{"id":2636,"date":"2015-10-26T20:08:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T03:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:28:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:28:25","slug":"2636","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/2636\/","title":{"rendered":"October 26 – November 1 (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

During the past week I was researching the artwork of R. Crumb for a project, and I came across this great sketch.  R. Crumb was the guy who created the famous “Keep On Truckin” artwork back in the 70’s.  But I love the detail of this piece.<\/p>\n

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After watching the Glen Campbell documentary “I’ll Be Me” all the old songs I used to listen to as a kid came flooding back into my memory.  The one that stuck with the most is “Wichita Lineman,”<\/span>  a beautiful piece of work written by the legendary Jimmy Webb, and sung by the amazing Glen Campbell.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wichita_lineman.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Monday the 26th \u2013 MOM AND DAD\u2019S MANIC MONDAY! \u2013<\/span> I got my parents up and around at 10am (my folks have been in town visiting since last Tuesday) so we could be at a session at Voice Trax West at 11am.  When we got there, the ISDN box (ISDN is a high quality phone line over which long distance Voice Over sessions are recorded) froze. So it needed to be rebooted.  But the producer on the other end went on with other things.  It only took a couple of minutes to reboot, but he got impatient and couldn\u2019t wait.  So we waited around for 40 minutes until they finished what they were doing on the other end.  It was getting frustrating because I had a \u201chard out\u201d (a definitive release time) at noon for another session in Hollywood.  They finally came on the line and I got in the booth to record my three lines.  Each line was about one or two words.  But we literally did them over and over again.  Finally I asked the engineer what time it was.  It was 12:10!  I had to let the guys on the other end of the ISDN know that I had to bolt.  I had already given them tons of ad-libs that they could insert at any point in the commercial, so they were more than covered with options.  But they were talking about having me come back in for another session to do more.  I\u2019m not sure what they didn\u2019t get in the 6 words I already recorded, (over and over again) but sometimes that\u2019s how it goes.  My folks and I made it to Hollywood at 12:30 and went to get some drive-thru lunch at Arby\u2019s.  But just my luck\u2026they were closed down that day for filming.  Oh well.  So I went over to Patches to get ready for the Wells Fargo session.  They were able to take me in early, so instead of waiting for 1:00 to roll around, we started at 12:45.  The session was done by 1:15 and we were on our way.  I told my folks, \u201cNow THAT\u2019S how a session is supposed to go.\u201d  We made our way into Toluca Lake and had lunch on the patio at Paty\u2019s.  I picked up the mail at my box and headed home to check e-mail.  Then it was back in the car and off to Voice Trax West once again for a quick US Airways\/American Airlines session.  My folks got to see 3 different sessions in a single day.  God bless \u2018em for hanging in there.  I know not all of them were that interesting to be at.  I dropped them off at home after the session and I loaded up my lifesize Spider-Man figure into the back of the SUV I had rented to take to Palm Springs.  Before I returned the SUV I had one last thing to do that required a good amount of storage space in the back.  I needed some extra room in Planet Wallywood for something new, so I decided that my lifesize Spider-Man was no longer tweaking me.  Instead of selling it or giving it away, it\u2019s now on permanent loan at a collectible shop in Burbank called Blast From the Past. We got him all set up and he looks totally natural in his new setting, surrounded by all kinds of other neat \u201cnerd\u201d collectibles and toys.  I got some gas in the SUV and turned it back into Enterprise.  Because of the scheduling snafu last week (read the previous Wally\u2019s Week) they credited me a full day\u2019s rental.  I figured that based on the amount of hassle we had gone through, that was fair.  I told my folks I wouldn\u2019t be leaving any bad reviews for them on the internet because of that kind gesture.  I walked back home and climbed in the Jacuzzi.  My folks were pretty tired from the whirlwind week-long trip, so their final night in town we got some food delivered in from Chin Chin and we watched the fabulous Glen Campbell documentary \u201cI\u2019ll Be Me.\u201d  My mom was a huge Glen fan when I was growing up and had all his records.  My dad had endured a horrible number of years with his dad (my Grandpa Joe) when Gramps was fading away because of the awful disease called Alzheimer\u2019s.  So watching the documentary was poignant for them both.  We all hit the hay early for an early morning trip to the airport for their trip home.<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 27th \u2013 FAREWELL FOLKS! \u2013<\/span> After a short 3 hours of sleep I got up to get the folks\u2019 luggage packed into my Mustang and we headed to the airport.  The got on their way and I hit McDonald\u2019s on the way home for some breakfast.  I went back to bed and snoozed until noon.  When I got up I did some voice tracks for Go 96.3 in Minneapolis, recorded some auditions and sent them to my agent, and answered a few various e-mails.  I recorded a bit for the \u201cEllen\u201d show, and organized my photo files. What a mess they were!  It took me the better part of the afternoon and into the evening!  I typed out Wally\u2019s Week and then took a break in the Jacuzzi.  I did some more work on the computer and then met my assistant Sara for dinner at Little Toni\u2019s.  On the way home I picked up some groceries and then went home to do my nightly auditions.  I had been working non-stop all day!  In order to make up for the Saturday night I lost while in Palm Springs, I made my usual Saturday salad and watched an episode of \u201cThe Persuaders.\u201d  By the time I got to bed it was 10:30 Wednesday morning. I had been going strong for about 22.5 hours straight!<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 28th \u2013 HOLY HOTLINE! \u2013<\/span> Shortly after noon I woke up find the hotline in my bedroom flashing.  I had the ringer off but it\u2019s one of those Incredibles phones that lights up when it rings.  I answered it and talked to my agent.  She had a booking at 5 for me at Warner Brothers studios.  It was for more ADR (additional dialogue recording) on a big Disney film.  I had done several sessions for it before and they\u2019re calling me back for more.  I sprang from bed, checked my e-mails and recorded some more stuff for Go 96.3.  I hopped in the car and drove by my effects guy Jim Ojala\u2019s studio to c check on the Michael Myers masks I was having made. (For the full Michael Myers Mask adventure, consult previous entries of Wally\u2019s Week)  The paint jobs he did turned out great.  My hair guy Sergio Lopez will be coming over on Thursday to style the hair.  I headed to my mailbox to get my mail, and then went to Warner to check in.  I did about an hour of creature voices and various other ADR on this film, and then stopped by my buddy James\u2019 office to say hello.  James works in Post Production Services so it\u2019s always fun to hang out in his office and chat. Particularly if it\u2019s after hours and he\u2019s not being pulled in all different directions with job responsibilities.  I got some gas in the Mustang and then drove home to meet up with Sara and watch the debate.  When it was all over I napped for about 3 hours.  I got up later and fed and walked Roxy, did my auditions, and hit the hay to watch another episode of \u201cThe Girl From U.N.C.L.E.\u201d on DVD.  I got to bed around 8:30am.  My hours were all screwed up before, but this past week they\u2019ve REALLY been messed up!<\/p>\n

