{"id":14441,"date":"2022-12-05T07:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/?p=14441"},"modified":"2022-12-13T08:10:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:10:35","slug":"december-05-december-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/december-05-december-11-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"December 05 &#8211; December 11 (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<p>I ran across this photo of a random guy I met when I was in the Mt. Pocono area at a talent competition in about 1980. He had just randomly shown up to one of our parties. He was tweaking on some drug, but I really loved his style. Coming across this photo of this Rod Stewart wannabe made me smile the warmest of smiles, as I recollected a wonderful time in history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-600x885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-200x295.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-339x500.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-400x590.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-500x737.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-600x885.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-700x1032.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-768x1132.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-800x1179.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00-1042x1536.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_00.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/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 align=\"left\">After having watched the 3-part, 8 hour Beatle documentary &#8220;Get Back,&#8221; I&#8217;m still humming some of the great songs they wrote for that album. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Two of Us&#8221;<\/span> is a great song, and this video is pure joy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"The Beatles - Two Of Us (Official Video)\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ql1cL_y0xes?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 5th \u2013 MONDAY MUNCHIES! \u2013<\/span> My pal Amanda and I decided to go grab lunch at Paty\u2019s, and then I stopped by my dry cleaners to drop off my comforters. I got home and grabbed a short nap, then got up later for my nightly auditions. I did some work around the house, and then typed out Wally\u2019s Week. It\u2019s definitely the end of the year, because things in the industry have slowed down considerably. I\u2019m looking forward to the Christmas\/New Year break.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 6th \u2013 I\u2019M 6 MINUTES LATE, BUT TWO DAYS EARLY! \u2013<\/span> It\u2019s that time of year again. Time for my semi-annual dental check-up. I like to do one in the summer, and one just before the holidays. I got into my dentist\u2019s office and apologized profusely for being 6 minutes late to my appointment. And then they reminded me that my appointment wasn\u2019t until Thursday!!! OH MY GOSH! She was right! I was TWO DAYS early! Luckily she said the Dr. could see me anyway for my check and cleaning. It\u2019s a good thing too! During the check-up he discovered that the two teeth behind my left eye tooth have issues. The old fillings are separating from the teeth, and there are very small (microscopic) cracks forming in the teeth near the fillings. This could turn into MAJOR dental issues in the future if some sort of abscess gets in through the cracks. Then I have to have extractions and implants put in. I went through that several years ago and I\u2019m in no hurry to repeat it! He said getting them taken care of soon was pretty important. Luckily, I knew of a Thursday afternoon appointment he had that just opened up! So they ended up putting me BACK on the schedule for my original appointment Thursday at 3, and I\u2019ll come back in to have the old fillings (and cracks in the teeth) removed, and they\u2019ll fit me for something called an \u201conlay.\u201d An onlay is a \u201cpartial crown,\u201d if you will. It won\u2019t cover the entire tooth, but just the part of the tooth that\u2019s missing. The dentist can\u2019t fill up the new opening in the teeth he created because there\u2019s not enough of the tooth left and it would end up being very weak. But an onlay is the perfect remedy to strengthen the natural tooth. That way the natural nerve and root can be preserved. In hindsight, I considered my error of showing up early a gift from God! After the appointment I hit Wienerschnitzel for a few chili cheese dogs with kraut and some chili fries (topped off with a banana split for dessert!) and then went to my dry cleaners to pick up my comforters. I dropped by my mailbox to get a few packages, and then I drove over to the local Toyota dealer to put a deposit down for my new 2022 Rav4 in Magnetic Gray Metallic! The car wasn\u2019t on the lot, however. It\u2019s within their network somewhere and will be shipped in after the leather seats are put in. It should take about 3 weeks, so\u2026MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME! It was time to retire the Mustang and relegate it to \u201cfun car\u201d status. I\u2019ve already acquired the parking spot right next to my Gran Torino in Burbank, so I\u2019ll keep both of my fun cars there, and use the new Rav for my daily driver. The Mustang is great, and I\u2019ll miss it, but it will be 20 years old next year. So it was time to upgrade. But much like I currently do with the Torino, the Mustang will be put into rotation and be driven for about a week once a month. The salesman at the Toyota dealer started the paperwork, and I excused myself to head home to feed and walk Roxy. After that, I went back to the dealership and signed all the necessary paperwork. During the application process they were asking all sorts of personal questions, which I thought was odd considering I\u2019m not financing the car at all. It\u2019s a cash deal. So I refused to answer some of them on the grounds that they simply didn\u2019t need to know. I asked the guy why all the personal questions and he said, \u201cI guess it\u2019s so they know how to find you.