Saturday, April 8, 2006Um...I missed it...So I missed the show last night. Not all of it. I saw the last half but I didn't see me. You'd think I would have been glued to my TV set. Recording it just so I can study and explore every movement, nuance, and emotional choice in my 60 second scene. But I didn't. I was actually on the road, driving to my sister's home in Hermosa Beach to watch it with her, her roommate and boyfriend. But I misscalculated the length of time it would take to drive there. As it turns out my sister lives in the middle of no where. Its strange to think there is a middle of no where in Los Angeles, but there is. She is far, far away from any freeway. There aren't even street lights out in her area. It's like the sticks within the city. Strange. Anyway, I'm turning onto the third street you turn on before you get to her street when my cell phone rings. It's her. "You missed it." She said. Dang it! The clock read 8:10. "Oh well. I was there when they filmed it. How did it look?" "Eh.." "Really?" "No, it was fine. We have pizza so hurry up." Well that was it. My local news paper from my home town (The Olympian) ran a little blurb about me being on the show. My Dad emailed it too me. It was a small paragraph in between two other small paragraphs entitled "Jewish Dinners" and "Plus sized Brides now have dresses that fit!". It's kind of a family victory to be mentioned in the paper. None of us kids were good enough athletes to make it in the high school sports reports for any sport so this is some kind of small but sweet redemption for the Hanson clan. I mean no other Capital High School graduates have worked with Jennifer Love Hewitt on a network show. I finally saw it this morning. I was at some friends house for coffee and they had recoreded on their tivo knowing i was coming over this morning. Man I am bald. I mean darkening my hair made it even more obviouse. But if I'm known as the funny near bald guy then fine. I'll take that. Rather stand out then look like the rest of you winners out there. So write in the forum if you saw it last night. What did you think? I want complete reviews on a scene that was less than a minute long. posted @ 07:15 PM PDT [link] [Karma: 4 (+/-)] Friday, April 7, 2006A DAY OF DAYSWell Friday has come. And tonight at 8pm I will be seen on "The Ghost Whisperer" on CBS. To make a few corrections from the last blog...um...I'm not really married to Jennifer Love Hewitt (and if I was I'm pretty sure I'd be the one to change my last name). I also don't make any money at the Orgimmar Auction House. I just don't get it. Since tonight is the premier of my episode I will tell the tale of working on "The Ghost Whisperer". My agent calls me one day and tells me that I have an audition for the show the next day. It's a new agent and this is the first big thing he has sent me out on. The first month I signed with him I was filming another movie and was not available for auditions. So finally here is a juicy job to go out on. He tells me to "do a good job" at the audition because he had to pitch me to the casting people. I guess I wasn't quite what they were looking for but because I have improv training and am funny they would see me. The audition was at Universal Studios. Its always a thrill to get to go to any of the studios for "official" business. You drive to the gate and the guard there checks your I.D. with the computer list of people allowed onto the studio. Then he/she gives you a series of hurried and confusing directions on where to park and where your building is. So I park and start the treck out to where my audition is being held. Universal Studios is HUGE! Acres and acres of land with variouse sets, sound stages and buildings. One block your walking through a town square, the next you've wondered into a spanish villiage and the next is a sound stage where they are doing pick up shots for the next Bruckheimer film. I even past by the "Lyons Realestate" gates from Back To The Future. So finally I find my office building where I am to audition. There are several actors waiting around. We all look different which tells me the casting person is looing for something unknown. Usually when you walk into a casting office as an actor you see people who have a similiar look to you (hell, you probably auditioned with most of the room before for other jobs). But in this case I didn't look like anybody. After about tweny minutes it was my turn. I went in and bam! blew it. Yeah my first take was so BIG the casting director was like "waaaay too big. Lets do it again but smaller". So I did. The important thing was that both takes, small and big, were funny. Any time you have the casting director laughing its a good thing. Even if the role isn't funny, it means they will remember you. So that was it. I left. Walked back to my car past all the cool stuff again. Variouse people doing variouse jobs running about. Crews and caterers, producers and diretors. There is like a thousand different projects going on at once. As an actor you just pray that some day you'll get to come and work here on a regular basis. Everyone just working on productions. It feels like the first time you ever walked into Toys R Us. You just can't believe all the toys you ever wanted are here in this building, on these shelves, just waiting for someone to take them down. Its a lot like that feeling. So I go home and then to work. Two days later my agent called me and said, "You booked it!". That was a great feeling. A week later I was getting a costum fitting in Burbank for the next days shoot. It was just a one day shoot. I'm only in one scene but the character most likely will be reaccuring. And its a funny