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Check out the schedule on a regular basis. I am going to be back on the road soon and I would love to have you come to a performance. Check out the updated "Media", "Photos","Schedule", "Swag" and "Sponsors" pages while you are here.
See you soon Kids...

So why don't I have my own reality TV series yet? I mean, hell, I'm a natural! I have a fascinating career, I meet the most interesting people, I am witty and urbane and I have absolutely no sense of shame.

I mean, Ozzy has a show and I can barely understand a damn mumbly word the Prince of F**king Darkness is saying. Anna Nicole is a pair of tits in search of a brain. And don't get me started on Michael Jackson.

I know that he doesn't have his own show, he has just been all over everyone else's show and every news program and supermarket tabloid. Joe Millionaire wasn't a millionaire. Hell, he wasn't even a Joe. At least I am really a Bennie. Anyone out there with connections to major or minor network officials, tell them that I am ready for my close up!

Check out the new Tattoo Savage Magazine (the May issue #52. On Stands Now) It has a great article on yours truly with 3 pages of excellent photos by renowned photographer Bill Tinney. Of course, they misspelled my name on the cover and they misspelled my website. Oh yeah, and they left out that part where I denied having sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. But other than that, it is just great. You can also see copies of the article under the 'Media' section of the web site (for those cheapskates out there who won't actually buy a copy. Sheesh!)

This past February 17th would have been Melvin's 97th birthday. Melvin Burkhart was the original human blockhead, an anatomical wonder, one helluva magician, a man with more amazing stories than most anyone. He was also my teacher and my pal. Melvin died November 8, 2001 and he had performed at Todd Robbins' wedding just a couple of weeks before. What a showman!

February 17th is also my birthday. I used to call Melvin every year on our birthday. He would pretend he didn't know who I was or that he was more deaf than he really was and then, after the preliminaries, we would spend the next hour laughing at each others stories. I think a lot about him this time of year. Melvin taught me that even though you may have pounded a nail up your nose a thousand times, there is always someone in your audience who is seeing it for the first time so first time so don't screw that person and always give everything you have at every performance. It is a lesson I have tried to live. Thanks Melvin. You are missed...

All over this great wide country of ours, wherever I have performed, I have had folks want to have their photos taken with me. Some were taken with the nail in, some without the nail. Audience members have had their photo taken while laying on my bed of nails. Now is your chance to share those photos and to grab a wee bit of internet glory in the process

Send copies of your SideShow Bennie photos via email to ssb@sideshowbennie.com or via snail mail to me @ P.O. Box 272 Goodlettsville, TN 37070 and I will add them to the Fan Photos section of the website. What do you get in return? How about the warm glow of smug satisfaction knowing that you will be the envy of all the kids in juvenile court for having your face on the official SideShow Bennie website? So send them in Kids. And be sure to include all the pertinent name information so everyone in the photo will be properly notated.