Dear Mouse,
It's here. Our moment. TOMORROW, December 1, 2011, 11AM on the Hallmark Channel.
THIS GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!
... AND THESE GIRLS!!!!
(So, these shorts never again. Live and learn. I was like 10lbs heavier. But not from Emeril!)
I saw an old friend for drinks the other night. He had just come from his costume fitting for his first Law & Order and was sort of bemusedly reflecting on the fact that finally, finally, he was working in TV!! which he'd been working toward forever! and making a little bit of money!! and yet ...
"I'm not really acting," he said. "Like, at all." Pause. "They have me wearing pasties."
And, scene.
The grass is always greener. I mean, I get it. MY FIRST MOVIE (don't blink or you'll miss me) is coming out in about a week. The two-day shoot last fall was very exciting, I ate a ton of snacks, met famous people, made a small pile of money ... and spent most of the time on the set glancing around wildly trying to figure out where the camera was and if I was supposed to be "doing something".
My point, and I do have one, is that maybe that's the deal on the small screen. Every commercial I go in for pleads for some variant of "less is more", "throw it away", or "don't act", whatever that means. And sometimes that's weird, and sometimes...
... LIKE ON EMERIL'S TABLE...!
..it's a pleasure. Sake, true chef starpower, fake eyelashes, and mounds and mounds of noodles for the slurping, set up for us before noon ... and our only job is to look interested and happy? DONE. Who needs to pretend?
Tune in tomorrow, 12/1, 11AM, Hallmark Channel, to see us Not Acting with the best of them. I'll bring the soy sauce.
Love,
The Boo
PS Anyone who misses it can make it up to me/us by attending the upcoming Winter Solstice Concert at the legendary Joe's Pub NYC. TICKETS HERE.
1 comment:
We have no TV, and haven't had one for decades. Can one also watch the show on one's laptop? Or will there be a video posted later?
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