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

One of the things my computer guy Brian suggested was to get a new mouse pad. I looked up custom mouse pads and I decided to have my own printed. Here’s my design…
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As I was driving around in the Gran Torino listening to 70’s on 7 on Sirius XM, a song came on I didn’t care for. So I switched it to 80’s on 8. Still didn’t like the song. I went over to Elvis Radio and it was an interview. So I clicked on 60’s on 6 and heard this song that really took me back! I’m lucky because in my household when I was growing up, there was always music playing on the radio, on the 8 track, or on the phonograph. Glen Campbell, Patsy Cline, Elvis, and The Four Seasons. When the 60’s channel played “Candy Girl”<\/span> by Franki and the Four, it gave me chills. I hadn’t heard this song in a long time and it took me right back to sitting my living room, studying the Four Seasons’ record album cover where they were standing in a haunted house. I always wondered why they took a photo like that. But they made some darn good music!<\/p>\n

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Monday the 9th \u2013 WONDER WOLFMAN! \u2013<\/span> I took Roxy out for a walk when I woke up at 11 and I noticed that there were a ton of helicopters hovering overhead.  Both Police and media choppers were present.  What was happening in the Hollywood area? Did Miley Cyrus pass gas or something?  Alert the media!  I came back inside and tried to do a few auditions, though with the helicopter noise outside it wasn\u2019t easy.  Apparently there was a high speed chase and a guy with a gun got out and started wandering around.  It didn\u2019t really affect me because I was quite a bit further away. Besides, my pal Pete Tassler was picking me up so we could head downtown to check out Roxy Display.  They\u2019re a store fixture distributor who sells all sorts of display cabinets, lighting and mannequins.  Pete was interested in a particular cabinet to house some of his Batman collection.  While I was there I purchased a turntable.  It\u2019s about 18\u201d across and spins slowly so you can exhibit all sides of your display.  Not sure what I\u2019m going to use it for, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll come in handy for something.  Then Pete took me to a roast beef place downtown called Phillipe\u2019s.  They claim to have invented the French Dip.  It was a darn good sandwich!  I got back home and switched my Mustang for my Gran Torino and headed over to JoAnn\u2019s Fabrics to get some cloth that matched the material on my Scarecrow of Oz tunic.  The tunic fabric is a fleece, but it doesn\u2019t fray that well. For the Scarecrow\u2019s hat band I need a material in the same color as the tunic, but one that frays easily.  That\u2019s so it\u2019ll match the look of the film costume.  While I was shopping there I ran into my old pal Bridget Marquardt from \u201cGirls Next Door.\u201d  I did an episode of the show in which Chuck McCann and I helped teach Bridget how to do Voice-Over.  It was fun catching up on what she\u2019s been doing lately.  I also found some more Bat Cape fabric for my Adam West action figure upgrades, and my Bat Caps.  While I was there, I also picked up some light blue gingham fabric for my Dorothy Gale bust.  I got home and ran into a delightful gal and her dog.  The gal\u2019s name was Karina, and her feisty little dog was a Min-Pin named Karmey.  She had a fairly bad attitude and wanted to attack everybody and everything.  Though at first she was threatened by Roxy\u2019s size, her gentleness calmed Karmey down to the point where she could give her a sniff or two and relax.  Karina was hoping to get her trained but thought that Karmey might be too old at the age of 2.  Roxy\u2019s a master at reading other dog\u2019s attitudes, so she just relaxed and let Karmey do her sniffing.  By the end of the encounter, they were standing together like old friends!  I went inside to do some work and grab a quick nap. Then I got up and did a bunch of auditions, and wrote Wally\u2019s Week.  I fed and walked Roxy and settled in to watch another \u201cWonder Woman\u201d episode from the third season DVD set.  Wolfman Jack was one of the special guests, and though he didn\u2019t have much to do in the episode, it was GREAT seeing him!<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 10th –  TOO COOL TUESDAY! \u2013<\/span> I got up around noon and went to my neighbor\u2019s house to walk their Greyhound Abby.  She\u2019s a very sweet dog, but very nervous when she gets outside.  Having lived with a timid Collie for 11 years I\u2019m used to how a timid dog thinks.  