{"id":1020,"date":"2012-09-24T16:12:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2019-04-29T17:01:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:01:04","slug":"september-24-september-30-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/september-24-september-30-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"September 24 – September 30 (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n

Do ya feel lucky, punk? Here’s my newest acquisition, which I’ll finalize in October. It’s the same gun Dirty Harry used, but unlike his which was blued, this one is stainless steel. It’s a .44 magnum.<\/p>\n

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Rickey Minor and the Tonight Show Band always plays this song during commercial breaks, and they do a superb job. I had never heard the original version, so I brought it up on i-Tunes and bought it. Catchy song! It’s“Green Light”<\/span> by John Legend and Andre 3000.<\/p>\n

Monday the 24th \u2013 WELCOME SQUIRT! \u2013 <\/span>I got to sleep fairly late, but got a hotline call from my agent asking me to be at Kalmenson and Kalmenson for an audition later that afternoon. I got another call a few minutes later from another one of my agents asking me to be into NBC early to record a comedy bit for \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d So I got up and at \u2018em. I headed into NBC and recorded the bit, then sped off to Kalmenson in Burbank and did the audition. I grabbed a quick bite at the McDonald\u2019s drive-thru, and then went over to Gun World to pick up my new gun. It\u2019s a Kahr .380 that\u2019s only 4.5\u201d long. Normally handguns that small are a .25 or .32 caliber, but Kahr figured out a way to get a .380 caliber bullet in a comparable body size. In California you have a 10 day waiting period, and the one for this one was up last Saturday. So I grabbed the new little gun (I call him \u201cSquirt\u201d because it\u2019s really no bigger than a squirt gun) and started to head out, but something told me to go into the back room. And there it was! A beautiful Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver! The same kind of gun Dirty Harry used in the films. And yes, it\u2019s a .44 Magnum! Except Dirty Harry\u2019s was black, and this one is stainless steel. But there\u2019s a stupid law in California that says if you buy a new gun, you have to wait 30 days before you can be eligible to buy another new gun. Why is it stupid? Because the same kind of law doesn\u2019t apply to used guns. I can buy as many of those as I want and I only have to wait for a period of 10 days for the background check. Utterly and undeniably stupid. But that\u2019s government for you! No logic at all. So I put some money down on \u201cHarry\u201d to hold him until October 12 when I can buy him legally. I really do wonder sometimes how the elected officials in this state got to be elected to those jobs and entrusted with running out state. Well, that might explain why California is on the verge of bankruptcy and total insolvency. Los Angeles has the same problem, incidentally. So clearly idiocy isn\u2019t exclusive to the statewide level. I got back to NBC and we taped \u201cTTS.\u201d On the way home I picked up my mail and sped home to win an eBay auction. Sara had taken my dog Roxy in to be groomed earlier in the day, so I stopped at the groomer\u2019s to get Roxy. When I got home Sara had picked up the flyers for this Sunday\u2019s Blessing of the Animals at my church. I had some flyers made up to pass around to people who may be interested in participating with their pets. Then I grabbed a nap. I slept a long time! When I got up I spent all night doing work, I stepped out to get some groceries, I did some auditions, then I watched another episode of \u201cKojak\u201d from the second season DVD set.<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 25th \u2013 SLIPPERY SPOOK! \u2013 <\/span>I was awakened by Roxy who wanted to cuddle with me on the bed for a while. I got up to meet with the carpet cleaners from Chem Dry. Roxy was feeling better now after her bout with a bacterial thing in her tummy, but the carpets needed a good cleaning as a result. The carpet guys have to run a big hose from their truck (which they park outside the back of my house by the garage) and that involves the door to my garage to be open a little bit. I wanted to make sure my cat Spook wouldn\u2019t try to run off (not that he would) so I looked for him to close him in an area where I knew he\u2019d be safe. I found him and chased after him with some urgency, which he mistook for either a trip to the vet, a trip to the groomer to get his nails trimmed, or that he was in trouble of some sort. Darn if that cat can hide in odd places! He ran off and I had no idea where he went. I looked everywhere! I even went outside to look around. I had to go to \u201cTTS,\u201d so I had my assistant Sara come over and see if she could locate him after the carpet guys left. I was panicked! Shortly after I got to NBC Sara texted me and said she found him hiding under one of the display cases in the Puppet Room. He must\u2019ve heard the noise of the carpet cleaning machine and refused to come out. Whew! On the show were Ann Romney and Seth MacFarlane. I gotta hand it to the talent bookers! Two more opposite people you\u2019ll never find, so it really keeps things interesting. When the show was wrapped I came home to relax, take a dip in the Jacuzzi and nap a little bit. I got up to do auditions and then got ready for bed. I knew the nap was a bad idea, since I had to be up early for Garfield the next morning.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 26th \u2013 MICHAEL IN \u2018DA HOUSE! \u2013 <\/span>Since I took a nap the night before, I had to force myself to go to bed to try and get a few hours of sleep before my wake-up call to be at Garfield. I really only got a few hours of sleep, and when I woke up my back was hurting. Plus Spook was walking all over me wanting me to wake up and give him some food and pets. Roxy was also restless. So I dragged myself out of bed and got ready to head to Buzzy\u2019s for another session for \u201cThe Garfield Show,\u201d season 4. We had a fun time, as usual, and then I got home to help my friend Edi\u2019s son Josh with an audition. I just had enough time to walk Roxy quickly, and then speed off to \u201cTTS.\u201d After the show wrapped, I went to my chiropractor to get cracked and crunched, grabbed some Taco Bell, and made it home to meet my effects guy Jim Ojala. He had been working on a life-size Michael Myers mannequin, and tonight was when he was delivering. It looked spectacular. Only a few minor adjustments had to be made, and my pal Sergio needs to come do some work with the hair, but all in all it looked great! Very menacing! I fed and walked Roxy, feed Spook, and then grabbed a nap. I was beat! I got up for my auditions, some work around the house, and another \u201cKojak\u201d episode.<\/p>\n