little scene so they may want to bring my character back for that reason. This is what I'm telling myself as I drive to set that afternoon. I get to Universal again and go through the whole process at the gate only this time there will be no long walk. I will be driven. The guard said, "A van will pick you up outside the entrance to the parking garage". And it was true! A van was right there. This nice lady picked me up and we drove on through the lot. Again nothing but productions every where you look. We get to set. It's an exterior shot in one of the many "Suburban" out door sets on the lot. I arrive, meet the 2nd AD and get breakfast. I love 2nd AD's. They are always fun and excited to see you. On a set they are in charge of all the waiting areas, production offices and stuff like that. He basically is in charge of getting people on set when they need to be on set as well as making sure you fill out your paper work, contracts, get you into costume and make up. The first AD is in charge of where they are filming. Everything else falls to the 2nd AD. For some reason they always have a lot of energy. Anyway they give me my trailor (it's pretty nice) and then to make up. Make up is fun. I'm sorry, its the most fun you'll have on set aside from acting. Make up is the hub of any set. It's where all the gossip happens. It's like walking into a saloon in a small country town. And you have to join in. Instantly you are welcomed and its as if you've known these people for years. They just start telling you stories. Stories about them, the lady who does your hair, one of the producers. Discussion topics range from who are you dating? Whats the deal with ex-husbands? And the old favorite, whos hooking up with whos assistant? While the variouse debates were discussed and argued my make up was applied. Now I am pale! Already very pale. In fact I didnt think it was possible to pale me up anymore but they did. I am ghost after all. So they bloched out any color i had and then darkened my hair. I have brown hair. They used tattoo make up in my hair and five minutes later Dave was a very pasty brunette. And off I go. Onto set to rehearse with Love. Yeah, Love. That's what they call her. I didn't understand why until days later someone told me that Love is actually Jennifer Love Hewitts' name. Jennifer is the stage part. Her real name is Love. And let me tell you right now, you could not have picked more true name for this girl. No matter what your opinion is of celebrities or this particular celebrity let me tell you that Love is a good description of her. When you meet her it is impossible to not have a crush on this woman. No matter what jokes I make about having a marriage, passionate affair or just a school boy crush on her, I was very impressed with this woman. First off she is beautiful in person. I mean you really are struck. But not in a way that is unapproachable. Second she has complete control of this show. Not only is she the star actor in it but she is also a producer of the show. They run everything by her. She consults with the director and writer. A general on set for sure. But still nice enough to take the time to shake your hand and talk to you for a minute. Its then that you realize that she's the same age as you. That in another setting this would be some girl in your home town that you know. And thirdly she was limping. She had strained her knee. She strained it running in the Breast Cancer "Walk for a Cure" marathon. Even her injury was noble and sweet. And I'll say this, when we rolled cameras and she has to walk a great distance for the scene there was no limping. And there was no complaining. When you watch the episode you will not see her limp, hobble or anything. She is a trooper. So we've rehearsed. I've met the AD, DP, the Gaffer, the camera opperator, the lighting director, the sound guy, the boom opperator. All are silver haired men in their 50's. Its the funniest thing I've ever seen. They all looked the same. They all dressed like my Dad. T-shirts tucked into 501 jeans with white sneakers and tapered pant legs. The director and exec. producer Ian Sander was great. He's like a minature Gary Marshell. He's always eating almonds and talks real fast. We start shooting. The scene is a trackign shot where Love comes out of the house to get her morning paper and I meet her in her driveway and follow her back to the porch. We do a few takes, work out logistics, make some adjustments and prepare to shoot some more. A couple of times Universal tours drive buy and I get to wave at tourists who have no idea who I am but I'm an actor acting on set and therefore I get to have my picture taken. Its like fake fame. So we're about to do another take when there is a sound issue. Also it starts to rain. My starting position is in the driveway and I decide I'll just wait there until we are ready to shoot in a few seconds. Everyone else ran for cover under the porch with Love. Soon I'm the only one standing out in the rain and Love notices. "It's raining on David!" she shouts out, concern in her voice. "Can we hurry up please, its raining on David!". "It's fine!" I shout back. "Just a little rain!" trying my damndest to sound like a man about it. But inside, a little voice in my heart went, "Oh! She cares! She really, really cares!" and I had to turn away because I was going to giggle. We finished the scene and I went was released. I said goodbye to everone. And then I said goodby to Jennifer Love Hewitt. She shook my hand again and said she had a great time working with. That the scene is going to look very funny and she thanked me for being a part of the show. Now how can you not love that kind of Love? 8pm