But she\u2019s extremely sweet.  I\u2019ll scratch her neck for a bit and then purposely quit.  She\u2019ll look up at me and move closer as if to say, \u201cMore please!\u201d  I did some auditions in my home studio and e-mailed them into my agents, then hopped in the Torino and headed to Paty\u2019s in Toluca Lake to enjoy a wonderful lunch on the patio.  I plugged my headphones into my i-Pad and lost myself in thought and a really great fried chicken salad.  What a beautiful day!  I hit my mailbox and the flash drives containing all my new demos had arrived!  My mass mailout project is ready to commence!  After a few errands I headed home and it was time to feed and walk Abby again.  Then I went home to walk and feed my own dog.  I reserved my rental car for my upcoming trip back home to Sioux Falls.  I did some more work on the computer and then organized some stuff around the house.  I grabbed a short nap and when I awoke, I set about doing my auditions.  The \u201cWonder Woman\u201d episode I watched was absolutely awful.  I\u2019m hoping the episodes get better as we get deeper into season 3, but I\u2019m not holding out much hope.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 11th \u2013 BOGUS BUDS! \u2013<\/span> Roxy and I took a walk after I got up at 12:30, and then I called my old pal Richard Horvitz to catch up.  It was great to talk to him again.  I hopped in the Torino and headed to the Coral Caf\u00e9 in Burbank to meet up with my friend Caya.  While I waited for her I listened to music on my i-Pad with the little ear bud speakers that are included in the package.  But they kept falling out of my ears.  It was very annoying, particularly when one of my favorite all-time songs came on\u2026\u201dCrackerbox Palace\u201d by George Harrison.  I made a mental note to buy a better set of ear buds soon.  Caya arrived as did my assistant Sara, and we had a fun lunch.  Then Caya and I went over to Firing Line in Burbank to do some target shooting.  We shot my new CZ Rami 9mm, my Beretta Cheetah .380, and my vintage Smith & Wesson 3913 9mm.  While I love the look of the Cheetah, I don\u2019t like shooting it because the slide is too narrow.  When I need to rack the slide to load a round in the chamber, it\u2019s tough to get a grip on it because it’s too small to wrap my fingers around.  It\u2019s one of those that looks a lot cooler than it is to shoot.  After shooting with Caya several times before we made a new discovery. She\u2019s better as a leftie!  She was having trouble closing her left eye and shooting with her right hand. So I suggested switching hands and eyes.  Sure enough it worked.  Bang!  Right into the target where she intended it to go!  That\u2019s why we practice, I guess.   We finished up shooting and I bid her farewell.  I took the advantage of heading over to Krispy Kreme and getting a donut.  Then I stopped at Best Buy to pick up some Plantronics ear buds that stay in your ears! Plus, they\u2019re wireless!  They communicate with the i-Pad via Bluetooth technology. Neat!   I stopped by Target to buy a beach ball, to replace the one owned by some neighbor kids that Roxy popped accidentally.  But they were all out.  I went to Staples to buy some neon stickers to add to my Voice-Over demo flash drives.  Each flash drive is individually wrapped, so I wanted to label them with information about what they were.  Most would figure instantly that they were my new demos, but just to be safe I want to put a label on them stating as much.  I had a great time driving the Torino around, and I always get tons of thumbs up, honks and waves.  It reminds me of when I used to drive around Mitchell, South Dakota with my Grandpa Joe in his old Model A Ford.  He would honk and wave at people all the time.  But instead of just being a passenger, now I was the driver!  Maybe someday I\u2019ll get to drive around with MY grandson, honking and waving at people!  I got home and took a dip in the Jacuzzi, worked on my computer, and then grabbed a nap on the most comfortable couch in the galaxy.  I got up and did a bunch of auditions, learned how to charge up my new Plantronics ear buds, opened up a bunch of mail, composed my movie night invites, downloaded the templates for the new labels I just bought, printed and labeled all my flash drive demos, and got them all ready for shipping. The final piece in the puzzle is my shipment of imprinted light \u2013up pens I ordered.  When I get those I\u2019ll have all the components ready to roll.  I made some dinner and watched \u201cWonder Woman\u201d again.  But I didn\u2019t get to bed until 10am because I was watching all of the coverage about the \u201cfall of Iraq.\u201d  Wow, what a horrible situation!<\/p>\n