Thursday the 27th \u2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEG! \u2013<\/span> My sister Peggy\u2019s birthday is today. I won\u2019t tell you her age because she may never speak to me again if I do. I got a hotline call to record two comedy bits for \u201cTTS\u201d in my home studio. I walked Roxy and when I got back inside I got another call to redo one of the bits. Just as I was finishing up that and e-mailing it in, my agent called again and asked me to be in at 1:45 to \u201cTTS\u201d to record another bit in-person. Plus I had an \u201coutside\u201d audition to be at around 12:30. It was going to be tight! So I dashed into the shower, hit the road and made the audition for Capitol One just in time. It was all the way down in the mid-city area so I was praying the traffic was decent. But no rest for the wicked, as I head to race back to Burbank for my 1:45 call time at \u201cTTS.\u201d I got there and recorded two comedy bits. Liam Neeson was the guest, and the bit that I recorded at my house earlier in the day aired that night. It was a parody of Liam\u2019s hit movie \u201cTaken,\u201d which had him as a replacement ref looking for a job. The title was \u201cMistaken!\u201d It was cool to voice a bit with Liam Neeson in it. He\u2019s big freakin\u2019 time! When the show was over I went to the bank to make a deposit, grabbed Taco Bell (again!), and went home to walk Roxy and feed Spook. My pal Edi and my assistant Sara dropped by for a little bit. Then I took a dip in the Jacuzzi again, grabbed a nap on the couch for a few hours, and got up late in the evening to do my auditions. But something really weird happened! An absolute career first for me. One of the auditions sent three YouTube links for the auditioning actors to listen to. The specs of the spot called for a typical \u201clate-night TV talk show announcer.\u201d Hmmm\u2026 I went to the links and hit the first one. It was Andy Richter announcing the Conan show. The second link was the announcer for Letterman back in 1987. And the third link\u2026you guessed it\u2026WAS ME! I\u2019m being asked to reference my OWN voice for an audition? Too weird! I sent my agent a note and told her the funny coincidence. Apparently she hadn\u2019t had time to listen to the references before sending them out to the actors. But that\u2019s honestly the first time in my history that I\u2019ve ever been given audition copy and asked to sound like me. Strange.<\/p>\n