\u201d But if I\u2019m not financing the car, why would they need to find me? I told him, \u201dMaybe I should ask YOU all the personal questions, so I know where to find YOU in case something goes wrong with the car!\u201d We had a good laugh about it. But yeah, a weird line of questioning for somebody who was just buying a car outright. I got home and napped for a bit, and then got up later for my nightly auditions. I worked around the house for a bit, did some laundry, prepped for the rest of the week, and then made some lasagna and watched a few episodes of \u201cThe Lone Ranger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 7th \u2013 ANNUAL CAT WRANGLING! \u2013<\/span> Once a year I have to adhere to a very strict protocol to get my cat Spooky to his physical exam. The vet gave me some medication to give him four hours prior to his exam which will mellow him out. He\u2019s a growly old son-of-a-gun when he\u2019s getting his exam if he\u2019s not semi-tranquilized. So I gave him the pill in a piece of yummy cheese at noon, and then I headed out to meet my old pal Jon Konjoyan (who used to work at A&amp;M Records back when I was a Midwestern radio DJ) and my new friend Gracie, who\u2019s a very talented young singer, songwriter, anime person. I had double booked the lunch because I figured somebody with Jon\u2019s experience in the music industry would be a wealth of knowledge for somebody like Gracie, who is just starting to launch her career in music. It was a delightful lunch! During lunch I got a text from my friend Carroll who runs Carroll Casting about a last-minute audition she needed me to do. So I dashed home, recorded the audition and sent it off. Then I packed up a very docile Spook and headed to the vet. He got his exam and all was good. I came back home and put Spook to bed to \u201csleep it off,\u201d did some work around the house, and napped briefly. Later I did my nightly auditions, and fed Roxy. Then we went out for our late night stroll through the neighborhood. It was 39 degrees at 5:45 am! I hate winter! I miss summer!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 8th \u2013 ADR AT WB AND THEN THE DDS! \u2013<\/span> A few months ago I did a Voice Over bit for an upcoming major feature film that takes place at the Olympic games in the 1930\u2019s. I did a very retro-sounding radio announcer, complete with a tight mid-Atlantic accent \u2013 similar to how the old newsreel announcers sounded. The director of the film is VERY A-List, so it was quite a thrill doing the job! Apparently they liked what I did, because they called me back to do a few more lines for the film. I got there at 1:20 for my 1:30 session, walked into the ADR booth, said hi to the engineer, said hi to all of the crew (who were on Zoom), signed some paperwork and started the job. I finished up in about 20 minutes. When I got out of the session and checked my phone I had a bunch of voicemails and texts from my agent (who booked me on the job) reminding me that I had a session at Warner and asking where I was and if I was on my way. I simply texted back, \u201cI just finished.\u201d Then I gave him a call to settle his nerves. Apparently the person at Warner Brothers who was supposed to greet me just missed me by seconds, and thought that I missed the gig. But I was already in the booth working. Just one of those weird little glitches in the system. And I\u2019m so used to being on that lot from years of working on the Batman games that I know exactly where to go and don\u2019t really need to be escorted anywhere. I called my pal James, who works in Warner Post-Production Services and we took a golf cart to the commissary and had a nice lunch outdoors. I hadn\u2019t seen him in a while so there was a lot of catching up to do. Then we wheeled over to the Warner Brothers store where I picked up a nifty Beetlejuice cap, a Walley World t-shirt (from the movie \u201cVacation\u201d), and a Boy Wonder t-shirt for my friend Alex as a Christmas present. Alex cosplays as Robin from the 1966 Batman series and the artwork on the shirt was right off the animated opening of the show. It was the PERFECT gift! Then I headed over to my dentist\u2019s office to get the work done on my old fillings. He numbed me up really well, removed the old fillings and microscopic cracks in my teeth and patched it up with temporary fillings. He instructed me not to chew any gum or eat anything sticky until the permanent onlays have been attached. I told him I was heading out to find some good, old-fashioned taffy. He laughed. When the onlays get applied they\u2019ll be the same color as my teeth, so you won\u2019t see any silvery-metal fillings in those teeth anymore! Slick! I got home to do some work and noticed that the trailer for the video game \u201cStreet Fighter 6\u201d had just dropped, and I was mentioned as the actor who plays the character J.P. in the game. I had been sitting on this