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12:22 am - 11.09.2009 10:30 am call tomorrow for my second day on I'm In The Band (If I want to go in earlier and have breakfast, I can - and I just might - otherwise, they want me to go straight to wardrobe. But anyway...) I should write about Friday, which is already feeling like "yesterday's news" (It's a fast-paced world we live in, my friends)... I can't get too specific about my experiences - Pretty sure that's in the surprisingly long contract I signed-without-reading on Friday. And (Probably because no one reads their contracts), there was also a flier to that effect up on the set. But honestly, I don't think I'd want to get too "spoiler-y" about things anyway - If you do end up watching the show, I'd rather have you be surprised by what I'm doing than remembering when you first read about it here (Though they don't even want me to blog about what actors are in the show, and I really would like to tell you about that. But anyway...). Money-wise, I think I've already established that I'm In The Band isn't going to be a big money-making proposition (I owed AFTRA a lot of money before they'd let me work, the show doesn't pay that much, blah blah blah). But finances aside (Easy to say now that I've booked two national commercials this year), I'm very happy I'm having this experience; I've never done "multi-camera" before, so this is new terrain. Which makes it more interesting and fun, but more importantly, gives me experience I'll be happy I had if/when I book a guest star on, say, a CBS sit-com (I'm actually kind of happy, in this circumstance, that I have a small part - I wouldn't want the success of the episode to rise or fall on me while I'm still just figuring out what I'm doing). But while this is new for me in tv terms, it also takes me back to Lansing and community theatre; Basically, I have a small part in a televised one-act play, which I started rehearsing on Friday, will continue rehearsing tomorrow and part of Tuesday, then will perform in front of an audience on Tuesday night. With this quick of a turn-around time, there wasn't hours and hours of waiting for something to happen on Friday; less than an hour into my call time, we were on stage, running through the show. I was nervous, since the director introduced me to the cast like I'd rode in specifically to save the show (Replacing "Flu Boy" and all), and also because I recognized three of the actors on the show. But we got to my first line, and I got a big laugh, which made me feel pretty good (As it did when one of the actors I recognized - who's pretty damned funny - made a point of telling me how funny I was, likening me to Steven Wright). I don't have a lot to do in the show - Just three lines (Though I think it's a nice little part) - so I spent most of the day just watching the rehearsal. And I was pretty impressed - To be honest, I'd basically expected the show to be a bunch of kid actors and me, but that's not really the case; I was very impressed with the caliber of the cast. It's broad, kid-show/sit-com stuff, but there's a knack to doing that right, and I actually enjoyed watching it. It was a pretty quick day - I had a 10 am call, we broke for lunch at noon (And it was a really long lunch break), and we were done before 4:00. (Though I imagine as the tech stuff starts to happen, tomorrow will be longer. And Tuesday, actually shooting the show in front of an audience, will be longer still.) Friday was basically book-ended by nervousness; I started out wanting to not look bad in front of the cast, and ended the day not wanting to look bad in front of the network people. The day ended with a run-through, which was watched by the casting people, the writers, the producer and various production people and Disney network execs (I'm not sure exactly how many people there were, but I don't think I'm exaggerating in saying there were at least 25 or 30 people watching). Since the director and my fellow cast-members seemed happy with me, I wasn't seriously worried about getting the boot after the run-through, but still, I had a small worry, in the back of my mind, that someone would approach saying, "Jim, we're going to let you go, and have 'Flu-Boy' do the role while hooked to an IV..." But that didn't happen - On the contrary, the writers and various other people whose names and positions I don't remember shook my hand and complimented my work. Which reminds me - I should probably read the latest draft of the episode, and make sure I'm still in the show...!
