{"id":3858,"date":"2017-02-06T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2019-04-26T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:48:52","slug":"february-6-february-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/february-6-february-12\/","title":{"rendered":"February 6 &#8211; February 12 (2017)"},"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:calc( 1250px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 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:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><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>Somebody&#8217;s REALLY upset about the supposed &#8220;bacon shortage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_00.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_00-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_00-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_00.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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\">At the risk of putting an earworm in your ear, this is what I&#8217;ve been humming all week.&nbsp; Ever since one of the studio engineers at a session played this for me, it&#8217;s been stuck in my brain. It&#8217;s from the geniuses at Bad Lip Reading and it&#8217;s Yoda&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Seagull&#8221;<\/span> song.&nbsp; Hilarious!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"&quot;SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)&quot; -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9t-slLl30E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday the 6th \u2013 SINUS OFF! \u2013<\/span> Around 2, I woke up and got ready to head to Bang! Zoom! studios for three more hours of voice work on that \u201csuper secret\u201d project I\u2019ve been telling you about.&nbsp; After the session I picked up my mail at my mailbox and headed home. I was starting to get another whopper of a sinus headache.&nbsp; The residual effects from that sinus infection I developed on New Year\u2019s Eve just isn\u2019t letting go.&nbsp; It\u2019s probably a lot lengthier than it needs to be given my horrible history with bad allergies.&nbsp; So I took a pill and took a nap until midnight.&nbsp; When I got up I did my auditions, typed out Wally\u2019s Week, and then fed and walked Roxy on our late-night stroll through the neighborhood.&nbsp; It was a cool, quiet, misty night.&nbsp; The rain had subsided for now.&nbsp; I made a pizza when I got back and watched another episode of \u201cLost in Space\u201d from the third season Blu Ray set.&nbsp; It was another REALLY awful episode.&nbsp; I\u2019ll be glad when I\u2019m done with this set and have moved on to my next show.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 7th \u2013 LOST ANOTHER ONE! \u2013<\/span> My agent called and had me record an audition for the \u201cEllen\u201d show around 1:30.&nbsp; My pal Troy Thomas, whom I used to work with at \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d had done a very funny fake Grammy promo.&nbsp; I did a little work around the house, did a few more last-minute auditions and then went on-line to check the news.&nbsp; Then I learned that Richard Hatch from \u201cBattlestar Galactica\u201d passed away from pancreatic cancer.&nbsp; My assistant Sara was a friend of his and she had told me a few weeks ago that he was sick.&nbsp; I had met him a few times and he was a truly nice guy.&nbsp; Sad.&nbsp; Sara took it very hard.&nbsp; I did some work on the computer and got an e-mail from my agent saying that a session for an NBC show that I was supposed to do for an NBC show was being postponed until the following week.&nbsp; Sara and I drove to Lancers for dinner and enjoyed the misty evening.&nbsp; I went back home to nap, and then got up and paid bills, organized some files and then hit the hay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 8th \u2013 ROXY REPEAT! \u2013<\/span> I woke up at noon and did a few auditions before I drove to Santa Monica for a session at Eleven Sound.&nbsp; I got over on the west-side a little early so I could shop at a giant JoAnn\u2019s fabrics before the session. But when I got there it was a ghost town.&nbsp; CLOSED!&nbsp; I found out later that they\u2019re bulldozing that entire block and putting up new housing.&nbsp; Rats!&nbsp; So I killed time by stopping by Wendy\u2019s and getting lunch and eating in my car.&nbsp; I called my friend Carol Riggins whom I had gotten my dog Roxy from back in 2012.&nbsp; Back on January 7th Roxy developed some bleeding from her \u201cgirly parts\u201d and I sped home from Palm Springs to get her to the vet.&nbsp; They thought it was an infection and they gave her some anti-biotics and within a week it was gone.&nbsp; End of story. Or so I thought.&nbsp; EXACTLY 30 days later, on February 7th it returned.