Friday the 28th \u2013 DOGGIE DREAM?! \u2013 <\/span>My hotline rang and woke me up with instructions to be into \u201cTTS\u201d at 1:45 for a bit, plus there was a piece of comedy copy waiting for me in my inbox. I got up, recorded it and e-mailed it in, and walked Roxy. Terry came over to start doing some work on my house, and my pal Electric Bob also came over to discuss a bathroom remodeling job I\u2019m considering. My master bathroom is no longer suiting my needs, so I think it\u2019s time to update it. I\u2019m hoping for a huge black Jacuzzi tub\/shower combo, a nice toilet with bidet, plenty of storage space, and all in a black and chrome color scheme. At least that\u2019s the plan anyway. But I had to dash off to make work in time. I got to NBC and recorded two bits, then I went to the bank to sign some papers. I grabbed a quick lunch at Burger King (chicken parmesan sandwich\u2026YUM!) and then went back to NBC to tape the show. I was really looking forward to the weekend as it\u2019s been a VERY busy week! We finished the show and I got home and rested for a bit. Edi, Brittney and Sara met me at Miceli\u2019s for dinner, and we had a great time. Then I went home and did a few things around the house. Earlier I showed Brittney the Michael Myers figure and she said it would have scared her, except for the fact that he looked cross-eyed. Oh my gosh, he DID! It\u2019s a phenomenon that sometimes happens with masks. When the eyeholes are cut in such a way that they\u2019re further apart that your actual eyes are. They used to kid Adam West about that on the set of \u201cBatman\u201d all the time. The eyeholes were further apart that Adam\u2019s actual eyes were. And when you can\u2019t see the whites in the inner corners of the eyes, the mask\u2019s eyeholes make you look cross-eyed. So I texted my effects guy Jim to come by with some little scissors and trim the inner corners of the mask\u2019s eyeholes. I was sitting at the computer watching selected scenes from the newly released DVD \u201cVan Dyke and Company.\u201d It was the first time I had become aware of Andy Kaufman on prime-time TV. Boy watching those shows sure brought back some memories! What a genius! I also saw my pal Chuck McCann in some of the sketches. And as the ending credits rolled, I noticed that one of the assistants on the show was my pal Shelley Herman! TOO COOL! But as I sat at the computer around 2:30am, I heard a low growl. I looked down into the living room and saw Roxy sitting on one of the beanbags, staring into the Northeast corner of my living room\u2026growling. Then she started a very agitated barking. Growling, then barking, and growling again. All the while staring into the corner of the living room. CREEPY! I\u2019ve never heard her do that before! I\u2019ve heard that sometimes dogs will wake up out of a dream, and not quite know they\u2019re back in reality again. At least I hope that\u2019s the case! I spent some time updating my database, and planning out my Saturday night movie nights through the end of 2012. The James Bond 50th anniversary Blu Ray set has come out, so I think we\u2019ll be watching a Bond a week for the next 22 weeks. Then I hit the hay and watched another \u201cKojak\u201d episode and got to sleep around 6am Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Saturday the 29th \u2013 ENOUGH WITH THE HOT ALREADY! \u2013 <\/span>I got up around 11am to wait for my maids. I napped on and off until they showed up at 12:30, and as they cleaned Planet Wallywood, my pal Jim Ojala came over and we worked on opening up the eyeholes in the Michael Myers mask. Jim\u2019s a genius, because they ended up looking perfect! That\u2019s not the kind of thing you want to screw up! Because if you do it wrong on a rubber mask, there\u2019s no going back! I had a few hours to grab a nap, so I slept until 6:30pm. I got up to get some groceries with Sara to restock for movie night. We watched \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d on Blu Ray, followed by \u201cHorror Express\u201d on Blu Ray. I know \u201cH.E.\u201d pretty well because we used that as the subject of our pilot for \u201cUncle Davver\u2019s Really Scary Movie Show.\u201d As the movie played I kept hearing some of our funny commentary in my head and I couldn\u2019t help but laugh. But I kept it to myself so I wouldn\u2019t bug the others watching the film. When everyone left I did some work around the house, dishes, laundry, cleaning up, etc. I checked the Sunday forecast on the internet before going to bed, and it looks like we\u2019re in for another heatwave for the next few days! CRAP! Enough already! Bring on the fall weather! My church\u2019s Blessing of the Animals is set for Sunday afternoon at 4pm, and they\u2019re saying it could be close to 100 degrees! EEK! I\u2019m SO over this hot weather. And my dog Roxy\u2019s brother and littermate Lassie (aka Junior) will be our special guest at the Blessing ceremony. I\u2019m hoping it won\u2019t be too hot for Lassie. Speaking of Roxy, I took her out for a nice, long walk at 3am under a clear, starry sky\u2026and a beautiful full moon. It was nice and cool out and we had a lot of fun. We came inside and I made her some dinner, made a giant salad for myself, and then we hit the hay to watch \u201cKojak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday the 30th \u2013 BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN! \u2013 <\/span>I got up around noon and took Roxy out. My fears had been confirmed. It was HOT! I was hoping it would cool off over the next few hours for the big Blessing of the Animals at church. I went back to bed for a few hours, and then got up and got ready. I threw Roxy in the air conditioned car and drove to church. I saw my pal Carol Riggins and Lassie walking in front of the church. Roxy was glad to see her again, and she even gave Junior a kiss. Roxy really missed them! Carol\u2019s husband and daughter were there to help out. Luckily, the church had set up some tent-like canopies which helped provide some shade. The doggies began to arrive. It looked like there was going to be a pretty good crowd, even though it was pretty hot outside. A good time was had by all, and it was a VERY successful first outing for the church\u2019s Blessing of the Animals. A few of the doggies had some minor problems with each other, but after a few small barks and growls, it was all settled. Pastors Jefferson, Louise and Bob set up blessing stations around the courtyard after a small ceremony, and people brought their animals to them for a quick blessing. The majority of the animals were dogs, and I saw one cat (in a very safe carrying case), a turtle and a rooster! It was awesome! After it was over I met Carol\u2019s family and Lassie at Paty\u2019s for dinner. They have a dog-friendly patio and I\u2019ve been aching to take Roxy there. We were also joined by my friend Alex and her dog Lady, Edi and her dog Bunny, and Sara. What a great time! Great food and great company! I got home just in time to get on eBay for the closing of an auction I had been watching. The lot was a set of Laurel and Hardy figures from 1973. I had some just like them when I was 13 (I got them for Christmas) and I wanted to get another set. I actually bought a set about 10 years ago, but the set was missing the record playing pedestal that is supposed to come with them. You put in a little record and push a button, and Laurel and Hardy talk. I sat down at the computer and signed into eBay. The auction was just about over and I put in my high bid. But then the unthinkable happened! I got the spinning wheel of DOOM! OH NO! I yelled at the computer, \u201cC\u2019MOOOOON!\u201d Then it gave me a screen to confirm my bid. I clicked it again and you guessed it! The spinning wheel of doom again. Well, by the time my stupid internet went through, the auction as over. CRAP! Ever since I ditched DSL for cable I\u2019ve had problems like this. I\u2019m wondering if I did the right thing. What the heck!? I thought this new-fangled internet thingie was supposed to be the end-all be-all of the future of movies and communication. BAH! The internet has a LOOOONG way to go before I place that much faith in it. I was pissed! Oh well, it must not have been meant to be. My pal Amanda came over for a quick visit, then I got busy with work around the house. I had an audition to do, some laundry to finish, and Wally\u2019s Week to write. STUPID EBAY! STUPID INTERNET! There, I said it.<\/p>\n