Thursday the 12th \u2013 MAYA OH MY! \u2013<\/span> After only 3 hours of sleep I sprang awake and drove Roxy over to the groomer\u2019s for a bath.  I switched cars back to my Mustang and headed to Studiopolis to pick up a check.  I went to lunch at Panera and enjoyed some music with my new wireless ear buds while I ate.  I also found some beach balls at the local CVS pharmacy, bought some bottles of my favorite soda at BevMo, and then got some groceries.  I dropped off the groceries and walked to the groomer\u2019s to pick up a freshly bathed Roxy.  When I got back I saw the cutest little Pomeranian at the pool named Maya.  She was a cuddler!  I sat around talking to my neighbors, petting Maya and relaxing.  And Maya really took to Roxy!  I went inside to do some auditions and answer some e-mails.  I took a short nap on the couch then got up to do some stuff around the house.  I did some prep for Friday\u2019s \u201cSonic Boom\u201d session, watched \u201cWonder Woman\u201d and made some soup.<\/p>\n

Friday the 13th \u2013 SAYONARA SONIC! \u2013<\/span> With a quick stop at McDonald\u2019s for some fast eats, I was on my way to Studiopolis Burbank to record the final episodes for season one of \u201cSonic Boom,\u201d a new cartoon featuring Sonic the Hedgehog which is set to premiere later this year.  Here\u2019s the trailer\u2026  https:\/\/www.sonicthehedgehog.com\/en\/sonic-boom\/<\/a>  It\u2019s always sad to wrap up a cartoon like this, but fingers crossed for a second season and more fun and frolic!  I can\u2019t tell you anything about the episodes or how it ends, but it suffices to say you\u2019ll LOVE it! In addition to voicing Cubot, I\u2019m tasked to voice several other characters in the Sonic universe.  And BOY have they been fun and challenging!  Sometimes we\u2019ll craft a character right on the spot, along with Executive Producer Evan Baily and Voice Director Jack Fletcher!  We finished up and I headed by Little Caesar\u2019s to grab a pizza and MMMMMM some Crazy Bread!  I bought some cat litter at a local pet store, and then headed home.  I started working on organizing for my upcoming trip to New Jersey and South Dakota.  I like to jot down a detailed list of everything I need to pack for a trip, so when the time comes to pack I just run down the checklist.  Since my upcoming trip involves three legs, I think it\u2019s best to pack for New Jersey, and ship the clothes I\u2019ll need for South Dakota via Fed Ex.  That way my box of clothes will be there to meet me when I get to Sioux Falls, and I can ship the dirty clothes from New Jersey back home.  My maids came by to clean while I took a short nap on the couch.  When they left I took a dip in the Jacuzzi in preparation for my masseuse Emily to come by to give me a much-needed massage.  After she left, I did some work on the computer, napped a bit on the couch, got up to do some work around the house, and went to Denny\u2019s to get some take-out food.  The \u201cWonder Woman\u201d episode I watched featured my old pal Brian Tochi and was excellent!  It was about dolphins, and they\u2019re always fun to watch too! Almost as fun to watch as Brian!<\/p>\n

Saturday the 14th \u2013 COMPUTER BLUE! \u2013<\/span> My pal Brian Boyd was scheduled to come do some things on my computer at 2, and it\u2019s a good thing.  When I woke up and checked e-mail it totally froze and wouldn\u2019t restart properly.  Had he not been coming over, it would have been panic time!  But Brian got into the meat of the problem and worked everything out.  He also did a few other things that it needed.  I ran over to Taco Bell to bring us back lunch while he worked.  After two and a half hours he had everything working beautifully again!  I did some laundry and got a nap before movie night.  It was a fun one, as we screened the classic 80\u2019s raunchy romp called \u201cBachelor Party!\u201d  I miss the funny Tom Hanks!  When everyone left I finished up laundry, did some work around the house, worked on the hat band for my Scarecrow of Oz bust, did some writing, and cleaned up around Planet Wallywood.  And since it was Saturday night I enjoyed my \u201cSaturday Night Saint and Salad Night,\u201d with a huge salad and another episode of Roger Moore as The Saint!<\/p>\n

Sunday the 15th \u2013 NO MORE MOURNING MORNINGS! \u2013<\/span> Since my usual routine is to go to bed just as the sun is about to rise, I\u2019ve really been missing my Mourning Doves lately.  They used to sit outside my window and coo early in the morning, but lately they\u2019ve been scarce. They\u2019re so cute and I love their cooing.  My neighbor told me she saw a Hawk in our complex recently that would lay in wait and chase down any unsuspecting Mourning Doves for a quick meal.  I\u2019ve seen a Hawk chase them before, but it\u2019s been a long time. But I guess he\u2019s back again. If I see Mr. Hawk in my area this time, I\u2019m going to turn the high pressure garden hose on him and blast him in the beak. I really miss my Mourning Doves and wish they\u2019d come back.   Stupid hawk.  Anytime somebody asks me if I\u2019ve tried being a vegetarian I have the same comeback.  \u201cWhen animals stop eating each other, I\u2019ll stop eating animals too.\u201d  Sometimes the circle of life seems very cruel and unfair.  I slept until 4pm and got up to walk Roxy.  We got cleaned up and headed to evening church.  I came home and did a TON of auditions that needed to be turned in later that evening.  I napped on the couch briefly, and then got up to do a bunch more auditions that were due on Monday morning.  I paid some bills, did some bookkeeping, and settled into watch another episode of \u201cWonder Woman\u201d with a helping of my famous Buffalo Mac!<\/p>\n

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

PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

As I’m preparing to emcee this year’s “Starsky & Hutch” tribute con in New Jersey called Surcon, the promoters sent me some photos from last year’s event. This is when I talked Paul Michael Glaser, one of my childhood heroes, into wearing the trademark sweater for our ride in my Gran Torino together! What a moment that was!<\/p>\n

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