Sinbad takes a second run at stardom

Published: November 15, 2007, 6:33 am

By PRESTON JONES Never give a comic an opening.A casual mention to comedian/actor Sinbad that he'd be appearing in Fort Worth just one day after Miley Cyrus resulted in a spirited riff on the insanity surrounding the Disney Channel starlet."Oh man, I could've gotten a ticket for $5,000," Sinbad says during a recent phone conversation from his Los Angeles home. "I don't get it -- this is Achy Breaky Heart's daughter, man. This has got to jack with his head -- at the height of his career, he was the sexiest country guy runnin' around, and it was never like this for him."Tickets to Sinbad's Bass Hall performance tonight aren't nearly as pricey (seats top out at $100), and neither will you have to endure screaming teenage girls or sugary-sweet pop songs about girl power -- but don't discount being roped into the show.Sinbad's stock in trade is topical humor mixed with personal observations about his life and the lives of those in the audience. A 20-year veteran of stand-up, film and TV,

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