{"id":13419,"date":"2022-06-20T06:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/?p=13419"},"modified":"2022-06-28T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:51:00","slug":"june-20-june-26-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/june-20-june-26-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"June 20 &#8211; June 26 (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1300px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see this movie. I heard it&#8217;s hilarious!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-200x184.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-400x367.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-500x459.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-600x551.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-700x643.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-768x705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-800x735.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00-1024x940.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_00.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/humming\/humming.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"54\"><\/p>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s rare, I&#8217;ll occasionally post TWO songs that I&#8217;ve been humming all week. This is one of those weeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First, since it&#8217;s now officially summer, the song <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Summer Rain&#8221;<\/span> by Johnny Rivers has been on my mind. We had some fun lightning and thunder this past week (not much rain) and the summer storm reminded me of this great song.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13419-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-Rain.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-Rain.mp3\">https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-Rain.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlso, I stumbled across this video of the Cowsills doing their hit <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;The Rain, The Park, and Other Things&#8221;<\/span> at a charity event and was STUNNED by the excellent quality of the vocals and orchestration. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park and Other Things (Live)\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foepOwQlXpI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday the 20th \u2013 \u201cEAR\u2019S LOOKIN\u2019 AT YOU, KID!\u201d \u2013<\/span> While showering a few days ago my right ear became plugged, and it would alternate between completely plugged and totally open. It was very strange. But since I had a week full of sessions I needed my hearing, so I called my Ear, Nose and Throat doctor\u2019s office immediately to try and be seen that afternoon. They told me to come in at 11am and they would have a look. Come to find out the plug was due to a fungal infection. As the doctor explained, when you\u2019re on antibiotics (as I had been for the past week for my sinus infection\/bronchitis) these types of fungal infections can occur. The antibiotics don\u2019t know the difference between good bacteria and bad bacteria and just kill everything. Normally a simple fungal infection in my ear would have been fought off by my body\u2019s natural bacterial defenses, but since the good ones died with the bad ones, the fungal infection is allowed to proliferate. So he did a little suction, put some antibiotic power in my ear, and I was on my way. Initially I was told that the doctor was totally booked all day, and that I would most likely have to see a PA (physician\u2019s assistant). I said it didn\u2019t matter as I just needed to have my ear cleaned out. But lo and behold in walks the man himself\u2026Dr. Line! I hadn\u2019t seen the Doc in well over 5 years, before I had my sinus surgery! Or as the Doc put it, \u201cI haven\u2019t seen you since B.C. \u2013 before Covid!\u201d He\u2019s a great guy! I stopped over to KFC to get some lunch and then dropped my Wizard of Oz base off to my pal Mike at Alex in Wonderland. But he said he\u2019d rather have me come by sometime so I could work on it with him, just to make sure we get it right. It was another 95 degree day so it was a blast driving around enjoying the summer weather! I came home to walk Roxy and she too loves the summer weather. I honestly think the warm surroundings and sunshine make her elderly bones and joints feel better. I came inside and napped a bit, and then got up later to do a few things around the house. I relaxed all day because I have a long Voice Over session scheduled for Tuesday and I want to make sure I\u2019m back up to speed to do it. Later I typed out Wally\u2019s Week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 21st \u2013 GOOD NEWS\/BAD NEWS THEN GOOD NEWS! \u2013<\/span> When I awoke to prep my day I had received an e-mail from my trademark attorney Solicitor Stephanie. She had been notified by the trademark office that all of the Christoween trademarks we applied for have been approved, and we can now go from using the \u201cTM\u201d demarcation to using the official \u201cR\u201d demarcation, denoting that it\u2019s an officially registered trademark! FANTASTIC! It\u2019s been a long, hard road \u2013 and having all of that merchandise created was well worth the effort! I also got a note from one of my agents letting me know that there had been a management change in the upper echelon of the company for whom I was doing that long-held, super-secret gig. I\u2019ve had that gig for almost 10 years I believe, and I\u2019ve never been able to talk about it. But they informed my agent that they would no longer require my services going forward. Bad news, right? Sure, except for the fact that their notification to my agent came in about 2.5 months too late, well under the 90 day notice they were contractually required should they wish to not renew. Complete contract violation. So not only do they still have to pay me for the normal number of work hours I was contracted for (big money) but they also have to pay me for the annual exclusivity fee that goes along with it (even bigger money)! This particular gig was never really very exciting, and certainly not one of my favorite gigs of my career. But the money was very good. But yet, when this time of year rolled around every year, I dreaded doing the actual work. So it was definitely time for this gig to end. We had done just about as much as we could do with it and frankly, I won\u2019t miss it. On my drive to Culver City to my video game gig I discussed it with my agent at length. We had several choices we could have made, but I encouraged her to go for the whole enchilada. Speaking of enchiladas, I made it to Campo\u2019s (my favorite Mexican restaurant) and ordered my usual; beef taco and beef enchilada. Unfortunately there\u2019s only one Campo\u2019s left, and it\u2019s in Santa Monica. So whenever I\u2019m on the Westside for a gig I leave home a little early to swing by and grab some delicious food. I got to Station 22 in Culver City and did a four hour video game session. This was the same one I couldn\u2019t do a week ago because of my sinus infection. The second make-up day will be this Friday. Though it was fun I was severely lacking in energy. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s because of the allergy pill I took beforehand (I wanted to be clear for the session) or if I\u2019m still not back to 100% yet. But I was definitely out of it! Plus, my breathing apparatus wasn\u2019t quite back to its normal robust nature, and we had a lot of evil laughs to do. Needless to say it was tough getting through those without coughing and wheezing. I muscled through the session as best as I could. I was also still having some voice problems, as my vocal depth and timbre wasn\u2019t quite back either. Maybe Friday\u2019s session will be better. But Jonathan the Voice Director was very understanding and we took it pretty easy. Even with the limitations, Jonathan said we accomplished quite a bit of stuff that afternoon. On the drive back home I was looking forward to a long nap. It had cooled down quite a bit and had turned into a very nice evening. I showered, climbed into bed, and slept for about 5 hours! I was exhausted! Later I got up and did some auditions, and took Roxy on a nice, long walk through the neighborhood. I got to see some cool lightning in the clouds in the distance. Funny though, there was lots of lightning, but no thunder! It was forecast that we\u2019d have some rain overnight, but after raining HUGE drops for about 5 minutes, it stopped for good. Very disappointing. I made a salad and watched the final episode of \u201cCircle of Fear.\u201d This episode was amazing for many reasons. First, it starred a very young David Soul! It was in 1973, two full years before he would be launched into superstardom on \u201cStarsky &amp; Hutch.\u201d The minute he came on screen you got the feeling of \u201cThis is a star!\u201d He was mesmerizing. But he had brown contact lenses in, as his eyes have always been blue. So I was wondering what was up. It all made sense later, when he turned into a creature \u2013 and the older actor playing the creature had brown eyes. So it was probably easier for young David Soul to wear brown contacts, than have the older actor have to wear blue contacts. But the fun didn\u2019t stop there. He played a character named James Barlow. Barlow. David would do battle with Mr. Barlow four years later in the TV version of \u201cSalem\u2019s Lot!\u201d Also, a nice, sad guitar ditty played all throughout the show with a voice (that was clearly David Soul\u2019s) humming over it. That song would eventually be released on his self-titled album in 1976, and called \u201cSeem To Miss So Much.\u201d I recognized it right away as it\u2019s one of my favorite \u201csad\u201d songs. Plus, one of the other actors was an actress named Meg Wyllie. She\u2019s a great character actress who appeared in a lot of TV shows I love, including \u201cStar Trek!\u201d If you\u2019re a \u201cTrekkie\u201d you would most recognize her as one of the \u201cbutthead\u201d Talosians in the pilot episode \u201cThe Menagerie!\u201d She was a great actress! It was a thoroughly enjoyable episode! Now the thunder had started outside, along with the lightning show, but still \u2013 no rain.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 22nd \u2013 TAKIN\u2019 IT EASY! \u2013<\/span> After a drive to the bank to make a deposit I swung by McDonald\u2019s to get some lunch. I got my mail at my box and had a great time listening to some amazing tunes while driving around doing my errands! I got home to check the news of the day and relax. I\u2019m taking it easy so I can get my endurance back for this Friday\u2019s session. I don\u2019t want to be energy-less again.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 23rd \u2013 BURIED TREASURE! \u2013<\/span> There have been a few phone calls I\u2019ve been meaning to make for a while now, but I just haven\u2019t had the time. Today I was able to make those and it paid off! I found a great company to make some embroidered Christoween patches for this season\u2019s Christoween celebration, and the price is right! I drove to Jersey Mike\u2019s to get a sandwich, and then came home and worked around the house. One of the things on my list of to-do\u2019s is to get into the garage and start sorting through all the junk I have out there and trying to get rid of a good share of it. Some stuff will be just tossed out, and other stuff will be sold or given away. I opened up a box that was labeled VOICE-OVER GIVEAWAYS. Back in the mid-2000s I bought merchandise of anything that I was involved in professionally. Videotapes, toys, dolls, etc. \u2013 everything! My intent was to use these as giveaways to other industry professionals in the interest of perpetuating my career. There were a few cool things in there, but I discovered six plush dolls of a character I voiced in an anime called \u201cZatch Bell\u201d named Brago. These plushies were still brand new, and still had the backing display card attached! I checked on eBay, and these figures were going for anywhere from $27 to $47 WITHOUT the original display card! So if I signed them and offered them for sale, what would my asking price be? Hmmm. I dug them out, dusted them off and got them ready to offer on my website\u2019s store for sale. I don\u2019t need them, certainly. So maybe they\u2019ll find a better home. I also found some old VHS tapes of \u201cFlik in Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom\u201d \u2013 which was one of my first big VO gigs for Disney where I provided a sound-alike singing and speaking voice for Dave Foley\u2019s Flik character. I found a Tallest Red figure still sealed in the package, and a few other little things. So those things will all be offered for sale very soon. Later I recorded a ton of auditions, and did some prep work for my Friday session in Culver City.