Leave it to "The
Boob" to inspire a day like no other.
Wednesday is
easily the busiest day at work. It's a 10 hour day
with patients not only for Doc, but for the physical
therapist. As well it's a day when our billing lady
comes in and there's a whole slew of problems to
solve. It's the best day for me because I dig
multi-tasking. Having a million things going on at
once and a huge list to get through by day's end is
like a big-ass videogame to me. I know, I'm
strange.
So I'm wipin' down
a table for the next patient - goin' through the
Trinitrons 3 outline in my head. May have mentioned it
before, but Adam forces the band to go "clean" to
appeal to a wider mainstream audience. At the time of
the outline I wrote the dialogue to incorporate
the publicist giving Adam the idea, when it hit me
that a certain event has single-boobedly changed all
television entertainment. Granted this will pass
relatively quickly once the networks realize they're
still losing to HBO but it's a funny time in history
for sure. I still think the "boob" was
inappropriate, but the backlash is just goofy.
What it sparked
yesterday was incredible. One piece of changed
dialogue triggered the "rough" dialogue for the entire
friggin' show. Throughout the day I would type a few
words and then run to the next project in the office.
Sittin' on hold with an insurance company, type a few
more words, then back to filing something. It was
pretty much the most perfect way to write because I
never had time to feel stuck. By necessity of the job
I HAD to move on to other things. Meanwhile - I
could think about it and not have that blank page
starin' at me. Any of you who have ever tried to write
creatively certainly know how difficult it can be
sometimes and you have to force yourself to walk away
from it and come back...well here I had to do
that every few SECONDS. I couldn't sit and write
for more than 60-90 seconds at a time because so much
was going on...but my head could move around all day.
It was an absolutely magical day. Got more done at the
office (work related) than I've ever completed in one
day. At the same time I wrote the entire script other
than a few holes and problem areas that I'm wrestling
with. It was astounding. It's days like this that
I believe I could write professionally. I
love the art of writing, the problem solving of
writing, the intelligence of writing, the vision of
writing...but I must admit it's still just a
piece of the process to me. Writing it with no thought
of producing it is a bit empty. Every writer feels
that way and it's the successful ones that swallow
their pride and let that go. You're never gonna direct
your own material in this town unless you're frontin'
the money...although rare, rare exceptions occur.
Anyway, not gonna analyze my career here. Just talking
about the day...
...so this morning
I reread everything and put it into appropriate
format. Man this show is by every definition: the next
level. Trinitrons 2 was the perfect transition into a
much more creative show that is every bit "movie" as
it is live performance. Location changes, transitions
- 2 subplots goin' at once, new characters - it's
absolutely the shit. I'll tell you though, writing G
without cursing has got to be the biggest test of your
"Backspace" key ever invented. When I write the
characters, I just perform them. Much like how I
did The Boyles. I turn towards whatever TV I'd be
talking to, do the voice, the mannerisms and so
forth...it's a good way to get the "feel" for the
lines. Makes it much more natural...which means G says
"shit" about 3 times a line. (sigh). I'll admit
that G doesn't really feel like G as much in the clean
version, but his "attitude" more than makes up
for it. You actually think he's cursing just by the
delivery when in fact it's as clean as Sesame Street.
I have a feeling however - performing "Clean G"
is going to be an absolute bitch. Since G is first,
there's quite a bit of ad-libbing and if there's one
thing I'll probably never get the hang of, that's
ad-libbing G....in a rated G forum. Heh. There will be
some funny outtakes on this next DVD I'm sure.
I'm picturing slipping a "fuck" into a line and
then realizing it and well...yelling fuck. Heh. Good
times man, good times.
What's nice though
is the audience who has seen the first 2 shows will
feel the tension because the "cleaning" of the show is
part of the plot, so it's funny that they can't let
loose. I couldn't be happier...this will be the
sendoff of all sendoffs. It's just so perfect that the
plotline I had truly dreamed up in 1997 for the Boyles
for cryin' out loud was already clean...so as to fit
with what I'm trying to do right now.
Word.
Anyway, I will
assume the script is done by the end of March, but
shooting is going to be quite difficult to do anytime
soon because for the first time there are going to be
outside people in these TVs. Arranging that is gonna
be difficult. I believe it'll still be June/July
before that happens. The short Trinitron Bits however
I will be able....no, no I won't. Damnit -
I can't do them seperately because I have to
cut my hair. ARGGGGGGGGGGH. Must find wigs that'll
work.
And
finally, I got the supplies for the
new Seacrest sign and it is
HUUUUUUUUUUUGE. Check out the Seacrest
Show on Monday, possibly Tuesday, and
Thursday for my latest attempt at guerilla
marketing. I'm gonna be
NAILING this
sign
on top of the "Internet Cafe" sign, as
they're closed down, then taking it down
after the hour. Let's see how that
works out. LOL.
Oh and of course
the MTV thing. Heh. Haven't been able to reschedule
the meeting. Welcome to Hollywood. It was a catalyst
to do the picture and video gallery with Quicktime for
MAC users. At this point I belive that's the only
positive I'll be able to take from it. Once it
all passes over I'll give you a little more insight to
my feelings, but for now I'm still trying to nail this
guy down to meet. Back burners can still be just as
hot Mr. MTV dude...