12:20 am - 11.09.2009 10:30 am call tomorrow for my second day on I'm In The Band (If I want to go in earlier and have breakfast, I can - and I just might - otherwise, they want me to go straight to wardrobe. But anyway...) I should write about Friday, which is already feeling like "yesterday's news" (It's a fast-paced world we live in, my friends)... I can't get too specific about my experiences - Pretty sure that's in the surprisingly long contract I signed-without-reading on Friday. And (Probably because no one reads their contracts), there was also a flier to that effect up on the set. But honestly, I don't think I'd want to get too "spoiler-y" about things anyway - If you do end up watching the show, I'd rather have you be surprised by what I'm doing than remembering when you first read about it here (Though they don't even want me to blog about what actors are in the show, and I really would like to tell you about that. But anyway...). Money-wise, I think I've already established that I'm In The Band isn't going to be a big money-making proposition (I owed AFTRA a lot of money before they'd let me work, the show doesn't pay that much, blah blah blah). But finances aside (Easy to say now that I've booked two national commercials this year), I'm very happy I'm having this experience; I've never done "multi-camera" before, so this is new terrain. Which makes it more interesting and fun, but more importantly, gives me experience I'll be happy I had if/when I book a guest star on, say, a CBS sit-com (I'm actually kind of happy, in this circumstance, that I have a small part - I wouldn't want the success of the episode to rise or fall on me while I'm still just figuring out what I'm doing). But while this is new for me in tv terms, it also takes me back to Lansing and community theatre; Basically, I have a small part in a televised one-act play, which I started rehearsing on Friday, will continue rehearsing tomorrow and part of Tuesday, then will perform in front of an audience on Tuesday night. With this quick of a turn-around time, there wasn't hours and hours of waiting for something to happen on Friday; less than an hour into my call time, we were on stage, running through the show. I was nervous, since the director introduced me to the cast like I'd rode in specifically to save the show (Replacing "Flu Boy" and all), and also because I recognized three of the actors on the show. But we got to my first line, and I got a big laugh, which made me feel pretty good (As it did when one of the actors I recognized - who's pretty damned funny - made a point of telling me how funny I was, likening me to Steven Wright). I don't have a lot to do in the show - Just three lines (Though I think it's a nice little part) - so I spent most of the day just watching the rehearsal. And I was pretty impressed - To be honest, I'd basically expected the show to be a bunch of kid actors and me, but that's not really the case; I was very impressed with the caliber of the cast. It's broad, kid-show/sit-com stuff, but there's a knack to doing that right, and I actually enjoyed watching it. It was a pretty quick day - I had a 10 am call, we broke for lunch at noon (And it was a really long lunch break), and we were done before 4:00. (Though I imagine as the tech stuff starts to happen, tomorrow will be longer. And Tuesday, actually shooting the show in front of an audience, will be longer still.) Friday was basically book-ended by nervousness; I started out wanting to not look bad in front of the cast, and ended the day not wanting to look bad in front of the network people. The day ended with a run-through, which was watched by the casting people, the writers, the producer and various production people and Disney network execs (I'm not sure exactly how many people there were, but I don't think I'm exaggerating in saying there were at least 25 or 30 people watching). Since the director and my fellow cast-members seemed happy with me, I wasn't seriously worried about getting the boot after the run-through, but still, I had a small worry, in the back of my mind, that someone would approach saying, "Jim, we're going to let you go, and have 'Flu-Boy' do the role while hooked to an IV..." But that didn't happen - On the contrary, the writers and various other people whose names and positions I don't remember shook my hand and complimented my work. Which reminds me - I should probably read the latest draft of the episode, and make sure I'm still in the show...!
10:27 pm - Sun 11.08.2009 10:30 am call tomorrow for my second day on I'm In The Band (If I want to go in earlier and have breakfast, I can - and I just might - otherwise, they want me to go straight to wardrobe. But anyway...) I should write about Friday, which is already feeling like "yesterday's news" (It's a fast-paced world we live in, my friends)... I can't get too specific about my experiences - Pretty sure that's in the surprisingly long contract I signed-without-reading on Friday. And (Probably because no one reads their contracts), there was also a flier to that effect up on the set. But honestly, I don't think I'd want to get too "spoiler-y" about things anyway - If you do end up watching the show, I'd rather have you be surprised by what I'm doing than remembering when you first read about it here (Though they don't even want me to blog about what actors are in the show, and I really would like to tell you about that. But anyway...). Money-wise, I think I've already established that I'm In The Band isn't going to be a big money-making proposition (I owed AFTRA a lot of money before they'd let me work, the show doesn't pay that much, blah blah blah). But finances aside (Easy to say now that I've booked two national commercials this year), I'm very happy I'm having this experience; I've never done "multi-camera" before, so this is new terrain. Which makes it more interesting and fun, but more importantly, gives me experience I'll be happy I had if/when I book a guest star on, say, a CBS sit-com (I'm actually kind of happy, in this circumstance, that I have a small part - I wouldn't want the success of the episode to rise or fall on me while I'm still just figuring out what I'm doing). But while this is new for me in tv terms, it also takes me back to Lansing and community theatre; Basically, I have a small part in a televised one-act play, which I started rehearsing on Friday, will continue rehearsing tomorrow and part of Tuesday, then will perform in front of an audience on Tuesday night. With this quick of a turn-around time, there wasn't hours and hours of waiting for something to happen on Friday; less than an hour into my call time, we were on stage, running through the show. I was nervous, since the director introduced me to the cast like I'd rode in specifically to save the show (Replacing "Flu Boy" and all), and also because I recognized three of the actors on the show. But we got to my first line, and I got a big laugh, which made me feel pretty good (As it did when one of the actors I recognized - who's pretty damned funny - made a point of telling me how funny I was, likening me to Steven Wright). I don't have a lot to do in the show - Just three lines (Though I think it's a nice little part) - so I spent most of the day just watching the rehearsal. And I was pretty impressed - To be honest, I'd basically expected the show to be a bunch of kid actors and me, but that's not really the case; I was very impressed with the caliber of the cast. It's broad, kid-show/sit-com stuff, but there's a knack to doing that right, and I actually enjoyed watching it. It was a pretty quick day - I had a 10 am call, we broke for lunch at noon (And it was a really long lunch break), and we were done before 4:00. (Though I imagine as the tech stuff starts to happen, tomorrow will be longer. And Tuesday, actually shooting the show in front of an audience, will be longer still.) Friday was basically book-ended by nervousness; I started out wanting to not look bad in front of the cast, and ended the day not wanting to look bad in front of the network people. The day ended with a run-through, which was watched by the casting people, the writers, the producer and various production people and Disney network execs (I'm not sure exactly how many people there were, but I don't think I'm exaggerating in saying there were at least 25 or 30 people watching). Since the director and my fellow cast-members seemed happy with me, I wasn't seriously worried about getting the boot after the run-through, but still, I had a small worry, in the back of my mind, that someone would approach saying, "Jim, we're going to let you go, and have 'Flu-Boy' do the role while hooked to an IV..." But that didn't happen - On the contrary, the writers and various other people whose names and positions I don't remember shook my hand and complimented my work. Which reminds me - I should probably read the latest draft of the episode, and make sure I'm still in the show...!
