January 10th has
officially become the "Jesus Christ I've been at this
a long time" day of the year. Long-time followers will
know the very first Journey song ever was my brother
Kenny's 10th birthday video. Which means, yes - Kenny
was 9 when I came out here.
Kenny is 17
today...
...and Adam is
curious as to how long he can continue to sing
happy birthday to Mr. Kontras in new and unique ways.
So far the streak is safe at 8 because I pulled
off a DOOZY.
Oh
hells yes. I was able to sneak onto
the set before they started the show, and
run around while singing his song. My
heart was racing because I certainly
wasn't supposed to be there and I
most certainly wasn't to be taping
there... but hell after Tony Soprano
stared me down, I dare Bob Barker to
dissuade me. Expect a few more goofy
videos from the set while getting yelled
at by some security guard. It's just so
friggin' cool to work at
CBS sometimes I can barely stand
it.
;-)
But alas, Kenny is
a year away from 18 and I dare say I just can't
comprehend it anymore. Every year will now make me
shake my head and remember where I was at his
age. I gotta admit...I was me by that point.
I was writing music, doing theatre, dreaming of the
entertainment industry. When I think about 17
I don't think of me as a kid at all. I already
had goals set and was seeing them through. Hell within
the next 2 years I would be on WTVN, have the
infamous park bench proposal... I really believe
you're who you're gonna be by 16. Of course you can
change, but at the heart of it - you're you.
Kenny is in many
respects the same way. In fact, he can probably say
the same by 12. He was gonna build, re-build, work on,
collect, pimp-out, live, eat and breath cars and he
never let you forget it. It's what he does, it's what
he rocks at, and as a certain wannabe gangsta would
say: "Y'all betta recognize dawg."
Speaking of Gary,
that's the character I was in when I pulled
off the song. All apologies Kenny for the lack of
super lyrics, but I was literally making them up
on the spot and was trying desperately not to be seen.
Heh. I sure hope you know how cool The Price is Right
is. Our cousin Andrea would give up 4 fingers to be on
that set.
Hmmm...I wonder
which 4 I would choose. I guess if I had to
the index and ring finger on both hands. You could
probably pull off most everything with every other
finger. Guitar would suck though.
ANYWAY. Happy
birthday K-Dog! The tradition lives!!!
Adam
PS - Can't even
comment on the game folks. Hell, can't even be
sad. It actually got funny at one point.
I actually thought for a moment that Troy was
throwing the game. Some of those sacks were so
easily avoided by throwing the ball
away...I can't even understand it. What a night.
Expect some ribbing on the next Egos show from my
crew...2 of whom are from Florida. ;-)
