{"id":8637,"date":"2019-10-07T12:43:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/?p=8637"},"modified":"2019-10-15T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:28:50","slug":"october-7-october-13-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/october-7-october-13-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"October 7 – October 13 (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I met this gentleman a few weeks ago at Lancers in Burbank. My dad was also in the Fifth Infantry Division when he was in the Army in the 50s. So the red diamond is a patch my dad wore when he was in the service. My dad went into the Army and then went to college on the G.I. Bill, but this gentleman did the exact opposite. He went to college, got involved in the ROTC, and then went into the Army after that. THANK YOU!<\/p>\n

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“I Am Waiting”<\/span> by Yes came up on my iPad the other night in the Tranquility Zone and I’ve been humming it ever since. Really nice song!<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/I-Am-Waiting-Live.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Monday the 7th \u2013 SNAKED UP MY DRAIN! \u2013<\/span> Because the shower handle in my Puppet Room shower had been leaking for several days, and my contractor Handy Don was out of town, I called a local plumber named Mike Diamond. Even though they\u2019re a big plumber in L.A. they have really horrible reviews\u2026mostly about trying to rip people off and doing shoddy work. I initially called a plumbing company called George Brazil, because I had a coupon good toward $15 off the work, but when I called the office the receptionist answered, \u201cMike Diamond.\u201d I should have hung up. Apparently both companies are owned by the same entity. But I scheduled an appointment anyway. The plumbers show up and they\u2019re being very friendly, conversational, talking me up, commenting on what a nice complex it was, etc. They looked at the problem and quoted me a price of $500. $500!!!??? They said they didn\u2019t have the parts with them and would have to go pick them up and it was extra time. I called Handy Don and the plumbers could hear him screaming through the phone. He told me to get rid of them at once, that he\u2019d be in town soon and could fix it. As soon as I turned them loose, the plumbers became instantly unfriendly. I thanked them for coming anyway and all they said was, \u201cYeah. Yeah. Yeah.\u201d That gave me a super creepy feeling and I\u2019m never EVER calling any company that has anything to do with Mike Diamond ever again. I should have known better considering how badly they screwed up my water heater installation several years ago. Handy Don said he\u2019d come over this weekend to fix it up. And for a lot less than $500! My garage door guy Terry was finishing up my garage door installation, and when he finished I walked to the hardware store to get a cap for my shower leak. Handy Don told me how to shut the water off, then undo the shower head from the fixture, and cap it off. That should prevent it from leaking any further until he can get there. I fixed it right up and grabbed a nap. I got up for my auditions and to type out Wally\u2019s Week. I took Roxy on our late-night stroll through the complex, made some food and watched another \u201cPolice Woman\u201d episode.<\/p>\n

Tuesday the 8th \u2013 MANAGING A MANAGER! \u2013<\/span> The day started with an hour-long phone call with someone whom I was considering signing with for management. It was a very enlightening call, but since she only handled management for Voice Over, it would most likely conflict with any manager that I would retain who would cover me across the board for all entertainment things\u2026on-camera as well as Voice Over. But I\u2019m going to give it some more thought. The time has definitely come to start looking for some sort of management, I believe. I drove over to Panera to have lunch with my friend Edi, got some supplies at the CVS, got some groceries, and then went home to do some work. It was another hot day in L.A., but this will probably be the last of it for a while. Fall is definitely here! I did some auditions, grabbed a short nap, and then got up later to do more auditions. I did some writing, and walked Roxy through the complex while I enjoyed a terrific cigar and looked at a gorgeous moon. I\u2019m starting to jones for another Palm Springs trip! I came inside and made a Tombstone pizza and watched another \u201cPolice Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday the 9th \u2013 THE CAPTAIN\u2019S NEW CLOTHES! \u2013<\/span> When I got up mid-afternoon I did a few auditions, worked around the house, and then headed over to my seamstress\u2019 house to pick up the newly tailored Captain Kirk tunic for my lifesize Kirk figure. I had this tunic made for me over a decade ago, and since I didn\u2019t figure I\u2019d ever wear it again, I had Shelley tailor it to fit the mannequin. It wasn\u2019t an easy job, but finding that material is nearly impossible. So making a new one specifically for the mannequin wasn\u2019t possible. I got home and started dressing the Captain. It fit perfectly! Nice and tight just like the originals fit on William Shatner! When the garage guy came over to fortify my new garage door system, he had to displace several of the storage boxes I have on shelves in my garage. So I spent several hours moving stuff around, throwing stuff out I no longer needed, consolidating stuff into fewer boxes, and reorganizing. It was a very satisfying evening. Between now and the first of the year, I\u2019m going to try to get out into my garage and reconfigure all of the things I have in my storage boxes. I\u2019m also going to go through each box and catalog the items for future reference. Then I\u2019ll number them and keep the info in my computer. It\u2019ll be a huge job, but the time has come! When I finished up I fed the pets, did a little more work inside, started writing a 10 minute comedy act for a future appearance at a comedy club, then made some spaghetti and watched \u201cPolice Woman.\u201d The episode I watched featured a guest appearance from my old pal Chuck McCann. BOY was he a great actor!<\/p>\n

