Aspen Times - Aspen, CO, USA - Tim Northern says he gets his sense of humor, and his silly attitude, from his mother. But his father has also played a vital role in Northern’s becoming a comedian.

Northern has used his father, a Tennessee postal clerk with a do-it-yourself attitude, as a model to set the bar uncommonly high for himself. A natural-born rightie, Northern uses his left hand for most everything. His car has a standard transmission; automatic is too easy. On the golf course, he uses old-fashioned blades-style clubs rather than cavity-backs — the golfing equivalent of opting for long, straight skis over shaped ones.

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