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All with a dangerously paced and drawled delivery that almost dared the audience to protest in the gaps.
An agonizingly long pause could leave even me thinking hed gone blank.
And finally hed look up with a grin.
Theres a catcher in my head and Im waving him off.
Much will be made in comedy circles of Seans demons but they were exactly that:hisdemons.
The demons were a slave tohim.
You knew what you were getting into.
At the time, hed been misdiagnosed with the deadly disease of lupus.
After that show, I tried to buy him a cocktail, which he declined, citing his condition.
I cant drink because of the lupus.
Fuck you, I haveradioin the morning.
Get a drink, I said.
Without a beat, Sean quietly replied, Yeah.
Once I had lupusandradio in the same morning.
To which we became fast friends, especially after the lupus was dismissed and he could drink with me.
Not that Seanny should be remembered simply by his love of the drink.
Rouse plowed on in a battle between his career and his health and predilections.
He moved to L.A. and quickly landed a part inMen in Black II.
He was invited on to join Dave Attells Insomniac tour and subsequently had painful joint-replacement surgery.
None of his television credits compared to seeing him live or even behind the scenes.
Nobody told Sean Rouse what to do.
Not in comedy, not in life.
Except for possibly his Irish mother, whom he adored, Cine Rouse.
He leaves her along with his beloved son, Cade, and a brother, Gene.
Most hysterically, he leaves several bookies in the greater Houston area, stuck and holding the marker.
Timing is everything and the house doesnt always win.
Pulling the plug was the tag.
Nobody saw any of it coming.