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 24th \u2013 THAT\u2019S A WRAP ON EVIL ROGER MOORE! \u2013<\/span> The traffic on the way to Culver City was horrible, and I ended up being 15 minutes late to my video game session. But we\u2019d make it up on the back-end and stay 15 minutes later. We finished up everything we needed to on this game for now, so that\u2019s a wrap! It was lots of fun doing an \u201cevil\u201d Roger Moore-type voice for this character. There was lots and LOTS of evil laughing, which was fine because my lungs were all better. In fact, I requested that we redo some of the laughs we did last Tuesday which were a little wheezy and weak. They were happy to pick those up. The session went very well and it\u2019s going to be a great game. I can\u2019t wait to tell you more about it in the future! After the session I made a few phone calls, and then went to my friend Cecille\u2019s housewarming party which, ironically enough, was literally 8 blocks down the street from the studio in Culver City! I drove home feeling exhausted, and enjoyed a nice nap when I got back to the house. I got up later to do some stuff around the house, and found out I had already sold two Brago figures! I packed them up and I\u2019ll send them off on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 25th \u2013 SHREDDER!! \u2013<\/span> My maids arrived in the early afternoon to clean, and when they finished I hightailed it over to my mailbox to get my packages. I also took in a bin of old tax documents that I needed to have shredded. Since I put all my 2021 tax stuff away in storage recently, that meant that I had to pull out all of the tax stuff from the oldest year in order to make room. So all my 2015 tax stuff will be going to the shredder! It\u2019s all part of a major downsizing I\u2019m planning on doing once I can get into my garage and sort through some things. One of the things I received in my mail was a hardcover book which contained all of the cover art for every one of the Eerie magazines that were published when I was a kid. I used to stand and stare at those magazines on the shelf at Four Brothers Market in Aberdeen, South Dakota &#8211; all of which featured very grotesque and gory imagery of all sorts of vile creatures doing all sorts of sadistic things to other vile creatures. I couldn\u2019t take my eyes off of them! It took me into a frightening, chilling and fascinating world! Though I never bought any of the magazines (I never was a fan of the illustrated horror magazines, but only the magazines that featured actual stills of the actors from horror movies) those cover images stuck with me. This new book has compiled every cover ever published under that corporation\u2019s publishing wing, and even comes with the author\u2019s commentaries and notes about each piece. Though it\u2019s not ideal lunchtime viewing for most people, I was fascinated as I devoured my grilled chicken salad on the patio at Paty\u2019s! This book has made me want to go on eBay and buy a few more of those vintage magazines for my collection. I went to Staples to get some various supplies for my office, and then I went to CVS to pick up a few things there. While at CVS, I got a photo printed of little Carlos Cordoba \u2013 the young boy who passed away from cancer at the age of 3. I had sent him a few Muppet videos to try and cheer him up while he was going through his treatment. I\u2019ll post Carlos\u2019 picture at my signing table when I go to the Voices Against Cancer event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in early July. Just as a reminder to everybody that what we\u2019re doing there is really all about. I picked up some groceries, and then went home to put everything away. I started poking around in an old plastic bin in my garage. The bin contained DVDs, CDs, cassettes and VHS tapes that I had stored in a cardboard box once upon a time. But when my water heater leaked the box got soaked, and I rescued the contents and put them in a plastic bin. But I never really sorted through them to ascertain their importance. That\u2019s something I need to do. A lot of the junk cassettes will be thrown out, and a lot of the other stuff that\u2019s keepable will be put in another storage bin. I\u2019m going to see about archiving the contents of some of those old cassettes by digitizing them onto a CD. But it will require me to set up a cassette player and go through the tapes one by one to catalog their contents, and decide if they\u2019re worth keeping or not. It\u2019ll be a lot of work, but worth it in the end from an historical standpoint. I\u2019m sick of going out into my garage and seeing box after box of stored junk that I know I\u2019m never going to need. A lot of it has got to go soon! I grabbed a nap, and then later got up to work around the house. I made my traditional Saturday Night Super Saint Salad and watched another episode of \u201cThe Saint.\u201d This one provided some serious foreshadowing to Roger Moore\u2019s future as James Bond in \u201cLive and Let Die.\u201d The episode called \u201cSibao\u201d featured a voodoo culture that had Simon Templar investigating a power-hungry madman who hoped to use the voodoo religion to further his own evil aspirations. As I said, the similarities to Moore\u2019s eventual turn as James Bond in \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d were stunning!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 26th \u2013 SUNDAY SOLACE! \u2013<\/span> As is usual with my Sundays, I rested, and rested some more. I had to run over to see my stylist to get a touch-up on my color, but mostly I relaxed. I drove over to Little Toni\u2019s to get a pizza to go, and then relaxed some more. Later I did some more work in the garage, did some auditions, and\u2026you guessed it\u2026relaxed some more.<\/p>\n<p>And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13422\" style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13422\" class=\"wp-image-13422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-400x456.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-438x500.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-500x570.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-600x684.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-700x798.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-768x876.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-800x913.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01-898x1024.jpg 898w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ww_20220620_01.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interesting lunchtime reading! But for a monster kid like me, it&#8217;s pretty routine!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13419","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\/13419","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=13419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}