And how was YOUR week??<\/p>\n

PICS FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

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\nPastor Alfredo and a young friend meets Lassie!<\/p>\n

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\nMicki looks as if she’s hypnotized Lassie!<\/p>\n

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\nPeople began to gather in the courtyard for the Blessing of the Animals.<\/p>\n

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\nRoxy patiently waits her turn to be blessed.<\/p>\n

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\nLots of dogs, but there were a few cats, a turtle and a rooster named Dinner<\/p>\n

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\nMy pal Edi with Rocky and Bunny<\/p>\n

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\nBunny blessed by Bob!<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s Roxy’s turn to be blessed by Pastor Bob.<\/p>\n

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\nMy friend Edi’s dog Rocky has his turn!<\/p>\n

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\nRocky looks to be having a super time!<\/p>\n

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\nLady and Lassie! My pal Alex brought her little Lady to the festivities.<\/p>\n

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\nPastor Bob meets the special guest of the Blessing of the Animals…LASSIE!<\/p>\n

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\nLassie looks up with humility as Pastor Bob offers a blessing.<\/p>\n

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\nSpecial Guest Lassie officially opens the Blessing of the Animals ceremony with a special scroll!<\/p>\n

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\nLassie closes the ceremony with a special prayer.<\/p>\n

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\nBentley offers up a favorable review at the conclusion of The Blessing of the Animals!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wallysweek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}