- 4:03 PM, Friday,
January 22nd, 2016:
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- Just
wild.
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- So there's no way
of hiding this now... the guy I met in November,
whom I wrote locked entry #1589 about is
Greg Grunberg. Incredibly Laura Adler hired me to
do a video for the Artios Awards and asked her sister
if any of her clients might be able to host. Of course
her sister, Alisa (who represented me with Comedy
Central) suggests none other than her client, Greg. Of
course I go to the Awards show to see my little
video and we meet again...
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- ...in fact, I'm
just gonna explain it all in the video, so
here:
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- Just amazing. As
I said in the video, it does indeed always help
when there's multiple angles to a connection. Kind of
like the adage that you need a deal to get a deal in
showbiz. Hell, even here - it's nice I have an
indirect connection to Kevin Smith now, but believe
me, I want him to have seen "Back in Time" and
already know who I am when and if Greg does bring
me up to him. Oh yeah! I saw that guy in that
Back to the Future movie. That's why having that
documentary on Netflix means sooooooo much. Would also
love to contact Kevin directly and he has heard of me
from the documentary AND Greg. Just how this business
works. You have to hit every angle to even have
someone give you a moment's thought. Seems shitty, but
in reality? They have so many people clamoring to get
their attention for one crazy thing or another, it
makes sense. Time is precious. Of course the good
thing here is... GolfKon is built. It's not an idea,
it already is. It's an entity not a possibility. The
rest really does work itself out with the right
connections. Hopefully after Greg's interview in
March, the ball will get rolling. Waiting is, of
course, excrutiating. But I'm the one who had to gain
so much weight that I can't even attempt to do
on-camera stuff until March. I look
completely different. The beard is a humourous
way to deflect that, but mid-March I'll finally be in
the 160s again, which is where I was during the
previous Hats & Minigolfs. Have to at least keep
that consistent...
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- The night was
pretty cool. The Artios Awards are for casting
directors put on by the Casting Society of
America:
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- Laura works there,
they were honoring Director Danny Boyle, and she
contacted me to do his video. It turned out great,
would love to show you, but the copyright issues are
fucking insane. Spoke with him a couple times last
night and he was awesome. Loved the video, extremely
complimentary and I love his films. What a cool
little anecdote to my strange life.
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- William H. Macy
was also there and man, that's exactly the type of
person I think would shine on a Hats &
Minigolf episode specifically because no one thinks
they would. Serious actors are far more funny and
affable than people know, they often just find a niche
in serious drama or even black comedies and don't get
the opportunities to show the other side off. Also,
most interviews want to focus on what the celebrity is
known for and that's where I get to be
unique: I don't. The first Hats &
Minigolf question addresses what they're known for
IMMEDIATELY to get it out of the way so we can have
move on and have fun. Man, I can ramble about that
show. I know it can be on TV.
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- The night was
interesting and a bit hazy as I would go in and
out of remembering the handful of auditions I ever
got... understanding the difficulty casting directors
go through when seeing hundreds of people with
demanding deadlines and entrusting who they choose to
pull off the work. I know actors certainly have
it rough, but so do the casting directors... and the
good ones are worth their weight in gold. Such a
crucially important piece of the filmmaking
process.
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- And of course,
Greg knows I'm a bit more than the Delorean dude with
the minigolf course and hopefully that means something
to him and this connection won't fade away. Sure
doesn't feel like it. It certainly feels like being in
the midst of Field of Dreams and watching all your
crazy ideas get recognition.
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- Giddy-Up.
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- Adam
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