Thursday the 29th \u2013 THERE\u2019S SOMETHING WRONG HAIR! – <\/span> After a short 2.5 hours of sleep, I got up to meet with Sergio so he could start styling the hair on the Michael Myers masks.  But after several hours of work things weren\u2019t working out as planned. As Sergio started to style it, the hair was coming off the masks in clumps. I called Jim to ask what type of glue he used to attach the hair.  Come to find out the glue he used wasn\u2019t set up to take the rigorous pulling and styling that Sergio had to do in order to obtain the look we were going for. As the hair started coming off, it started taking some of the paint along with it. So I called Jim to come by so we could put our heads together on how to solve this crisis.  We decided that we would stop what we\u2019re doing, Jim would remove all the hair, do paint touch-ups, and we\u2019d start all over again.  This also gave us the opportunity to use the correct hair for the masks.  The original vintage Don Post masks were haired with \u201ccrepe hair\u201d or \u201ccrepe wool.\u201d  It was a very coarse, thick hair that was inexpensive for doing a lot of masks.  But the hair Jim put on was a higher quality hair that we\u2019d have to style to make it look like crepe hair.  So I decided we\u2019d stop overthinking it and just go back to the original crepe hair like that which was used on the original 70\u2019s era masks.  Jim, his wife Beth, Sara and I headed over to Burbank to see a screening of the original \u201cHalloween\u201d on the big screen.  They had a great opening interview with John Carpenter, which alone was worth the price of admission, and then the film.  But it looked like the film they were running wasn\u2019t film at all.  It had no artifacts of film but instead looked like they were running a DVD copy.  And it was a bad DVD copy at that; not even the Blu Ray\/hi def version.  The print was very dark and it was hard to see details.  It was overall a very disappointing exercise for hardcore \u201cHalloween\u201d fans like us.   But still it was cool seeing it with an audience, which I hadn\u2019t experienced before.  After seeing the mask on the big screen, I realized that going back to the original \u201cwispy\u201d crepe hair on the mask was a good idea.  When I got home I grabbed a nap and got up later to do my auditions.  It\u2019ll be nice to sleep in on Friday.<\/p>\n

