Early 1980s, I was wacky radio morning man, debuting my ‘adult’ standup comedy act as Ernie the Three Legged Clown at a strip club , car broken, borrowed dads Volkswagen Beetle to get to gig. More context in last week’s issue.
So to get to Palmer, Mass. and the Magic Lantern. I used the Massachusetts Turnpike. The ‘Pike’ as it’s called traverses the Bay State from east to west. There is about a qua…