Hey! It's...uh...that dude!
Hey! It's...uh...that dude!
Because Larroquette's directing this episode of McBride, he's gotten parts for all of his actor friends. This means that everyday I come to work, I meet a new and very recognizable person. To name a few: there's Richard Fancy, Mr. Lippman from Seinfeld; there's Stephen Tobolowsky, Sammy Jankins from Memento; there's Jack Riley from several Mel Brooks' movies and from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!; and Charlie Dell who's been in every TV show and commercial ever, David Bowe, Weird Al's partner in UHF. These are guys who are instantly familiar, but are usually described in terms of that guy who played the main security guard in Movie X. It would've been nice if all of these guys had pictures attached to their names, but some didn't even turn up pictures after a Google search. It's nice to be working with people I recognize for once. It's like working on a real movie.
I saw The Life Aquatic today. That has to be one of the most supremely bizarre and most surreal films I've seen...well, ever. You'll know what I'm talking about after seeing it yourselves. I'm going to wait to review it before I see it again. I think I liked it. It was exactly what I was hoping to see; Wes Anderson's most self-indulgent work. Impressive, because Wes Anderson is a self-indulgent filmmaker. It's most certainly a masterpiece, but I find it mostly inscrutable on its first viewing. I guess I'll see it again when I get home. Any takers?
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posted by Drew @ 10:15 PM
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So when are you going to be home?
I fly into St. Louis Dec. 20 and leave again on Jan. 1.
Where's my Goddamned David Bowe autograph!!!
*end fake anger*
Hey.. Hey... Hey Norm. Guess what? I have ONE MORE FINAL! And its the easy one! Guess what I'll be doing after tomorrow? Yeah.. thats right. NOTHING!
I'll see if I can't get a photo of him and Weird Al from UHF for him to sign. I doubt this happens, but I wonder if any of these guys carry pictures of themselves with them just in case someone wants a signature? I can't imagine that it would be high priority for character actors to pack pictures of themselves for work, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask. I'll see what I can do.
Ok, here's the crap-ass deal. I'm gonna be on a desert isle from the 24th to the 1st. Were you going to be in Champaign at any time, for any conceivable reason?
Too bad you dont love me enough to come to Texas.
*end fake sadness*
If you cant get it its cool. Im only playing around.
I'm going to try and convince a few of my friends from Alton that they have pressing business in Champaign such that they (and I) would need to drive up there. Before they figured that I'd pulled the wool over their eyes, we would throw beers in their hands and women in their laps. Vices make people forget bad things!
That's my plan anyway.
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That ruse always worked for me.
It's a good ruse.
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