Fire walking, balloon animals & THE SITCOM ROOM

An acting class recently asked to use one of my failed (I mean, “unsold”) pilots in their workshop. As a writer it’s always fun to see your words come to life (even if it opens up old wounds). And this group did a great job. They all gave me their headshots and I hope to be able to use some of them in the future.

When I scan through headshots and actors’ resumes my eyes always drift first to the “special skills” section. The skills considered “special” always amuse me. From this batch come these:

Stuttering, loves to travel, can impersonate Tom Waits, lisping, great with kids, dual citizenship (that takes talent), rollerblading, swimming, can say the alphabet backwards, CPR, stick fighting, weightlifting, good with pit bulls, elementary school teacher, rapper, United States Army Reserve, snowboarding – 3 years, hula, reflexology, pistols, valid U.S. passport, fire walking, back packing, balloon animals, some French, smoke rings, pilates, spinning, clowning, can ride a camel, accent: North Hollywood.

I wish them all great success. I’d hate to think that that fire walking training or reverse alphabet reciting class would be all for naught.

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Had to add this. Saw it in the Sunday LA TIMES.

The archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, was hospitalized with a slight hip fracture Saturday morning after he apparently slipped and fell on some holy water.

Not to wish ill on anybody but this is the kind of headline that would lead to hours of one-liners in a sitcom writing room.

And speaking of the SITCOM ROOM ...

Her's an update:

We’re moving forward. This will be a two day workshop that will simulate the experience of actually being in a writing room. It’ll be a cross between a seminar/workshop and comedy writing fantasy camp. More details here.

The dates: Saturday/Sunday, July 21 –22

The place: Los Angeles. I've managed to secure a very good site -- really convenient for anyone
flying into L.A. and with a set-up that is especially well-suited to a
Sitcom Room atmosphere.

Limited to just 15 attendees, so I can give personal coaching to everyone.

All the details will be available on a new website within the next week or so -- along with an online registration form.

For update information first just drop me a line. sitcomroom@gmail.com

Hope to see you in L.A. in July!