{"id":4550,"date":"2017-12-11T07:11:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2019-04-26T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:56:42","slug":"december-11-december-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/december-11-december-17\/","title":{"rendered":"December 11 – December 17 (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

‘Tis the season for hugs!<\/p>\n

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Since I’ve been watching “Welcome Back, Kotter”<\/span> on DVD now, it’s inevitable that the amazing theme song by John Sebastian would be stuck in my head. I liked it back then, and I still like it today. Brilliant!<\/p>\n

Monday the 11th \u2013 TODAY\u2019S SECRET WORD IS\u2026COOL! \u2013<\/span> When I got up at noon I couldn\u2019t wait to greet the day. I\u2019d be having lunch with the amazingly talented Lynne Marie Stewart. In addition to being super sweet, and super talented, and providing the voice of Aunt Harriet in the two recent Batman \u201966 animated films, and being in one of my favorite movies called \u201cTunnelvision,\u201d and being on \u201cAlways Sunny in Philadelphia,\u201d she\u2019s also Miss Yvonne on \u201cPee-Wee\u2019s Playhouse.\u201d We became friends during some downtime between ADR sessions that we were doing for \u201cBatman Vs. Two-Face,\u201d and she even came to our big premiere screening we had back in October. If you remember from past installments of Wally\u2019s Week, I had found some aqua colored backrest pillows at Bed Bath and Beyond that looked to be the same color as Chairry from \u201cPee-Wee\u2019s Playhouse.\u201d I altered them a bit to make them Chairry Jr.\u2019s! When Paul Reubens saw mine at the recent L.A. Comic Con he took a picture of it on his phone. Then I sent him one. I had one for Lynne, but I also wanted her to sign the other arm of mine. Pee-Wee had signed the right arm, and when Lynne and I met for lunch at Jerry\u2019s Famous Deli in Studio City she signed the left arm. She wrote, \u2018Wally. Today\u2019s secret word is \u201ccool\u201d and that\u2019s what you are. Love Miss Yvonne.\u201d AWESOME! Though the chair isn\u2019t a puppet (even though the original on the show was) I\u2019m going to leave Chairry Jr. in the Puppet Room on display. Lynne wants to get involved with the museum exhibit in any way possible, so we talked about a few ideas. After lunch I hit Staples to get some supplies, then went to Bed Bath and Beyond to get a red, aluminum drink tumbler (I had plans for it), and then the bank to make a deposit, the craft store to get some white and black sheets of adhesive vinyl (to go with the drink tumbler), and then I hit the hardware store to get some supplies. I got home to check my e-mails, do some work, and then grab some \u201cChristmas Nappies\u201d on the couch in front of the fire with the pets. Later I got up to do a bunch of auditions; a few animation auditions, a narration and a commercial audition. I made a Chef Boy Ardee pizza-in-a-box and delved into the \u201cWelcome Back, Kotter\u201d season 1 DVD set. I liked this show somewhat as a kid, but I\u2019m realizing now just how brilliant this show was on a lot of levels. What a great cast!<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 12th \u2013 THE YEAR WINDS DOWN! \u2013<\/span> At 3 I was due at Voicecasters to do probably the final \u201coutside\u201d audition of the year. Outside audition means you go outside of either the agency or your home to audition. It was great seeing other actors and auditioning with them; a rarity in this day and age. When the audition was over I got the Mustang washed, picked up my mail at my box, and then sped home to type of Wally\u2019s Week, which I realized was late. I grabbed a short nap, and then got up later to do work. The soundtrack for the 1978 movie \u201cSgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u201d arrived in my mail on CD, so I spent some time ripping the CD and putting a few of the tunes in my iTunes. Some of it required some editing, but I had a lot of fun doing it. Some of the versions of the Beatles\u2019 classics are pretty darn good on there. I fed and walked Roxy, baked a pot pie and watched more \u201cWelcome Back, Kotter\u201d before bed.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 13th \u2013 NOTHING LIKE A GOOD (METEOR) SHOWER! \u2013<\/span> Since I had a lunch meeting to be at in West L.A. at 12:30, I woke up at 10:30 and got ready. First, I dropped Roxy off at the groomers for a much-needed bath, and then I sped over to Westwood to meet with the head of my Voice-Over agency for our once-a-year meet-up. I drove back to my neighborhood and picked up Roxy, and I spent the afternoon doing end-of-year bookkeeping, did a few auditions, and later went to DuPar\u2019s with my assistant Sara for dinner. After 70 years the famous DuPar\u2019s is closing for good. No more will you get those delicious breakfasts and pancakes! The world moves on I guess. And besides, doesn\u2019t the world need another Sephora? (That\u2019s what\u2019s going in that location). I was pretty tired so I grabbed some \u201cChristmas Nappies\u201d on the couch with the pets, next to the fire with Christmas music playing softly on the satellite. When I got up later to walk Roxy, we saw an amazing meteor shower. One stayed lit for a good couple of seconds! And there were two in the sky almost simultaneously! If you could see that many in light-polluted Los Angeles, just imagine what it would have looked like in Palm Springs, or even Joshua Tree!! Not being in the mood to do much but relax and enjoy life, I came back inside from the cold night and snuggled back on the couch again to rest some more.<\/p>\n

