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So I was in my trailer.
Is that the most obnoxious sentence (phrase actually) that I have ever written?
Try this…So I was chillin’ in my trailer. It was cold in there. I couldn’t figure out how to turn off
the fan. So I used it to blow my hair for a selfie.
I was shooting a bit part for a TV show. Took me longer to sit in the trailer and fill out tax forms then it did to shoot my part.
The show is called The Middle. No, I did not sleep my way to The Middle. But it may have been favoritism. The Creators/Executive Producers are friends of mine. When our kids were little (and still sweet) we spent many a holiday playing Corn Hole. That’s the name of a game… not a euphuism.
The co-creators, DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler are brilliant, funny and forgiving.
I once told Eileen I’d drive her home from a 4th of July party at DeAnn’s house. We went to the parade in the Palisades, we swan, we barbecued, we watched fireworks. At the end of this 12 hour party we went home. In THE MIDDLE (small pun intended) of the night I woke up and sat up.
I had forgotten Eileen (and her husband and kids).
No they did not have to walk home. Yes I felt terrible. I told Eileen I woke up in a cold sweat. It wasn’t that dramatic but I was trying to convey how guilty I felt.
She forgave me.
But when they asked me to be on the Thanksgiving episode… I thought I might be playing the turkey. Actually I’m playing a serious newscaster. Now that IS comedy.
I told the nice people in wardrobe I had plenty of newscaster clothes (poor clothes rarely get to be on TV anymore). They wanted something with sleeves and no cleavage. I only have slutty LA newscaster clothes.
Makeup gave me BIG false eye lashes (still wearing them, as long as I don’t shower they will stay). Hair gave me BIG Indiana newscaster hair. I like big hair but this barely fit in the frame. And wardrobe put me in more purple than Barney.
Maybe this is Eileen’s revenge.
A few days before you tape the cast sits around a table and reads the script. Hence the name table read. I could barely read my part. Because A) I forgot my glasses and B) I was practially crying. The combination of Patricia Heaton and Jack McBrayer is so funny. I was sitting next to Jack and mentioned something to him about his neighborhood. A friend of mine lives next to him. Now he thinks I’m funny. Funny peculiar. Like a stalker.
Anyway…
The cast is great. The kids are hilarious.
About the plot …I can’t say much. But it involves some lime slimy stuff.
And as for me, all I can say about my (cute, little) part is…it involves a zebra, a donkey and me…Barney.
Looking forward to seeing that lol.
Hi Dorothy,
I rather enjoyed reading your posting above. I did happen to watch The Middle, one or two episodes, just to see the height difference between shorty Patricia Heaton, and the giant man, Neil Flynn, who is 6 foot and 5 inches tall. She had the same differences with Ray Romano in Everybody Loves Raymond. Ray is 6 foot and 2 inches tall.
I do hope that you are not offended with my silly humor. I just think that it is funny that I am so tall myself, at 6 foot, and also sick, with MS for almost half of my life. I am the tallest Asian person a the church that I go to. My wife/ex-wife, well, she is 5 feet and 3 inches tall.
Of course I miss seeing both you and Jillian in the morning of Good Day LA.. Do you two keep in contact with each other?
Best wishes,
John
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Hmmm. Why didn’t we think of that? Wish we had you in the “Barney” outfit and glasses back at WNEP.