Since my buddy and webmaster Scott Sebring got to meet three of the Osmonds, a group he worshipped as a kid, I’ve been humming their hit “One Bad Apple.” I used to love this song as a kid, as well as “Crazy Horses.” It was fun getting to see Scott realize a dream. Now, so you can have it stuck in your mind too, here are the Osmonds with “One Bad Apple.”

Tuesday the 16th – TIRED ON TUESDAY! – Whenever I have a three day weekend, my nocturnal nature returns. It comes from working years upon years in radio as the overnight DJ. When I worked at KELO AM in Sioux Falls, I would work 12 midnight to 6am. When I worked at the Wave in the 90’s, I worked from 2am – 5:30am. It was great because it appealed to my natural nocturnism and I had my days totally free. When I was in high school, I would return from school in the afternoon, take a nap in the evening, work on homework in the middle of the night, sleep a little again, and then go to school. So it’s been going on with me for awhile. Well, the hard part of that is, whenever I have a series of gigs in the daytime after a three day weekend, it’s hard to shake off the nocturnism. Today was no exception. I was up early to do a session for my friends at Avera hospital and Southeast Missouri Hospital at Voice Trax West. When I finished that I got some breakfast at McDonald’s, then hightailed it over to Margarita Mix in Hollywood to reprise a role of a character I started doing back in the late 90’s. The company who hired me all those years ago had me come back to do the same character for a new release of a game they have. I can’t mention what it is until the official announcement, but when it’s released at E3 this spring, I’ll be able to tell you. But it was fun! I finished the session at 1pm, and then went home to catch a quick nap.. When I got up I went over to Floyd’s Barbershop and got a cut and color from my stylist Andi. When I was finished with that I headed home and napped some more. I didn’t’ have any bookings for Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (it sometimes happens in this business…and you just go with the flow and enjoy it) so I knew I could stay up all night, work on stuff around the house and goof off. The thing I really wanted to focus on was finishing my Batcave display with my Adam West mannequin. I needed to fill the gaps between the cave wall panels with putty, then stain the putty in two different colors to match the color of the cave panels. Then I touched them up with some paint with a dry brush. This happened over the course of several nights, as I would let the putty dry completely. Then put on a light coat of stain, and let it dry. The next night I put on the darker stain, but didn’t let it completely saturate. That way sections of the lighter stain would show through and give it a multi-color scheme. That night I also did auditions and sent them to my agents.

Wednesday the 17th – RELAXATION! – Ahhhh…I stayed up all the night before working on the Batcave, listening to the radio and then watching “Hawaii Five-O” on DVD. I slept late today, and when I awoke, I worked some more on the Batcave. That night I enjoyed a leisurely dinner with Sara and my pal Chuck McCann at Barone’s…my favorite Italian restaurant!

Thursday the 18th – BACK TO THE BATCAVE! – I continued working on the Batcave in the afternoon. It was almost complete and ready to hang the rest of the Bat-props. That afternoon it started to sprinkle a little bit, as I went to my mailbox to check the mail, then to the post office to mail off some things, and then to Kalmenson and Kalmenson to do an audition. When I finished I went to the bank to deposit some checks, and then did some shopping at It’s a Wrap. I found a couple of cool new shirts. That night I worked on the Batcave some more, and finished it up by hanging the appropriate Bat-props and assembling the rest of the display.

What do you think? The display is interactive. There’s a speaker that plays the Batman theme at the press of a button, and another button will cast a spotlight on Adam West’s face. The head on the mannequin is Adam West’s actual face cast that we took of him back in 1995. Make-up artist David Miller took the positive and “de-aged” it a little so it looked more like he looked as Batman in the 60’s and 70’s. It’s a fun display and it sure looks cool standing in its very own Batcave!

Friday the 19th – ANOTHER DAY OF FUN! – I had another day off with nowhere to be, and it sure was nice. Knowing that the next week was going to be VERY busy, I enjoyed as much downtime as possible. My buddy Bruce Kulick finally decided to get into Blu Ray. Sara, Bruce and I went to Best Buy and got him set up with cables and a new Blu Ray player. His first Blu Ray purchase??? “The Wizard of Oz!” Good choice! His girlfriend is a big Judy Garland fan, and knows the film well. We got back to his place and commenced to setting it up. Scott and Vickie Sebring were in the area, so they stopped by to help with the hook-up. My friend Georgette came over as well and when the deed was done, we all went out for dinner at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Studio City. What a great day!

Saturday the 20th – AW SHOOT! – My maids arrived around 1 to clean Planet Wallywood, and after they left I picked up my friend Sara to go shooting. I hadn’t been shooting in awhile, and it showed. I shot like a beginner! I brought my .380 Beretta Cheetah, my .45 automatic, and my .38 snubnose revolver. I started out doing alright with the revolver, but as time went on I having difficulty hitting the places on the target I wanted to hit. I guess if you don’t shoot regularly you really do lose it! I experimented with different finger positions on the trigger, but nothing helped. Sara was doing great though…with all 3 guns. When we finished we had dinner at the Coral Cafe in Burbank, and then headed back to my house. My friend Emily was coming over, as was Georgette, so we could all go out “clubbing” as the girls call it. It was a fun evening and we stayed out waaaaay too late! When we were done we went to Denny’s to get some food. And even though we were all very tired, we stayed up until 5am telling ghost stories! Georgette had to leave for home in the dark of night, but Emily was nervous about leaving so she curled up in the Puppet Room and stayed there for the night. Me? I went to bed without a second thought and slept VERY well!

Sunday the 21st – SLEEPY SUNDAY! – My friend and contractor Terry and his wife Linda woke me up mid-afternoon to do some work around the house. I was still fairly sleepy from being up all night Saturday night. He did a few things while Emily watched “Star Trek 4” on Blu Ray. I had forgotten how great that movie is. It was getting close to time for evening church, but when I got out of the shower I just had no ambition whatsoever. So I decided to stay in and watch the rest of the movie with Emily. After she left I napped on the couch for awhile. When I awoke, I had a message from Sara about dinner. So we met up with Chuck McCann at DuPar’s for a late dinner. When I got home I did a TON of auditions in my home studio and e-mailed them to my agent, did some more stuff around the house, and got prepared for a VERY busy week! I’m glad I had some downtime when I did, because if this week goes the way I think it’s going to go…I will have needed it!

And how was YOUR week??!!!