Warren was a thief. He stole posture, accents, dialects, laughs, expressions, stories. He was a professional actor and incorporated all in his work.
At a local theater he was performing a series of monologues when one of the attendees, Mandy Capowitz, recognized one of the stories as his own. It concerned a man ordering a lawn mower and getting one that only ran backwards. When he sent it back, the replacement only went sideways. It got plenty of laughs. Mandy was incensed and confronted Warren afterwards. The actor admitted he'd heard the story at a restaurant Mandy frequented and where he spoke loudly.
An apology wasn't enough. Mandy wanted him to cut his lawn once a week for a year. Warren agreed. This man, who only wished to entertain, found himself mowing a large lawn with a machine that only went sideways. He knew he had to face the music. As long as it wasn't Yanni.
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