This notebook, a 7-3/4" by 5 inch oversized monster, has the handwritten initials VVV emblazoned on front, in honor of a spec screenplay title that is currently being revived by yours truly, so we won't get into that bit.
But there are some other goodies-- some notes and ideas for the "Fajita Irons" character-- created by gifted comic actor friend Kelly Perine. Fajita is such a purist about the golf course that he likes to catch divots before they fall back to earth. In a pinch, he once re-gripped with maple syrup. he watches The Wind Channel in the clubhouse before a loop. Invented a Swiss Army wedge.
lots of computerese gibberish about parallel ports and serial ports. headings like cyL, HD, PRG, etc. DOS prompts. i didn't know about that stuff then, and i am similarly tech unsavvy today.
this notebook also contains notes from my LA Times piece, The Junket They Shoulda Junked. wherein Eric Idle and Ryan O'Neal both trash "Burn Hollywood Burn," a horrible comedy they starred in, and were honest enough to savage. good stuff.
one of the few decent jokes: "The Discovery Channel just bought Court TV. They said there wouldn't be any changes, but I just watched a one-hour documentary on the mating habits of the North American bailiff."
also, lyrics for the tragically unproduced song "Suing Aaron Spelling."
chorus: "Suing Aaron Spelling / cause my soul is shallow / but my body's not."
also notes on two other LA Times pieces: one on the Razzies, and the other a comedy piece on the Ford/Heche classic "Six Days, Seven Nights."
(more to come on this... and a picture of the notebook!)
Monday, October 10, 2011
The Upward Spiral?
Over the course of a two-decade career (careen?) in TV, i have nearly always packed a small pocket notebook. They get filled, rather quickly, with a vast array of ingredients: random thoughts and observations; notes toward larger projects (uncompleted novels and short stories, tragically finished screenplays); cartoon ideas; song lyrics; poems about baseball; doodles; snippets of overheard conversation; and, since i've gotten married and welcomed two wild rabid stepsons into my life, some of their stuff, as well.
Six months ago I landed a perfect job for such a one as myself, in the "think tank" of a large TV production company. So it is my goal to sift through these archives of my rambling mind, to see if there is anything of value for my employers, as well as to rekindle and recharge the creative juices that always flow, in hopes of harnessing them more effectively.
In other words, it's a lot like "Julie & Julia," only instead of someone emulating a genius chef, it's a writer trying to reconstruct and re-connect with ephemeral ideas that would have floated away had they not been jotted by a borderline hoarder.
I will do so notebook by notebook, recording here by photo and transcription, any item that seems worthy of salvage. Beware, my standards are probably a lot lower than the World Champion of Caterpillar Limbo gets in the heat of battle.
With that, let's get on with the doodly show...
mxf
West Hollywood, CA 10/10/11
Six months ago I landed a perfect job for such a one as myself, in the "think tank" of a large TV production company. So it is my goal to sift through these archives of my rambling mind, to see if there is anything of value for my employers, as well as to rekindle and recharge the creative juices that always flow, in hopes of harnessing them more effectively.
In other words, it's a lot like "Julie & Julia," only instead of someone emulating a genius chef, it's a writer trying to reconstruct and re-connect with ephemeral ideas that would have floated away had they not been jotted by a borderline hoarder.
I will do so notebook by notebook, recording here by photo and transcription, any item that seems worthy of salvage. Beware, my standards are probably a lot lower than the World Champion of Caterpillar Limbo gets in the heat of battle.
With that, let's get on with the doodly show...
mxf
West Hollywood, CA 10/10/11
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