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Monday the 28th \u2013 MELLOW MONDAY! \u2013<\/span> Since the previous week was such a whirlwind I decided to start the week by taking it easy. I caught up on my rest (I needed it!) and did some work around the house. I have lots to do to prepare for my eldest daughter Lacey\u2019s visit in a week! Later I took a WOG (walk\/jog) around the neighborhood, and I spent some time outside in the anti-gravity chair afterwards. But it was chilly so I didn\u2019t stay out long. I hear there\u2019s a heatwave coming to L.A. at the end of the week, so we\u2019re going to have our \u201csummer encore\u201d after all. That\u2019s the way it usually goes in L.A. \u2013 and after 40 years it\u2019s always been the same. Toward the end of summer we get 7 to 10 days of REALLY hot weather, and then magically it cools off for a while. But just when you think fall has settled in, summer comes back for a short encore of triple digit temps. Being a fan of the hot, dry conditions \u2013 I have no problem with it. It\u2019s the cold I don\u2019t like. I spent the rest of the evening typing out Wally\u2019s Week.<\/p>\nTuesday the 29th \u2013 BAND-TASTIC! \u2013<\/span> My pal Kelly Delcambre was on his way over to tweak my new \u201cChuck McCannequin\u201d (a mannequin which is adorned with Chuck\u2019s original costume from \u201cFar Out Space Nuts\u201d \u2013 see last week\u2019s Wally\u2019s Week) so I figured I\u2019d get some work done before he arrived. Once he got to Planet Wallywood, we headed over to Paty\u2019s to meet up with Julie, the Operations Manager of the Burbank Community Band. It all started with a phone conversation when a guy who\u2019s involved with the band asked if I could imitate Vincent Price. For this year\u2019s Halloween concert, the BCB will be closing the show with \u201cThriller.\u201d They thought it might be fun to have a Voice Actor perform the ending rap live. I told him I didn\u2019t have Vincent in my repertoire of voices, but I could do some sort of scary voice that would be just as effective. I thought they wanted me to record it. But a follow-up call from Julie the O.M. inferred that I was going to emcee the entire show. Not sure how it went from doing one voice to emceeing the entire show, but I thought it sounded fun. While Kelly and I were at lunch in \u201cThe Office\u201d on the patio at Paty\u2019s in Toluca Lake, I invited Julie to come by and join us so we could chat about it more. She laid out the whole show and I enthusiastically agreed to join the show. As a radio DJ in the Midwest we would go out all the time to area schools and emcee band concerts, etc. to promote the radio station. So this will be just like the old days! But in addition to emceeing, and doing the voice at the end of \u201cThriller,\u201d I\u2019ll also be singing \u201cMonster Mash\u201d LIVE! A dream come true! I wore the grooves out of that record when I was a kid! The concert will be on October 24th at a school auditorium in Burbank. The Burbank Community Band is made up of volunteer musicians who love giving back to the community through a series of free concerts throughout the year. I\u2019m totally down with that! When Kelly and I got back to Planet Wallywood, he put some final tweaks on the Chuck McCannequin, and we moved him into his final display space in my kitchen \u2013 right next to Andy Kaufman as Elvis, and Andy Kaufman as Tony Clifton. It looks great. I just need to get a photo and info sign printed to display along with it, then it\u2019s finished up. I relaxed for a bit, and then took my WOG later in the evening. I spent some time in the anti-grav chair, and then recorded my nightly auditions. I made a \u201cPaladin Saladin\u201d and watched a few episodes of \u201cHave Gun \u2013 Will Travel,\u201d as well as the airing of \u201cThe Wonderful Wizard Of Oz\u201d that I recorded from ME-TV. This special originally aired back in 1989 (the 50th anniversary of \u201cThe Wizard Of Oz\u201d) and ME-TV just reran it recently. This was in anticipation of running the actual movie this coming weekend. It will be the first time \u201cWOO\u201d has been aired on broadcast television in about 30 years. It used to be an annual tradition in my childhood when it used to run on CBS! The special is amazing, and now I can\u2019t wait to see the film again! It\u2019s always been my #1 favorite film!