 After being a member of Epic Records' music group The Back Porch Majority, RCA Victor's The New Society, and Paramount Records' Bandanna in the '60s, he joined up in the '70s in Denver with Denny Flannigan in a comedy act called "The Muledeer and Moondog Medicine Show".They became regulars on "The John Byner Comedy Hour" on CBS, "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour" on ABC, and "Madhouse 90 With David Frost" on NBC, and were frequent guests on "The Midnight Special" and "In Concert".They also traveled for six years, performing at comedy clubs, the Playboy Clubs and the college circuit.