Comedy is tragedy. As most comics do, Rich Aronovitch has turned his calamities into humor. SMOOTH DADDY JOHNSON. What's in a name? Ask Smooth Daddy Johnson aka Rich Aronovitch. Dean spent a week at sea with Rich and although they've been Kool for years, they finally got to KNOW each other. Only a future comic could go away to camp in their youth and kill at a talent show. Rodney Dangerfield would've been proud. Only a future comic could get bombed in Israel and use it as motivation to pursue their dreams. Only a comic of mettle could endure Hurricane Katrina and losing a family business and maintain such positive energy. There were dark times that included drinking and now he's clean and sober for 9 years. Rich Araonovitch is all about being of service and the positive that he shares is coming back to him. From being Jim Breuer's opening act to judging on the Food Network's "BEAT BOBBY FLAY" and having his calendar booked through 2018, Smooth Daddy Rich "knows his audience". We in the Bulding, son!