"… So this family walks into a talent agency, a father, mother, son,

daughter and dog. The father says to the talent agent, 'We have a

really amazing act. You should represent us.' The agent cuts him off, "I don't really work with family acts, they're so old-fashioned.' The father says, 'But we're really special' and the agent replies, 'OK, so what's the act?' and the father says …"

This article appears in Apr 19-25, 2006.