<\/p>\nWednesday the 30th \u2013 CODEC CRAZINESS! \u2013<\/span> Stuck at home all day because we have no access in and out of our garages, I worked around the house. We recently had new asphalt laid in our driveways, and now they had to put a sealant on it. The sealant needed to cure for 24 hours before you could drive on it. I recorded all my auditions, took my nightly WOG, spent some time in the anti-grav chair, and came back inside to edit some videos. But come to find out, Windows 11 (which came with my new, recently-installed computer) doesn\u2019t recognize the MTS video format. The video format my Sony camcorder uses is MTS, but I couldn\u2019t get my system to play any of them. On the old computer they worked fine. So now I have to download something called a \u201ccodec\u201d in order to get everything working again. My computer guy Thor sent me the link for that packet. Ugh.<\/p>\nThursday the 1st \u2013 LOOOOOOONG DAY! \u2013<\/span> After hitting the post office to mail off a few things, I met my pal Scott Sebring at \u201cThe Office\u201d at Paty\u2019s for lunch. It was a long, but fun meeting. I picked up a few packages at my box, which included a few really great items. First, I bought one of those new D3 \u201c50th Anniversary Muppet Show\u201d jackets on eBay. Playing it safe I bought an XXL, but it\u2019s much too large for me. So I need to order an XL now, which will probably fit better. I also got a double-figure set of Frank Gorshin\u2019s Riddler character from the \u201966 \u201cBatman\u201d TV series. I had pre-ordered this set back in 2018, and it took forever to get completed. The supply chain issues in 2020 didn\u2019t help, and by 2025 I was convinced it was never coming. So I contacted the seller and got my money back. Apparently the figures WERE released in early 2026, and the seller only had one set left. I snapped it up! The set is GORGEOUS! Since I knew Frank Gorshin, and I even got to do his voice in two animated \u201cBatman\u201d films, I needed these figures. I had no idea they\u2019d be quite so deluxe. And the likenesses are spot-on! I got a few grocery items, and then chatted on the phone with the marketing guy for the Burbank Community Band concert. I got home and got ready to do my auditions, but my audio program wasn\u2019t working! What changed!? Oh yeah, that damn codec package I had to download. THAT was probably the culprit. Sure enough it was interfering with my audio recording program. I called my computer guy Thor, but no answer. I called Scott Sebring, who initially helped me install the audio program, and he walked me through how to uninstall the codec program, and reinstall the audio recording program. Luckily, that did the trick! I recorded my auditions and sent them to my agent. Whew! My gal Angi came over, and since she was craving pizza, we headed over to Little Toni\u2019s to grab a bite. While we were there got to be seated in the booth that was used in the movie \u201cObsession.\u201d FUN! I got back home to relax, but my tummy was too full of yummy pizza to go do my WOG. And it had been such a long day anyway, so I took a night off from my exercise. I tried to spend a little time outside enjoying the night in the anti-gravity chair, but I kept falling asleep. I came back inside and hit the hay.<\/p>\nFriday the 2nd \u2013 THE HEAT IS ON! \u2013<\/span> Our final heatwave of the summer of 2026 is underway! Triple digits were expected. But unlike the heatwave of a few weeks ago (which were hot AND humid thanks to an offshore hurricane) these would be hot, DRY days. My kinda weather! The maids came over to clean, and when they finished I got on the computer to fill out some paperwork for a new Voice Over job I just got cast for. It\u2019s a video game of some sort, but I don\u2019t know much more about it. That evening ME-TV featured a special airing of \u201cThe Wizard Of Oz\u201d \u2013 hosted by Lisa Whelchel. I cooked some hot dogs on the grill and got ready to enjoy my evening. While I was outside checking on the dogs, I smelled the wieners cooking, I felt the warm, dry weather, and I got a whiff of the chlorine of the pool outside. All those sensations converged and filled me with a wonderful sense of \u201call things summer.\u201d It made me smile. But then I got a bit melancholy, knowing that this would most likely be the last bash for the summer of 2026. I\u2019m not a winter guy at all. I watched the presentation on ME-TV and it was amazing. I loved that heading in and out of commercial breaks, Lisa offered up a lot of trivia and commentary about the making of the film. We certainly never got THAT on CBS back in the old days! That movie takes me to all sorts of emotional places, for a variety of reasons. One minute I\u2019ll be laughing hysterically, the next minute I\u2019ll be wiping tears out of my eyes, and the next minute I\u2019ll be mentally acknowledging what a monumental achievement of filmmaking greatness that movie really is. I always love watching it. I rested a bit, and then took my nightly WOG. It was still really warm out, so when I spent my time in the anti-grav chair I took the opportunity to enjoy a nice cigar. Apparently we have a few more nights of this weather, so I\u2019m glad I\u2019m stocked up on cigars!