Monthly Archives: April 2007

Week 23: Jokes & Chokes

Greeting from the Chili’s bar in LAX’s gate 42B. I’m writing this on my Blackberry as I watch the Mavericks try to even their series with the Warriors, so please forgive any typos. I will admit right away that I … Continue reading

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Hot off the presses

The following email just hit my inbox: “Congratulations on your acceptance into Level 4 of the Conservatory at The Second City Training Center!” What does it mean? 16 more weeks for Level 4 and 5, plus 4 weeks of graduate … Continue reading

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Week 22: Make or break

Friday afternoon was the much anticipated Level 4/5 audition, and I almost missed it. I had a 12:30 flight and let’s just say due to some poor planning when I arrived I heard “FINAL BOARDING”. This is the second week … Continue reading

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Review: Hot Fuzz

Review: “Hot Fuzz” Run time: 2:01 A “parody” or “satire” usually skewers the material on which it is based. The “Naked Gun” movies were extremely slapsticky and could be best described as “loose send ups” of police movies, where the … Continue reading

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Week 21: Yin & Yang

They say everything has it’s opposite. What goes up, must come down. Well, the opposite of a great “Amigo Friends” Saturday night show, would be the Level 3 class show this afternoon. We had such a great, tight “Amigo” show … Continue reading

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Week 20: Eggsellent

Wow. All I can say is wow. I never thought that the first show of “The Amigo Friends” (TAF) would be sold out and that they would be turning people away. If you would have asked me what my prediction … Continue reading

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Week 19: Turnaround

Saturday morning I had a meeting with casting director Shari Rhodes in the morning, but a camera snafu caused me to have to reschedule for later this week. Shari has done a ton of casting for some big name movies and … Continue reading

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