&nbsp; So I called Carol to get some advice.&nbsp; I went inside to Eleven Sound to do the quick one-hour session which was a blast.&nbsp; Then I got on the road and headed back home.&nbsp; When I got there I fed the pets and put Roxy in the car for a 6pm appointment at the vet\u2019s office.&nbsp; They still have no idea what is causing the bleeding, but they took a full blood panel so they could rule out certain conditions.&nbsp; I came home to do my auditions, and then I napped a bit.&nbsp; I got up and cleaned out my dusty entertainment center (YUCK!) which was on my list of things to do over the Christmas\/New Year\u2019s break.&nbsp; But because I was laid low by flu and bronchitis, I didn\u2019t get it done.&nbsp; It sure was dirty!&nbsp; I sent out my movie night invites and made some hot dogs on the grill outside. BUSY NIGHT!&nbsp; I ate and dug into the fifth season of \u201cBarnaby Jones,\u201d since I\u2019ve finished all of the \u201cLost in Space\u201d episodes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 9th \u2013 80 IS GREAT-Y! \u2013<\/span> There were several auditions waiting for me in my inbox when I got up at noon, so I got those done and went outside to enjoy the day. It was 80 degrees! FANTASTIC! I walked to my auxiliary garage, unlocked the Torino and sped off to enjoy the day.&nbsp; I stopped at McDonald\u2019s for some lunch, grabbed my packages at my mailbox, went to AAA to see about a license plate issue I had a question about, and then went to Rocket Fizz to buy some candy. (Rocket Fizz is a vintage candy and soda store in Burbank that I LOVE!)&nbsp; And then it was BANG! ZOOM! VAROOM in my Gran Torino, as I drove to the Bang! Zoom! studios for another 3 hours\u2019 worth of work on the \u201csuper-secret\u201d project.&nbsp; I picked up some groceries on the way home and then stopped by my house to unload them.&nbsp; I drove the Torino back to my auxiliary garage and locked her up tight.&nbsp; Roxy\u2019s vet had called earlier in the day and said her blood panel was perfectly normal.&nbsp; So we decided to bring her in next week to be \u201cscoped.\u201d&nbsp; Think of it as like a colonoscopy, but up a different way.&nbsp; I really want to know what\u2019s going on in there and why she\u2019s bleeding periodically.&nbsp; My pal Brittney Powell came over to do some work in Planet Wallywood, and then I grabbed a short nap.&nbsp; I got up later to do some more auditions, and then I made spaghetti and watched more \u201cBarnaby Jones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 10th \u2013 RAINY, LAZY, HAZY! \u2013<\/span> After a mere 3 hours of sleep, I got up at noon and let the maids in so they could start cleaning Planet Wallywood.&nbsp; After they left I had planned on running errands, but the sky had started clouding over and it started pouring rain.&nbsp; Given that my errands could wait a few days, I gave myself permission to stay in all day and relax.&nbsp; You\u2019ve just GOTTA do that from time to time.&nbsp; It was nice relaxing with the pets on the bed, watching, smelling and listening to it pour rain outside; knowing that I didn\u2019t need to be anywhere for anything.&nbsp; I napped off and on until it was time to feed the pets.&nbsp; Roxy was still bleeding and it\u2019s a full-time job to try and stay ahead of it and keep her clean.&nbsp; After their dinner I went back to sleep from 7 to 9.&nbsp; Then I goofed around the house until Sara suggested getting some soup at Jerry\u2019s Famous Deli.&nbsp; It was the perfect night for it.&nbsp; I got back home and did my auditions for Monday.&nbsp; I had an early session to be at Monday morning, so instead of doing my auditions Sunday night, I opted to get them out of the way now.&nbsp; I fed and walked Roxy, and then headed over to Denny\u2019s to get some food to go that I could eat while watching another \u201cBarnaby Jones\u201d episode.&nbsp; Since I had only eaten soup at Jerry\u2019s earlier, I was pretty hungry by later in the evening!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 11th \u2013 SUDA-DEAD! \u2013<\/span> At noon I arose and walked Roxy.&nbsp; I spent the day goofing around the house, sending e-mails, and lounging around.&nbsp; Since the sinus infection started on January I\u2019ve been on Sudafed to keep my sinuses clear almost the entire time. In fact,&nbsp; when I first got sick with bronchitis on December 14th, I\u2019ve been on some sort of medication almost the entire time; be it anti-biotics, pain pills, Mucinex, Sudafed, or whatever.&nbsp; I\u2019m ready for this all to be over so I can have a major detox!&nbsp; I\u2019m SICK of it!&nbsp; And even though the sinus infection itself is LONG gone, the residual effects are lingering.&nbsp; My sinuses will inflame and not allow me to breathe through my nose.&nbsp; I guess it takes a while for them to settle down after an infection like this, but this is ridiculous!