Just Another Yo-Yo Contest

A sixty-one-year-old modern-day Don Quixote author Michael Stearns applies for a job in law enforcement in Cody Wyoming. After a staff psychologist's interview leads to a diagnosis of schizophrenia Stearns takes a moment to reminisce on his amazing life journey. Told as a flashback <I>Just Another Yo-Yo Contest</I> is a hilarious memoir spanning four decades of his adult life.</p>Stearns a high school dropout works his way to the top of one profession after another. As a musician he proves himself first-rate in at least a half a dozen bands that are world famous names. While playing in New York City he is discovered by a visiting Hollywood theatrical agent and he decides to return to the West Coast to pursue acting. From bit parts in television to starring roles in movies Stearns shares behind-the-scenes tales of the rise of a struggling actor to the ranks of seasoned performer with over fifty filmed appearances to his credit.</p>Stearns's life winds its way through a sex drugs and jazz beginning into an extensive career as a film and television actor and later into his profession as a top-producing Beverly Hills stockbroker and real estate executive. <I>Just Another Yo-Yo Contest</I> is a kaleidoscope of Stearns' intriguing and entertaining adventures.</p>