hey yall.. new blog

OK.. so in addition to THIS blog i have made a second purely for Celebrity Sightings. the rules of the game are... i have to have PHYSICALLY seen that person with my own four eyes (remember i wear glasses, then you'll get that joke), and then i am allowed to add them to my other blog.

So check it out --- http://andysworld-celebritystyle.blogspot.com/

Its a whole new level when....

Its a whole new level when a TV star recognizes YOU!!!

HAHA.. yes.. thats right ya'll.. I was so impressed yesterday when i was leaving the set right behind Megan Mullally and she saw me behind her and said "thanks for being so sweet and for parking my car for me". and then we had a brief conversation..

and as i walked away i thought.. .WOW... its a whole new level when the TV recognizes YOU!! haha.. awesomeness

Gosh.. its about time...

Yup yup.. i know.. for those of you who are daily readers of "Andy's World" blog.. i know its been down for a month.. so get over it!! SUCKERS!! haha

So here's an update.

I got a job working on a new ABC/Disney TV Sitcom called "In The Motherhood". The show is based on a webseries (http://www.inthemotherhood.com/), but is TOTALLY different.

It has been completely recast and rewritten so it will look nothing like the webseries, but the writers are the same haha!

So here we go.. here are the stars of our show:


Megan Mullally - Formerly of Will and Grace fame. A very nice, very funny lady. I have met her a few times and my big claim to fame has been Valeting her car for her three times already.. oh yeah.. i'm in the big time!!

Cheryl Hines. She has been on a lot of things (look her up). Mostly recognized from the McDaniel's favorite movie... RV! thats right.

And my boy Horatio Sanz... formerly of SNL fame. I met him the other day and didnt even recognize him. He grew a beard, lost a lot of weight and got glasses.. so until he said his name is Horatio i didnt have a clue it was him!

So as for my job. My job is basic office work.. the three F's...faxes, photocopies and phonecalls.. (yes.. F's). It is a good job, with CRAZY amounts of hours.. working like 60 hours a week MIN. i mean 15 hour days seem a lot more common place lately, as opposed to my 12 hour days.. oh well the price you pay for fame and fortune huh?

So yeah, shooting has been going well, i'm just really interested to see how it all turns out. I dont get to see a LOT of the shooting because i'm in the office on the other side of the lot.. but it sounds like its funny ;-) oh.. and i read the script.. since i've made a MILLION copies, figured i'd give one a read...

Good stuff!

DANG!!

Dang i totally gotta update! well it wont happen now!

PEACE!

And an update!

Well i figure you have all held your breath with anticipation too long so i will tell you about the Warner Brothers Gig.

First off though.. 3 gold stars to my sister for getting the answer correct.. (dont worry that will be all you get for christmas) HAHA!

Well after going to the interview i acctually caught the show on tv.. lets just say MAJOR disappointment.. seriously they've been on for SEVEN seasons??? i mean come on i couldnt even make it though a whole show it was so boring!! my aunt tried to catch an episode as well and she said SHE turned it off as well! haha

So needless to say i did not get the job.. but also needless to say i'm DEF not worried about it! haha

So i got a last minute gig working on the set of a cable channel movie they are filming.. its like a film of a week but its acctually a broadway play that they've adapted to make into a film... anyway it was quite an interesting time.

Celebrity wise there i met

John Aniston -one of the stars of Days of Our Lives.. a soap opera... if you watch soaps you would know him.. hes been on for like 30 years or something.. recognizable face.. and ALSO he is Jennifer Aniston's dad!! VERY nice old man.. told me about being in the navy and having button fly pants and how hard it was to PEE with them.

Victoria Tennant - look her up she's been in lots of stuff.. a REALLY REALLY great older woman and a wonderful actress.

and a buch of guys and girls my age who have been in soaps for a long time.

So no recognizable names unless you're a big soap fan..

but the highlight of it all????

I met the guy who was the voice of LUCKY the Lucky Charms Leprichan!! haha no .. SERIOUSLY! quite an funny guy.. plays the oboe.. but also a very talented actor! and the best part... i just HAPPENED to be wearing my Lucky Charms Tshirt that day.. hillarious!! and YES i did make him say his lines in the voice of LUCKY!

So yeah that was a really fun time, met some really neat people and had fun.

As for today i had another interview for a new ABC show called "In The Motherhood". Its a new sitcom that should start in Springish i believe.. about mom's raising kids.. .thats all i really know of the plot.. but again its an office position and i will hear tomorrow about the job.. hope it works out!!

