Self

The Time I Auditioned For “Win Ben Stein’s Money”

This is the first in what may end up being a series of posts in which I recall a random experience which I will probably never do again. Way back in the year 2000, I auditioned for the game show Win Ben Stein’s Money. If you don’t remember the show, it was sort of like Jeopardy! except,…


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Charts & Graphs

Tender Greens Hiring Flowchart Revealed!

Sometimes I eat lunch from a place here in Los Angeles called Tender Greens. Recently I discovered that when they hire their employees, they actually run through a brief Question/Answer flowchart to see if they’re a good fit for the company. That flowchart is reproduced below.

Film, Television

Even Though I’m Still Terrified Of The Veronica Mars Kickstarter… Here’s The Shows I Want To See Follow The Same Model Anyway

Although I posted yesterday about why I’m worried by what the Veronica Mars Kickstarter means for the future of film and television (in particular, the continued destruction of independent media as the conglomerates continue to move into the independent space), that doesn’t mean I don’t have my secret list of shows that I would like…

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Film, Television

Why I’m Terrified Of The Veronica Mars Kickstarter

If you haven’t heard, Rob Thomas (creator of the television show Veronica Mars) launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday to raise funding to shoot a Veronica Mars movie, with as much of the original cast as he can wrangle. In just about ten hours, they reached their 2 million dollar goal, thus meaning that they will get…

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Television

The Inherent Beauty Of “The Walking Dead”

(Note: I generally don’t like the idea of doing individual episode recaps, and this isn’t supposed to be that, although it may drift into recap territory at times, so be forewarned. Also, spoilers.) It seems strange to consider that an episode of The Walking Dead could be described as beautiful, but last night’s episode, “Clear”,…

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Film, Television

“Live” Television In The Age Of Social Media (or How I Managed To Watch the Top Chef Finale Unspoiled)

Tonight is the “Top Chef” Season 10 (Seattle) finale, and I can’t wait to find out if it was Kristen (who was WAY too nice/willing to take the high road/well-mannered Asian girl when she was eliminated during “Restaurant Wars”, and whose inevitable victory in “Last Chance Kitchen” reminds me that hey, this is “reality” television,…

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Improv

Cast Changes

Warning: this is a post about improv. So over the past year or so of my life, I’ve spent virtually all of my Friday nights watching and performing improv, after being selected for a house improv team at iO West, which is the theater where I began my training and, in many ways, feels like…

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