tonight on CBS! posted @ 12:46 PM PDT [link] [Karma: 3 (+/-)] Thursday, April 6, 2006The Return of Dave HansonWhy? Why is Dave Hanson writing the Blogs again? We were just getting used to hearing how Chris mentally abuses his poor daughter and God knows who else under his roof and behind his closed front door. Why would we want to read Dave Hanson's writing? Yeah, he is amazing in the movie. And yes, women find him infectiouse (some more than others and there are antibiotics for that). And yes he is smooth like 20 year old scotch but that doesn't mean we want to hear about his life. Well the truth is the state department and social services have been reading this blog (they're fans of the movie as it turns out...yeah, the whole department) and they've since arrested Chris Folino and taken his children into foster homes where they will never celibrate April Fool's Day again. I guess I should take the time to plug my stuff. This friday I am guest starring on "The Ghost Whisperer" along with fellow gamer Scott Allen Rinker (who has a much bigger part than me and will be seen in the seasone finale as well). I will tell more about that in future blogs for there are funny stories to be told when one combines my general charm with a lovely leading lady like Jennifer Love Hanson...um, I mean Hewitt...oh screw it! She doesn't read this blog! Jennifer Love Hanson! Yes! That's right! We are married now. Love at Love's first sight. She fell for me like a ton of bricks dropped on the head of a distribution company executive after he gets off the phone with Chris Folino. We've been trying to keep it quite. Carson Daily and John Mayer are a little hung up still. And let's not forget my ladies who have learned, to their despair, that I am off the market. So thats the big news. I'm on Ghost Whisperer and I'm now married to Jennifer Love Hanson. In other big news my Orc Warrior Vinnerox has reached level 35 today in the World Of Warcraft or WOW as Jennybunns calls it. She finds my Deap Rend Ability, Criticle Strike Percentage and Beserker Battle Stance sexy. And I agree. Fact: It is sexy. It's not easy having a film star beauty in love with you. For now we're living at her place. She is the bread winner for the time being but I plan on changing that soon. Even as we speak I am auctioning several "hard to find" potions at the Orgimmar Auction House not to mention most of my spoils from battle. Hey, I got a wife to look after these days. I can't just keep every pair of Chain Mail Pants with a +8 strength, +7 Stamina +9 Spirit that I find. Even if they are Epic Quality. So yeah, thats what I got going on. It's late. And I have stuff to do still. So I will tell you funny stories tomorrow. Lets all take a moment to pray for Chris's poor daughter, who's probably locked in box with a bunch of other orphan kids in the back yard of some suburban couple obbsessed with keeping kids "In line" or even worse, she's probably been abducted by polygamists in utah and is working a garden hoe dressed like an extra from Little House On The Prairie. God be with her and hope she's married of to the leader of the compound and has a good life still. And lets get a distribution deal for Gamers so we can bail Folino out of state prison. Cheers! posted @ 02:18 AM PDT [link] [Karma: 1 (+/-)] Wednesday, April 5, 2006Dave Hanson to "Guest Blog" for the next four days by Christopher FolinoWhat an honor it is to have Dave "Reese" Hanson guest blog for us here the next few days. I know on Friday I will be watching "the Ghost Whisperer" naked with just a bowl of jello to celebrate the appearance of Dave Hanson and Scott Allen Rinker on the same show! I have a feeling Dave wants me off to blog so I don't piss any more distributors off. I'm so very sorry to Roger Corman and National Lampoon...for sucking so much! Enjoy Dave Hanson's blog, I'm sure it won't suck. posted @ 05:43 PM PDT [link] [Karma: 2 (+/-)] What the hell happened to Barbie by Christopher Folino I came home and found the Barbie doll that my daughter pretends to be her, naked and missing one leg. Sure enough the Ken doll she pretends is the boy she likes at school is missing his pants and was a few feet away from the one-legged naked Barbie. I looked at my wife and asked “What the hell is going on?” She dismissed the whole thing as an innocent act, I don’t see it the same way. I grew up with two older brothers and I never saw a Barbie until my daughter was born. The only girl doll we had was Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura, so basically between our GI JOE Dolls, Superman, Batman and Robin and Starsky and Hutch dolls, Uhura was very very popular. However, my point being is that Hutch never roughed Uhura and left her naked and legless. Hell Superman, Batman, and Kung-Fu Action Grip GI JOE would all bring Uhura gifts from their super secret missions and if they had a bad day on the field, they didn’t come home and ripe her legs off and leave her naked! What the hell is going on? Is this the early stages for a serial killer? I knew this guy once in his twenties who I grew up with and honest to God, be-heading one of his friends over a mere thousand dollars and I remember this guy was nine he had this horrible habit of entering other people’s houses without knocking. So if anyone enters my office at work without knocking on my door, I tell him or her the story. It freaks them out, however, the sane people remember to knock next time. I may have to stop lying to my daughter about her twin brothers and how each and every night the twins steal the car and attempt to bring their sister back something cool. Every morning she wakes up and asks me “Where did my twin brothers go last night? The