<\/p>\nSaturday the 3rd \u2013 A \u201cWOO\u201d ENCORE! \u2013<\/span> After visiting with my stylist Andie for a touch-up on my color, I headed to my box to pick up a package. My current pair of track pants had worn out. I had no idea until I looked at them closely the night before, and saw that I had worn a hole in them! All the friction during walking, no doubt. So I got on Amazon and ordered two new pair, and they came right away! ME-TV was airing \u201cWizard Of Oz\u201d again, but this time the host would be Svengoolie \u2013 their regular Saturday night horror host. I wanted to see his presentation of the film too. I made a salad and sat down to enjoy the film. What fun! I rested for a bit, and then took my nightly WOG. Once again I spent a warm evening in the anti-grav chair enjoying a nice cigar. On the area of the driveway where I sit in my anti-grav chair, the pavement had gotten a bit wet. The automatic sprinklers had gone off earlier and the residual water was running to the central drain. During the time of night when I\u2019m out doing my exercise, there\u2019s a fair amount of moths flying about. My chair is also next to a hedge, and the moths like to congregate there. But I noticed a little moth sitting on the ground where it was wet. I named him David Lee Moth. He wasn\u2019t moving, and I was hoping he was OK. I know that if a moth\u2019s wings get wet, they can\u2019t fly. When I shined my light on him I saw (what looked like) something coming out of his head \u2013 like a tongue. He was drinking the cool water that was on the pavement. Moths have a proboscis that acts like a tongue so they can drink. That\u2019s what he was doing! But then he just sat there for a while. Then I realized\u2026he\u2019s cooling off! The water on the pavement probably felt good! But after a short time, he walked around and flew away. Amazing. It was clear and quiet outside (except for the noise on the nearby freeway). It was REALLY pleasant! I came back inside to do some work around the house, and do my monthly prep for \u201cLaurel & Hardy Theatre\u201d night. I\u2019m working my way through all their feature films, and the third one is called \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Brother\u201d or \u201cFra Diavolo.\u201d This is one of my least favorites of their features. Early on in their career as feature film stars, Hal Roach wanted to do these elaborate operettas. I understand why. Sound in films was still a fairly new thing, and he wanted to make them as much of a spectacle as possible. But Laurel & Hardy didn\u2019t really work well in that format. They cast an opera singer as the main character, with the Boys as comedy relief. It\u2019s almost as if Laurel & Hardy were special guests in their own film. Plus, the version I have on DVD wasn\u2019t restored, so it looked old and tattered. Most all of their other films have been restored to beautiful, high definition quality, and they look fantastic. I made my usual Chef Boyardee pizza-in-a-box, had my popcorn, Diet Pepsi in my Stan Laurel mug, and a banana Twinkie (one of the few times I eat treats with sugar in them, nowadays). It was an enjoyable evening, but \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Brother\u201d is still very low on my list of L&H favorites (through no fault of their own). It\u2019s just not the right format for them. Next month though, is \u201cSons Of The Desert\u201d \u2013 a film I NEVER get tired of seeing!<\/p>\nSunday the 4th \u2013 CALM BEFORE THE STORM! \u2013<\/span> The hot weather outside made it really easy to spend all day inside the air conditioned comfort sleeping the day away! I worked around the house a little, did some auditions and sent them to my agents, and then prepped for the forthcoming week. My eldest daughter Lacey gets in on Thursday, and we have Son of Monsterpalooza all weekend! I took my nightly WOG, and spent some time in the anti-grav chair with another nice cigar. I figure I only have a few more nights of warm, dry weather, so I\u2019m getting as much enjoyment out of them as I can. Cigars and cold weather don\u2019t really mix, in my world. So when winter comes I\u2019m pretty much done with cigars until next summer. I came back inside and did some work, and didn\u2019t get to bed until noon on Monday! WOW!<\/p>\nAnd how was YOUR week?!?!<\/p>\n
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