information for years, keeping it a secret until the official word was released. And today was the day! Fantastic! It\u2019s going to be a fabulous game! I recorded my nightly auditions and sent them to my agent, did some work on the computer, drove to Denny\u2019s to get some food to go, and watched a few episodes of \u201cThe Lone Ranger\u201d before turning in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 9th \u2013 THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE!!! \u2013<\/span> The maids were scheduled to clean Planet Wallywood early in the day, but they must\u2019ve gotten held up. They arrived late in the afternoon which kind of set back some plans I had. But it was nice having a clean house. Losta rain is expected over the weekend so it\u2019ll just get filthy again, but I can enjoy it for a few days anyway. My pal Sara Rafter and I headed out to get dinner and catch up. I hadn\u2019t seen her in a long time because she\u2019s been busy working on TV shows. After a great dinner at the Coral Caf\u00e9 we headed over to The Christmas House in Burbank to see this year\u2019s display. That place always makes me smile! Then I went home to do some work, grab a quick nap, and I got up later to do some work around the house and get the weekend officially started!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 10th \u2013 IT\u2019S RAINING SPOOKS &amp; ROXYS! \u2013<\/span> After a quick walk to the vet to pick up some meds for Roxy, I stopped at Subway to get a tuna sandwich, and I continued walking over to my stylist\u2019s salon to get a touch up on my color. When I was finished I walked back home, and even though the sky was clouding up, no rain yet. I napped for a bit and got up later to organize the weekly Christoween story launch on Christoween.net. I edited some home videos, and it started pouring rain. It was NICE! Later I made my traditional Saturday Night Super Saint Salad and started in on season 5 of \u201cThe Saint.\u201d From here on out all the episodes will be in color! SWEET! It poured hard all night and L.A. got a really good (and much-needed) soaking!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 11th \u2013 A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN! \u2013<\/span> Around dinnertime my pal Alex Zsolt came over so we could go grab dinner. He was in town playing a Christmas concert at a few venues, so before he went back to Nashville we wanted to grab dinner. He loved the Boy Wonder t-shirt I got him for Christmas at the Warner store. We headed over to Bob\u2019s Big Boy for burgers, and then I took him by The Christmas House. He LOVED it! The creator\/owner of the house Alan was outside videotaping the display. I have met him many times before so we got out of the car to chat with him for a while. He let us walk up into the yard to look at everything close-up! It was amazing! What a wonderful peek behind the curtain! I got back home and napped, and got up later to do my auditions. I did some more work around the house, and decided to walk Roxy on our late-night stroll through the neighborhood before it started raining again. And just like a scene from a movie, as we finished our walk and approached my front porch, the tiny raindrops started coming down. GOOD TIMING!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14445\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14445\" class=\"wp-image-14445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-600x1345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-200x448.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-223x500.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-400x897.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-457x1024.jpg 457w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-500x1121.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-600x1345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-685x1536.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-700x1569.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-768x1722.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-800x1793.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-914x2048.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_01-scaled.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My pal Alex snapped this shot of me carrying Roxy back into the house. She can&#8217;t go up stairs any longer, so I have to carry her up any stairs she might encounter.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14446\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14446\" class=\"wp-image-14446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ww_20221205_02.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxy is snug as a bug in her &#8220;Family Guy&#8221; blanket. This photo was also snapped by Alex Zsolt, who (oddly enough) gifted me with this blanket many years ago! It&#8217;s getting some darn good use!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1250px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14441-1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rainy-night-pets.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rainy-night-pets.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rainy-night-pets.mp4\">https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rainy-night-pets.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Rainy night pets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK I ran across this photo of a random guy I met when I was in the Mt. 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