pages and is not afraid to share his ponderings as a non-believer. He adds, the members of his alternative church are "'secular humorists.' [We] even have our own little slogan, 'Laughing all the way to hell.'"
Non-theological topics are included in Rick's regularly posted blog rants, laced with candor, levity, and occasional explicitness.
