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#276: No U-Turn? Really?

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I am reading the book “The Eight Characters of Comedy: A Guide to Sitcom Acting and Writing” and I’m realizing that I am not “The Logical Smart One.”  I may not even be “The Lovable Loser.”  Oh, no… I did our taxes this past week.  The good news is we don’t owe the government TEN…

DANcestry.com commercial

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Well, the Ancestry.com commercial in which I appear is on-line at Vimeo.    The company that posted the video is not allowing embedding so you have to go to Vimeo to see it.  I know, right?      

#275: For the Record (Album)

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I have rediscovered that I am more tolerable to be around when I am hyped up on diet soda.  The truth hurts. I have been anxiously shopping for birthday gifts for two girls I don’t know and for winter clothes for Hudson.  Yes, winter clothes.  One of the great things about living in Southern California…

Did you get the parody?

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Due to a technical mix-up, instead of getting the latest free PILLBOX Bitterest Pill, #127: My Derailer Needs Adjusting, some people got “The Sourest Grape.”  Huh?  The Sourest Grape was a parody of The Bitterest Pill done several years ago by our friend Clinton Alvord of Comedy4Cast.  Yes, that is a young Hudson playing himself.  The traitor……

PILLBOX: #127: My Derailer Needs Adjusting

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This is an encore presentation of episode #127: My Derailer Needs Adjusting, originally podcast in April 2008. If you’d like to see the original episode comments, go to the original post page. ENJOY THE SHOW!   ———————————————————————— Strange one. Started out talking innocently enough about the Today Show segment, being a stay-at-home dad when the…

#274: Pulp Yoga

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I almost bought Pulp Fiction on Blu-ray.  Twice.  Once when I had no money  with me.  Never quite worked that out. I have been trying to watch Vimeo on my TV.  Turns out there are several yoga videos on Vimeo, several of which are “naked yoga.”  What?  You know what, there is such a thing…

#273: Luck with an F

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I have the song Psycho Killer stuck in my head.  I even sing some of it.  Sorry. My father had a heart arrhythmia.  I don’t think it was actually arrhythmic.  I think his heart kept perfect rhythm, it was just at 500 bpm. I went down to my folks place to see how he was…

Yes, that’s me!

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Yes, that’s me in the Ancestry.com commercial.  I knew eventually being bald would pay off!  Trust me, it’s the only up side. If you see the spot, let me know.  I am dying to record it in HD and try to rip it off the ol’ TiVo.

#272: Vertigo-go

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Yesterday my daughter was late to her Martin Luther King Jr. assembly because I’d killed the car.  In the panic of seeing a possum in the driveway the size of a Rottweiler, I must have left the lights of the car on all night and drained the battery.  Fan-stinking-tastic. Turns out that someone made a…

#271: She Doesn’t Need to Look THAT Good in a Bikini

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Happy Holidays!  Happy the-holidays-are-over!  We just got back from being in New York for eight days or so, so Christmas is still scattered all over the house.  If Santa is real, can’t he send an elf or two to help clean up afterwards? I went to a couple more agent workshops just before Christmas. Holy…