So yeah.. LA is treating me well.. having fun... Dont miss any of you at all ;-)! haha

Warner Brothers... and their sister Dot

Yesterday was THE interview!!!

Thats right folks, yesterday was my interview with Warner Brothers Studios to be an Office PA on their show "Without A Trace".

Now granted i had never heard of the show, and had no idea how they got my resume to begin with, but when the Warner Brothers call, you answer ;-)

So i got to the studio early, got my pass and walked in. It was like walking into the middle of HEAVEN!! TV shows being filmed all over!! movies GALORE. it was wonderful!

So i showed up to my interview on time, ready for a good time. After being invited into my interviewer's office she quickly started telling me all about the job. And i'm not sure if this is normal but she began telling me every single horrible thing that this job is about. Getting their REALLY early in the morning, making coffee all the time, photocopying a ton of stuff, you rarely get to leave the office, 12 hour days, 5 days a week, your schedule is not set in stone so you have to give up most of your social life... and then she asks.. so why would you want this job?

HAHA.. good question!

So the interview was good, the interviewer was distracted the whole time.. some sort of issue with a Coffee break starting too late and needed to be rescheduled.. anyway the interview ended and i walked out with a VERY mixed responce.

Even though it is a GREAT opportunity... i mean i know people who have been out here for two years and have never had this good of an opportunity, it really REALLY is not what i want to do. I dont want to make coffee and photocopies... i dont want to spend 60 hours a week sitting in an office. That just doesnt sound fun to me.

Ok, for those at home lets recap the Production Assistant role. There are two kinds of PA's. Office PA's (who do what ive been describing) and On SET PA's who get to do all the fun stuff.. like help the camera men, watch the director, bascially be in the middle of SHOOTING, instead of just pushing a pencil... OFFICE SPACE FLASHBACK!! I want to be ON SET.

So walking out of the interview i feel it went well but this is NOT what i want to do. After talking with some people about it it sounds like it is a really great IN to the BIZ. Take the job they said, and after a few months start looking for other openings to transfer over into. "Ya gotta pay your dues in this business"

Makes sense... so i believe if they offer me the job i'll definitly take it. It is part way through the season, and the season ends in April, so it could just be a few months, and BAM its on a resume... so hey.. why not right?

Worst part about this whole thing... i had never seen the show! haha.. so tonight i happened to catch an episode of it on TV... wow.. LAME!! haha.. oh well gotta do what ya gotta do..

And as for "and their sister DOT" three gold stars to the first person who gets that reference...

Welcome to "Life on Earth"

Welcome to "Life on Earth" a AFI Grad Student Thesis film about a girl who grew up in an orphanage and is now "ageing out" of the program. That means she is turning 18 and has to become self supportive (shoot i didnt do that till i was in my 20's... wait.. i am self suportive right mom???).

Anyway we shot at the Los Angeles Arboretum... its just a fancy word for saying its a hundred and something acre park with over 10,000 different varieties of trees/plants from all over the world.. big whoop! haha

No it really was a VERY pretty place and lots of nature and wild Pecocks running amuck..

So they gave me the job of being a P.A., which is exactly what i moved to LA to become, so i guess thats good right?? only catch on this one... no pay! oh well gotta have some experience right?

So i spent the day moving the director's and the actresses chairs from location to location throughout the park as we moved shots. Pulling with me the cooler full of water and some Trail Mix. My job... glorified Go-fer... So basically i kept people happy.. offering them food and water, then running to grab things that they needed.

There were a few times where the 2nd AC (camera guy) had to run off to do something so i got to play with that fun toy from my post a few days ago.. a SLATE!! whoot whoot.... he's like "here know how to work this?" i was like "ummm yes??" and he took off... and the pressure was on... but of course being the superhero i am i passed with flying colors!

I also was a "stand in" for a little bit. That means you just stand there where the actress would stand so they can set up the camera angles and stuff... its funny cuz i'm 6'0" and white.. the actress was like 5'2" and black.. so whatever.. it works...

umm yeah.. overall this was a really fun day.. got a LOT of compliments at the end of the day saying how wonderful i had done that day and so sad that i wouldnt be there for all SEVEN days of filming.. haha yeah right!

But i am going back tomorrow for another day of this... so thats cool.

OH big news... Friday i have a Interview at WARNER BROTHERS studios for a position working on their show "Without a Trace". I had never heard of it either! so i looked it up... its an FBI crime drama tv show about agents who have to find missing people. oh well... hope that goes good.. always nice to learn from a BIG studio how they do things.

So yup.. thats about it for me... whats new with YOU?