Thursday the 10th \u2013 RHYTHM AND BOOS! \u2013<\/span> All day long I worked around the house, and early evening I did a phone interview with a few guys who are doing a documentary about a CD that came out on Frankenberry, Count Chocula and Boo Berry cereal boxes back in the late 90s called \u201cRhythm and Boos.\u201d I sang one of the songs on the CD so they wanted to interview me about it. Then I met my friend Tiffany for dinner at Chin Chin, and then came home to grab a short nap. I got up and did some auditions, worked some more around the house all night, then made some hot dogs on the grill and watched another episode of \u201cPolice Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday the 11th \u2013 V.A.C.! \u2013<\/span> Jerry\u2019s Famous Deli was my first stop of the day to meet with my friends Nery and Chris. They handle celebrities for autograph appearances, and they\u2019ll be helping us out with a huge children\u2019s cancer charity event next June called Voices Against Cancer! It\u2019s our hope to get 8 top Voice Actors to appear in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a one-day benefit! I\u2019m working on it with my pal Dr. Lou George, a Sioux Falls Oral Surgeon, and a few guys from the St. Baldrick\u2019s Foundation. It\u2019ll be huge! We just secured our first HUGE legendary Voice Actor, and once the contract is signed I\u2019ll be promoting it here! Chris and Nery agreed to help out and be the event\u2019s official Celebrity Liaisons! I headed over to Staples after lunch to pick up some colored stickers for my labeling system in the garage. Then I went over to JoAnn\u2019s fabrics to pick up some new fabrics for some projects I\u2019m working on. I went home to do some work, grabbed a short nap, and got up later to do some work on my computer; writing for the V.A.C. project, as well as a few other things. I made some soup and a sandwich, since the night time weather had turned decidedly colder, and watched \u201cPolice Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday the 12th \u2013 SUPER SHOWER! –<\/span> Handy Don made it over to fix my Puppet Room shower and all was well. He also worked on cleaning out a drain in my bedroom that was draining slowly. When I left I worked around the house prepping for movie night, grabbed a short nap, and then got up to start the evening\u2019s festivities. We watched \u201cYesterday\u201d and it was pretty darn good. Even though the casting choices for some of the actors were odd\u2026 the script was great! After everyone left I took a quick nap, then spent all night working around the house. I made my traditional Saturday Night Super Salad and watched another episode of \u201cSpace 1999.\u201d I can\u2019t decide if this show is campy, or just bad. I\u2019m really trying to like it, but so far the show is pretty much a misfire. And I\u2019m not really sure why. The acting is good, but the scripts are off a bit. But that notwithstanding, the episodes seem very slow to me.<\/p>\n

Sunday the 13th \u2013 TEST MARKETING! –<\/span> Mid-afternoon I woke up, did some work and then went to pick up my \u2018adopted grandma\u2019 Shirley for evening church. We brought Roxy along too. Then we headed over to get dinner at Paty\u2019s with my friend Jenalyn and her son Tyler. It\u2019s fun talking about monsters and horror movies with Tyler because even at the age of 9 he\u2019s keenly interested in the monster world. He\u2019s a lot like my step-nephew-in-law Torin in South Dakota. Since the kids\u2019 stories I\u2019m writing are monster-based and aimed at his age group, I\u2019ve been test marketing them with Tyler. And so far he\u2019s really enjoying them. I even have gotten a few good ideas from him too! I gave Jenalyn and Tyler a tour of Planet Wallywood, and after they left I grabbed a nap. I got up and spent nearly 3 hours doing a TON of auditions for a videogame. I worked on-line a bit, did some on-line shopping and hit the hay. I\u2019m heading to Palm Springs very soon and I can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n

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

PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n

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Now that the Captain is properly dressed, it was time to place him in his proper place in the Chaney Room!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The mask I’m having created by my pal Jim Ojala is almost finished. The clay sculpture is finessed, molded, and the final pic is the silicone “pull” they took out of the mold. Now to paint it and add the hair. Fantastic!<\/p><\/div>\n

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