10:27 pm - Sun 11.08.2009 10:30 am call tomorrow for my second day on I'm In The Band (If I want to go in earlier and have breakfast, I can - and I just might - otherwise, they want me to go straight to wardrobe. But anyway...) I should write about Friday, which is already feeling like "yesterday's news" (It's a fast-paced world we live in, my friends)... I can't get too specific about my experiences - Pretty sure that's in the surprisingly long contract I signed-without-reading on Friday. And (Probably because no one reads their contracts), there was also a flier to that effect up on the set. But honestly, I don't think I'd want to get too "spoiler-y" about things anyway - If you do end up watching the show, I'd rather have you be surprised by what I'm doing than remembering when you first read about it here (Though they don't even want me to blog about what actors are in the show, and I really would like to tell you about that. But anyway...). Money-wise, I think I've already established that I'm In The Band isn't going to be a big money-making proposition (I owed AFTRA a lot of money before they'd let me work, the show doesn't pay that much, blah blah blah). But finances aside (Easy to say now that I've booked two national commercials this year), I'm very happy I'm having this experience; I've never done "multi-camera" before, so this is new terrain. Which makes it more interesting and fun, but more importantly, gives me experience I'll be happy I had if/when I book a guest star on, say, a CBS sit-com (I'm actually kind of happy, in this circumstance, that I have a small part - I wouldn't want the success of the episode to rise or fall on me while I'm still just figuring out what I'm doing). But while this is new for me in tv terms, it also takes me back to Lansing and community theatre; Basically, I have a small part in a televised one-act play, which I started rehearsing on Friday, will continue rehearsing tomorrow and part of Tuesday, then will perform in front of an audience on Tuesday night. With this quick of a turn-around time, there wasn't hours and hours of waiting for something to happen on Friday; less than an hour into my call time, we were on stage, running through the show. I was nervous, since the director introduced me to the cast like I'd rode in specifically to save the show (Replacing "Flu Boy" and all), and also because I recognized three of the actors on the show. But we got to my first line, and I got a big laugh, which made me feel pretty good (As it did when one of the actors I recognized - who's pretty damned funny - made a point of telling me how funny I was, likening me to Steven Wright). I don't have a lot to do in the show - Just three lines (Though I think it's a nice little part) - so I spent most of the day just watching the rehearsal. And I was pretty impressed - To be honest, I'd basically expected the show to be a bunch of kid actors and me, but that's not really the case; I was very impressed with the caliber of the cast. It's broad, kid-show/sit-com stuff, but there's a knack to doing that right, and I actually enjoyed watching it. It was a pretty quick day - I had a 10 am call, we broke for lunch at noon (And it was a really long lunch break), and we were done before 4:00. (Though I imagine as the tech stuff starts to happen, tomorrow will be longer. And Tuesday, actually shooting the show in front of an audience, will be longer still.) Friday was basically book-ended by nervousness; I started out wanting to not look bad in front of the cast, and ended the day not wanting to look bad in front of the network people. The day ended with a run-through, which was watched by the casting people, the writers, the producer and various production people and Disney network execs (I'm not sure exactly how many people there were, but I don't think I'm exaggerating in saying there were at least 25 or 30 people watching). Since the director and my fellow cast-members seemed happy with me, I wasn't seriously worried about getting the boot after the run-through, but still, I had a small worry, in the back of my mind, that someone would approach saying, "Jim, we're going to let you go, and have 'Flu-Boy' do the role while hooked to an IV..." But that didn't happen - On the contrary, the writers and various other people whose names and positions I don't remember shook my hand and complimented my work. Which reminds me - I should probably read the latest draft of the episode, and make sure I'm still in the show...!
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