Happy Summer!

Hello Everyone! Happy 'official' first day of summer. It seems like summer has been here a little longer than a day, though...with these stupid temperatures in the 120 degree area :-(

Anyways! I have an exciting update for everyone.

Last evening I had the chance to go to the taping of a pilot sitcom. A pilot is the FIRST official episode of any show, which is recorded and then put on air as a 'test', to see if audiences enjoy the show. If the pilot goes over well, the season is picked up. If the pilot fails, the show is dropped and never seen again.

My friend, Sean, was the first AD on the show. This is exciting because if the show gets picked up, I have a obvious new connection into the industry - with a possible job, too.

The pilot was excellent. It was created and produced by the creators and producers of "WILL AND GRACE". It goes without saying that they have some experience in the industry, and that they did a great job with the pilot! They had a AWESOME cast -- 2 people of which were from a show that I used to really enjoy, called "BACK TO YOU". Sadly, that show went off air after a season, but the talented actors are now back in business on another great and funny show.

After the pilot was complete, I got to go down onto the floor with Sean and all the fun important people. It was neat seeing the set and getting the chance to chat with different people. ALOT of powerful network execs were there last night, which was also neat to see.

Oh! I almost forgot. When I arrived on the Warner Brothers set last night, we walked in past security and past Sound Stage #5. Outside of the soundstage, I saw a whole bunch of mini VW bugs - that had the phrase "Nerd Herd" on the side. I just about flipped out, because these are the cars seen in NBC's show "CHUCK" - which I am a HUGE fan of! As we continued to walk, we ran into the ENTIRE CAST - as they were standing outside on a break. The actor that plays Chuck was actually all dressed up and ready for filming, along with some of the other co-stars. I got to wave and say 'great job' as I walked by and they smiled and said 'thanks!' (Quit rolling your eyes, it was exciting!)