Sunday, February 14, 2010
4-28-07
If you had told me two weeks ago that I would fail to get into the Second City Conservatory and I'd be Happy about it. I would have laughed in your face. But after the last 48 hours, it doesn't bother me at all.
Thursday about 3:00 I got the call from TnT that I offically got the job. I started Friday night (but we'll get back to Friday in a bit)This whole week is the 10th annual Chicago Improv Festival, and Tursday I was going to the Atheneum Theatre to see Seth Meyers & Boom Chicago. My Parents did alot of acting at the Atheneum back in the 60's & 70's (they still had posters up with my dad's name on it) and I know just about everyone that runs the ticket booth and concessions there like family.
Boom Chicago does a bit where they talk about Identity Theft and asked the ticket booth for a name, address, & last 4 didgets of a credit card so they can pull someone on stage and pretent to buy stuff on they're card. The people I know in the ticket booth didn't feel comfortable doing this to a regular Customer, so they called me and asked me if they could use my info for the bit, I was all for making a fool of myself.
So Seth Meyers was hilarious, & for those who don't know, I beleive he's one of only 2 people to work on both Mad TV & SNL, and is currently the head writer at SNL. Then Boom Chicago came up and did their show "Me, MySpace, & I-Pod" The last bit they do is the Identity Theft and I get pulled on stage with Suzy. She asks why I came and I said becuase I was a huge Seth Meyers fan and they bring up a Satilie image of my house, do a few fat jokes, and tell me they bought champaign, a Limo, & a cruise with my credit card. They get all this info and then do a Song about me - Funny Shit. At the end say if anyone sees me after the show, I'm buying drinks. So I go to the After Party and people are coming up to me asking for drinks and & tell them I already bought my round, they were late. Then Seth Meyers comes up to me and say "I hear your a big fan" OMG - so I'm standing in a bar talking with Seth Meyers and asked him about SNL & he said he doesn't do the hiring and they're not allowed to take scripts from outside the writers room because of possible lawsuits, but he gave me his E-Mail and said he'd look at some of my skits and give his opinion.
On TV he comes off as an A-Hole, but he was one of the nicest guys. So as if this night couldn't get any better, two guys dressed to the T's walk up to me and ask me to buy them drinks. I was outta cash by this time, and the Barteneder said credit cards were a $12 minimum, so If I wanted a drink, I had to buy 2 more anyway, so I bought these guys drinks. I ask them what brought them to the show, and they said they were in town filming The Express with Dennis Quaid. I joked I'd love to get into a movie. They ask for my card and said they'd give me a call if there's anything. Now for all I know they're pulling my leg, but I'm still on a high from the Seth Meyers thing.
So I get home about 2 am on Friday morning, knowing I still have my 9-5 and TnT on Friday.Cut to Friday afternoon I get a call asking if I'm available at all this weekend to be an extra in The Express. With TnT, I couldn't on Friday or Saturday, so now that will be my whole Sunday. Then came my TnT debut. The first month you play the wait staff, each waiter/waitress has a back story, and I do a little dance. It was a ball. and I'm there again Saturday night. But I got home late on Saturday & in the mail is the letter from Second City.
Now as I said, two weeks ago, I wanted Conservatory more than anything. but as I'm opening it, I'm hoping I didn't because I'm already being streatched. And I didn't. and that's OK - for now.
Thursday about 3:00 I got the call from TnT that I offically got the job. I started Friday night (but we'll get back to Friday in a bit)This whole week is the 10th annual Chicago Improv Festival, and Tursday I was going to the Atheneum Theatre to see Seth Meyers & Boom Chicago. My Parents did alot of acting at the Atheneum back in the 60's & 70's (they still had posters up with my dad's name on it) and I know just about everyone that runs the ticket booth and concessions there like family.
Boom Chicago does a bit where they talk about Identity Theft and asked the ticket booth for a name, address, & last 4 didgets of a credit card so they can pull someone on stage and pretent to buy stuff on they're card. The people I know in the ticket booth didn't feel comfortable doing this to a regular Customer, so they called me and asked me if they could use my info for the bit, I was all for making a fool of myself.
So Seth Meyers was hilarious, & for those who don't know, I beleive he's one of only 2 people to work on both Mad TV & SNL, and is currently the head writer at SNL. Then Boom Chicago came up and did their show "Me, MySpace, & I-Pod" The last bit they do is the Identity Theft and I get pulled on stage with Suzy. She asks why I came and I said becuase I was a huge Seth Meyers fan and they bring up a Satilie image of my house, do a few fat jokes, and tell me they bought champaign, a Limo, & a cruise with my credit card. They get all this info and then do a Song about me - Funny Shit. At the end say if anyone sees me after the show, I'm buying drinks. So I go to the After Party and people are coming up to me asking for drinks and & tell them I already bought my round, they were late. Then Seth Meyers comes up to me and say "I hear your a big fan" OMG - so I'm standing in a bar talking with Seth Meyers and asked him about SNL & he said he doesn't do the hiring and they're not allowed to take scripts from outside the writers room because of possible lawsuits, but he gave me his E-Mail and said he'd look at some of my skits and give his opinion.
On TV he comes off as an A-Hole, but he was one of the nicest guys. So as if this night couldn't get any better, two guys dressed to the T's walk up to me and ask me to buy them drinks. I was outta cash by this time, and the Barteneder said credit cards were a $12 minimum, so If I wanted a drink, I had to buy 2 more anyway, so I bought these guys drinks. I ask them what brought them to the show, and they said they were in town filming The Express with Dennis Quaid. I joked I'd love to get into a movie. They ask for my card and said they'd give me a call if there's anything. Now for all I know they're pulling my leg, but I'm still on a high from the Seth Meyers thing.
So I get home about 2 am on Friday morning, knowing I still have my 9-5 and TnT on Friday.Cut to Friday afternoon I get a call asking if I'm available at all this weekend to be an extra in The Express. With TnT, I couldn't on Friday or Saturday, so now that will be my whole Sunday. Then came my TnT debut. The first month you play the wait staff, each waiter/waitress has a back story, and I do a little dance. It was a ball. and I'm there again Saturday night. But I got home late on Saturday & in the mail is the letter from Second City.
Now as I said, two weeks ago, I wanted Conservatory more than anything. but as I'm opening it, I'm hoping I didn't because I'm already being streatched. And I didn't. and that's OK - for now.
# posted by Vince L. @ 4:07 PM 