lie just gets more elaborate and the crime more serious, for example I told her they attempted to go the Nickelodeon studios and kidnap “Josh and Drake” so they would be perform a song for their sister when she wakes up in her room. She’ll look at me and say “the twins are small, Josh and Drake are bigger.” And I’ll respond “Yes, however, you’re brother have lasers that can stun people” She won’t bat an eye and blurt “How, did they carry them, the twins are little?” I’ll just look her in the eye and lie “Your brothers just juice up a little bit, like Barry Bonds before they go out and they get temporary strength plus twelve” At that point she’ll lose interest. I’m hoping these little “white elaborate lies” train her to be a “creative writer” if not I’m screwed. What else is going on? I finally realized after talking smack about Worldwide Entertainment who they were. That’s Roger Corman’s company! We got rejected for distribution by Roger Corman, that’s like being a male action figure at my house and getting rejected by Uhura! Those are some bad odds! posted @ 04:54 AM PDT [link] Monday, April 3, 2006Ken Doll with no pants by Christopher FolinoMy daughter named one of her Ken dolls after the boy she likes at school, I’m okay with that. However, the Ken Doll has no pants on, and I asked her what’s up with that? She responded, “He’s airing out!” Cute when their five, ain’t gonna work when she’s thirteen. This morning I find her Barbie doll also missing her pants and guess who Barbie was cuddling up too? That’s right! No pants Ken. If it was at least another half naked Barbie doll I could buy her a pole and finally have a reason to get that Carmen Electra “Dance like a hoe” video and pass it off as “Family Night viewing” I had to laugh to myself today, I checked up on a review for National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers and the reviewer was awesome, he actually hated the movie so much that he wished ill will towards the writer and the director. However, what blew me away was that this film got into a major film festival in 2003. A major festival that we are talking with the director of programming about who promised to review our film this weekend, now, if the guy doesn’t take our film, what kind of fucking world do we live in? The kind where the Vice President of National Lampoon wants money to distribute our “Good Movie” and perhaps a world where a respected festival director denies our film for “pure shit!” like “Gold Digger?” The only funny thing National Lampoon has done in years is making us a distribution offer. I’m watching 24 again tonight and Jack’s using his Treo to track down live data of hostiles and get schematics to building. Today, I’ve had 4 calls go straight to voicemail on my Treo. Serious, if Jack Bauer truly had a Treo he would have been dead from the first episode. There is no gayer ring tone on this earth, than the one that comes with the Treo, so the first call Jack would get from CTU would also come with a bullet to his head from a hostile. By the way Dave Hanson and Scott Allen Rinker will both be appearing on ‘Ghost Whisperer” this Friday night. I hope they both get to act at least with one of Jennifer Love Hewitt’s breast, than we got ourselves a show. posted @ 10:41 PM PDT [link] [Karma: 5 (+/-)] Sunday, April 2, 2006April Fools Day by Christopher FolinoApril Fools Day The one time of year, I get back at my five-year old daughter for waking me up at 4AM on Christmas Day and for failing to “Beer Me” while I’m watching Springer on Tivo. April Fools day comes only one day a year, and I started the day off right away with a “You were adopted card” with a nice photo of a giraffe family gathered around a monkey. After crying for four straight hours, I got her again as she was eating her “Honey Nut Cheerios.” She accidentally dropped a few cheerios on the floor I pretended “that was the straw that broke the camel’s back” and I kicked her out of the house. You should have seen her face while she was standing outside in the rain crying for 72 ½ minutes…oh it was priceless. And lastly as she was taking flu medication from standing and crying in the rain she asked for her mommy and I told her “Mommy left, she ran away because of you!” And when her mother returned home from the grocery store 20 minutes later I told my daughter that daddy needs all her money in her piggy bank so he can bribe mommy to stay another night. April Fools Day! It only comes once a year, however, if done right the impression can last a lifetime! Yesterday for April Fools Day, my wife and I actually were able to spoil our daughter thanks to my work and take her to the taping of the Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards Show hosted by Jack Black. It was a great event and you know you’ve watched way too much Nickelodeon when other people around you are screaming when they see “Lindsay Lohan!” however, you’re more excited to spot the dad from “Drake and Josh” So of late, I’ve been on this quest to find a decent taco in Newbury Park, and I got to say it ain’t happening. I almost died because of the pure dryness from the “Taco Inn” after eating one their tacos. A place called the “Taco Inn” should know how to make a taco right? It’s a sad world when “Taco Bell” kicks “Taco Inn” ass! I grew up in El Monte date this Hispanic girl or close to three years, don’t miss her one bit, however, her parents I miss almost daily because they were great cooks. “Gamers” is doing well, we have had two distribution meetings since Friday evening and both were very positive, more coming up this week. posted @ 01:02 AM PDT [link] [Karma: 1 (+/-)] |
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