Friday the 30th \u2013 FRIGHTFUL FRIDAY! \u2013<\/span> The day started with a trip to my seamstress Karyn\u2019s studio to pick up some stuff she had been working on for me.  I hit the post office to mail some stuff, and then hit my mailbox to pick up my mail.  I stopped by Jim Ojala\u2019s to check on how the hair removal process was going, and then I came home to relax.  My pal Jasmine was in the area so she stopped by to say hi. After she left I started in on painting a watercolor concept piece for a meeting I\u2019d be having next week with my pals Bruce Kulick and Elliot Lurie.  Bruce has played with KISS and many other bands (currently he\u2019s with Grand Funk), and of course Elliot is the man and voice behind the group Looking Glass.  It was fun getting the pens and paper out, coloring it with watercolors and finessing the piece for viewing.  I hit the hay to watch \u201cThe Girl From U.N.C.L.E.\u201d and enjoy a little dinner.<\/p>\n

Saturday the 31st \u2013 COMIKAZE! \u2013<\/span> My pal James from Warner had tickets to go to Comikaze with Sara and I, but at the last minute he had something happen at the apartment building he manages, so he wasn\u2019t able to go.  He was going to drive, so in his absence Sara and I decided to take Lyft to the convention and forget about the madness of finding parking and walking all the way to the convention.  It was perfect!  The line of cars to park was huge!  We were getting dropped off outside the convention center while the cars waited an hour just to find a parking space!  Time is money!  It was well worth the cost of Lyft to get us there.  We met up with my pal Officer Mark.  Our first stop was finding actor David Hedison so he could sign my \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d poster.  I\u2019ve had Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto and Gloria Hendry sign it.  David\u2019s signature made four.  (Now if I could just get Jane Seymour!)  We shopped for a while and then headed to Hooters for lunch.  Sara and I were beat so we called the Lyft and headed home.  I actually napped in the car on the way home!  I grabbed a short nap before movie night.  We watched two Christopher Lee Dracula movies that had just been released on Blu Ray.  The things I had never seen before were amazing!  Including Christopher Lee\u2019s wig lace!  I never knew his hair was a wig, but apparently he\u2019s totally bald!  When everyone left I grabbed a short nap on the couch, and then got up to change all the clocks; setting them back an hour for Dumblight Saving Time.  There oughtta be a law against this craziness. It serves absolutely no purpose.  It\u2019s been PROVEN to serve no purpose, but yet somebody hasn\u2019t stepped up to abolish it.  I worked on the computer for a bit, and I developed a horrible toothache.  My teeth had just been checked a few weeks ago and they\u2019re great.  But it\u2019s due to an inflamed sinus that\u2019s leaning on the nerve of one of my back teeth.  The pain was excruciating.  I made my usual Saturday night salad and watched \u201cPersuaders,\u201d but I couldn\u2019t eat on my left side.  I watched some news, took some Advil and hit the hay around 11am Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Sunday the 1st \u2013 VINTAGE FREBERG! \u2013<\/span> That Advil PM really knocked me out!  I slept until 4, but when I woke up I felt better. The toothache was gone.  But the residual effect of the sleep aid was still with me.  I walked to evening church with Roxy, and then came home and did a little work.  I laid down for a short snooze, but ended up sleeping about five hours!  That sore tooth ordeal from the night before really socked it to me!  I got up and did my auditions, and then watched another episode of \u201cThe Girl From U.N.C.L.E.\u201d before bed.  It\u2019s getting to the end of the one season series, and I can tell that they aren\u2019t caring much anymore about quality.  Lots of mistakes, but a few funny lines.  The best thing about it was that my old pal, the late great Stan Freberg was a character named Herbie in the episode!  It was great seeing a young Stan Freberg, but it also made me a little sad.  The rest of the episode was really pretty bad, and I\u2019m thinking that these last few episodes prior to the end of the series are going to be virtually unwatchable.<\/p>\n

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

PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

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Sara poses with a dog in a Vader costume that I christened “Bark Vader!”<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the street we run into Bat Bum, a character my pal Dave Baumeister and I created together back in 1998. It’s nice to see others taking the concept and embellishing upon it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Signature number FOUR on my “Live and Let Die” movie poster! David Hedison aka Felix Leiter!<\/p><\/div>\n

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If I could have had a Batman costume like that back in 1966 I would have been the cat’s meow! Great craftsmanship!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jesus Jedi was the hit of the day! But there’s something not right about Sara flashing “devil horns” in the presence of the king of the Jedi!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I get to chat with my pal Bruce Kulick at his booth.<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the things I’m seeing more of, are female Riddlers. I LOVE it! This costume was stellar, and the prop cane was amazing!<\/p><\/div>\n

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And this Riddlerette is nice too!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Of course it’s always nice to see an old school Riddler as well!<\/p><\/div>\n

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My Michael Myers mask is back from the painter and is ready to have his hair applied! So far it looks amazing!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I popped the mask on my mannequin just to see how it looks. I’m getting VERY excited to see this completed!<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is my niece Sara dressed up as Wonder Woman for Halloween. What’s weird is, is that her mom (my sister Peggy) dressed up as Wonder Woman back in 1988 when I did a super hero-themed promotion in South Dakota. I guess it’s a generational thing!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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