&nbsp; Sara and I went to get some groceries for movie night and then returned to ready Planet Wallywood for guests.&nbsp; We watched an old favorite from the 80\u2019s called \u201cDreamscape,\u201d which had just recently been released on Blu Ray. GREAT MOVIE!&nbsp; But after the movie a few of the guys sat around chatting, and I passed out on the couch for about an hour. Which sucks because I wanted to enjoy the conversation.&nbsp; But I think while the Sudafed says \u201cnon drowsy\u201d on the box, it must have some sort of stimulant in it to counteract the natural sleep-inducing qualities of pseudoephedrine.&nbsp; And when that stimulant wears off BAM!&nbsp; Instant crash.&nbsp; I\u2019m looking forward to getting all these meds out of my system someday soon!&nbsp; After everyone left I made my traditional Saturday Night Super Salad and watched another episode of the old BBC series from the 70\u2019s \u201cThe New Avengers.\u201d&nbsp; I only have a few more episodes left, but I think my Saturday late-night viewing will turn to the old TV show \u201cHee Haw\u201d when \u201cNew Avengers\u201d is over. I used to LOVE watching that show with my family.&nbsp; I have about 8 episodes on DVD, but there\u2019s a boxed set with 14 discs in it that I may get if I decide I like it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 12th \u2013 RESTLESS ROX! \u2013<\/span> Getting some good quality sleep today was tough because Roxy was being very restless. I\u2019ve been sleeping with a cold compress on my face in an attempt to reduce the inflammation of my sinuses.&nbsp; Roxy kept wiggling the bed so much, getting on and off, and on and off, that I had to pull it off my eyes to see what she was doing.&nbsp; I got up at noon to take her out and then went back to bed.&nbsp; But this time I shut her out of my \u201cTranquility Zone\u201d so I could enjoy some tranquility.&nbsp; She stood there most of the time, peering in through the door crack at me with a sad look on her face; wondering why she wasn\u2019t allowed in.&nbsp; I got up in time for evening church and when it was finished, my \u201cadopted grandma\u201d Shirley, Sara and my pal Natalie Duran all went to Barones for some delicious Italian food.&nbsp; When I got back home I did some work on my computer extracting some new clips that I wanted to put in my animation Voice-Over demo for 2017.&nbsp; They need to be updated every so often.&nbsp; Then I hit the hay so I could be up for an early session on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3860\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3860\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_01-500x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_01-500x251.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_01-700x351.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_01-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the studios of Bang! Zoom! &#8211; the Torino waits patiently for its next ride<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3861\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3861\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_02-382x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_02-382x500.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_02-500x654.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_02.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every &#8220;Starsky-ized&#8221; Torino needs a David Soul 8 track tape!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3862\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3862\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_03-500x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_03-500x431.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_03-700x603.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_03-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_03.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The little eaglet that was born on December 31st is growing FAST! It&#8217;s almost as big as it&#8217;s MOM! I wonder when it will start to get it&#8217;s typical eagle coloring?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3863\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3863\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_04-500x446.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_04-500x446.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwv_20170206_04.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here, Harriet the eagle and her baby keep an eagle eye on something below. It&#8217;s hard to spot the baby because of its dark camouflage coloring, so I pointed it out with an arrow.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3858","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\/3858","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=3858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}