Thursday the 14th \u2013 I GUESS I DO WANNA GO! \u2013<\/span> Around mid-afternoon I drove over to Studiopolis in Burbank to do some pick-ups for \u201cTerraformars,\u201d a new anime series I\u2019m a part of. There were a few line changes, so we needed to record those before the final mixes could be done. Then I drove over to Roundtable Pizza to get a pizza to go. It\u2019s one of my favorite pizza places, but I just don\u2019t get over there often enough. I got my pizza, drove over to the \u201cChristmas House\u201d in Burbank and watched the show while I dined. FUN! I went back home to feed the pets, do some work around the house, and think about finalizing the year. Most of the industry is shutting down this week so not much will be going on for the next month or so. I had to do a bunch of end-of-year corporate bookkeeping for my accountant, and when I finished up all that stuff I e-mailed the results to her for final tallies. I did a few auditions, and then settled down on the couch for \u201cChristmas Nappies.\u201d I got up later to do more work around the house. I wasn\u2019t going to allow myself to be lured into the \u201cStar Wars\u201d mania; after all \u2013 the last movie proved that they\u2019re no longer making these movies for guys like me. But I couldn\u2019t resist. I texted Sara to see if she wanted to go to the 1am show on Friday night\/Saturday morning\u2026and she said yes. So I bought tickets on-line and got ready for bed. I reheated my Roundtable Pizza and watched a few more episodes of \u201cKotter\u201d before bed.<\/p>\n

Friday the 15th \u2013 TOTALLY JEDIZED! \u2013<\/span> I got up at 1 to let the maids into clean. While they cleaned I worked on a few things at my desk. When they finished I met Sara for a late lunch at Paty\u2019s in Toluca Lake. I grabbed my mail at my box and then went home to nap a bit. I wanted to be fresh for \u201cStar Wars; The Last Jedi\u201d at 1am. But I didn\u2019t really sleep very long, so I got up to busy myself around the house. I had some auditions that weren\u2019t due until Monday, but I figured since I had the time I\u2019d go ahead and do them now. I fed Roxy a bit early, and then Sara and I headed off to the theatre around 12:20. I got my popcorn, Diet Coke and Red Vines and we took our seats. Based on the past movie I wasn\u2019t really expecting much. But I so thoroughly enjoyed \u201cTLJ\u201d that I may go again just to see a few things I may have missed the first time. Which is odd, considering that after seeing the last \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie I was \u201cone and done.\u201d We talked about it all the way to Sara\u2019s house, where I dropped her off. I went to get some groceries at one of the 24 hour markets. I drove home, made some spaghetti and watched a few more episodes of \u201cKotter.\u201d Just before bed I spent an hour or so reading the reviews of \u201cTLJ\u201d on-line.<\/p>\n

Saturday the 16th \u2013 A \u201cDO LITTLE\u201d SATURDAY! \u2013<\/span> It sure felt good to sleep until 4. Of course this time of year, if you sleep until 4, the sun is almost down. I fed the pets and worked on-line for a while. It looked like the word about the big museum exhibit featuring Batman \u201966 that I\u2019ve been working on is starting to spread. \u201cHOLY HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: BATMAN \u201866\u201d will open on January 12, 2018 and we\u2019re all very excited! For movie night my friends and I watched the original \u201cDoctor Dolittle\u201d from 1967 on Blu Ray. It\u2019s a gorgeous film, especially in hi def, but the songs always leave me wanting. The lyrics are terrific, but the tunes just aren\u2019t memorable. In fact, it sounds like the singers are making up the tune as they go. That\u2019s the ONLY downside of this charming, fabulous film. The two standout songs are the ones sung by the Doctor himself. One is about living the vegetarian life (if I had a super power, it would be to become a vegetarian!), and the other is a courtroom song about how human beings treat animals. The lyrics to these songs are so amazingly clever! When my guests left I grabbed a few hours\u2019 worth of \u201cChristmas Nappies,\u201d and then I got up to feed and walk Roxy. Sara crashed out on the beanbag halfway through the movie so I didn\u2019t want to disturb her. So I just kept things quiet around the house so she could continue resting. When I came in from the cold night the couch was beckoning me again, so I slept a few more hours. In fact, I didn\u2019t stir until I heard Sara get up from the beanbag and get ready to go home around 7am! I got up and bid her farewell, and then I made my traditional Saturday Night Super Salad and got ready to watch an episode of \u201cSNL\u201d from the first season. The original airdate was January 17, 1976 and though it started off well, it crashed hard after the first 10 minutes. It was painful to watch. It was like their A team of writers were still on Christmas vacation! Really awful. I checked some e-mails before I turned in and ended up going to bed around noon.<\/p>\n

Sunday the 17th \u2013 SILENT SUNDAY! \u2013<\/span> After sleeping for about four and a half hours, I was awake and rarin\u2019 to go! Roxy and I got ready and walked over to evening church. My \u201cadopted grandma\u201d Shirley and I walked back to my house after church and got into the Mustang to drive to Miceli\u2019s for dinner. We were joined by our church friend Stephanie. Good food and good conversation. I dropped Shirley off at home and then headed back to Planet Wallywood to enjoy some \u201cChristmas Nappies.\u201d Napping on the couch just feels better during the winter months, for some reason. I got up later and fed and walked Roxy, and then crashed on the couch again until 9am Monday morning! DELIGHTFUL!<\/p>\n

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

PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

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I’ve got my supplies and I’m ready to Jedi!<\/p><\/div>\n

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This new Riddler Arkham figure was just released. It’s darn nice!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I ran across this picture recently from several years back. It made me laugh.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4550","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\/4550","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=4550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}