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September 20, 2004I went into L.A. this
I went into L.A. this afternoon for a VO audition, the results of which I probably won't know for at least another three weeks. The project is very interesting, and I'm really jonesing for the role, but that won't make the days pass any quicker--quite the opposite, if anything. Luckily, with school starting this Thursday, I'll be too busy to let the delay in notification drive me too batty.
I was a little nervous about the drive back from North Hollywood after the audition, seeing as how my last L.A.-to-Riverside trek went, but everything was fine. The 134 and 210 East are nothing if not accommodating. I headed home at a quarter to four in the afternoon, and even with a few times where the traffic came to a complete stop and taking surface streets for the last few miles to avoid the 60/91 crunch, I made it home in two hours. Somebody passed me on a motorcycle, a stuffed ALF doll strapped to the back of his seat. I wonder if the biker had lost a bar bet, or if the chopper craze is such that even '80s nostalgia geeks are joining the Wild Bunch.
For those of you who don't remember 1986-1990, ALF (voiced by Paul Fusco) was an alien life form (hence the acronym) from the planet Melmac who crash-landed in a suburban family's garage. He freeloaded off of them, cracked wise and longed to eat their cat.
Think it couldn't get any better? ALF's real name was...wait for it...Gordon Shumway. ALF made guest appearances on shows like "Matlock," "Blossom" and the new "Love Boat," if you can believe it. He even had his own animated series. Then again, so did M.C. Hammer.
Posted by patrick at September 20, 2004 11:20 PM
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