Headspace 2: The Search for Something

Headspace 2: The Search for Something
Just a Blog Post, nothing to see here.

JoshWillTravel

HELLO. HOW ARE YOU?
When you are asked “How are you?”
DO YOU REALLY ANSWER TRUTHFULLY?

DON’T WORRY. BE HAPPY.

Good (Monday) morning!
One year. Missing my father.
Rough weekend for me.

Lee Weisel RIP

May 1st is May Day!
Laugh, Dance and Sing, it’s May Day!
Celebrate Springtime!🌷🌷🌷🌷

REAL QUOTES FROM CONFUCIUS:
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

Happy Birthday to the Little Boy!

Such a Good Dog, Big Boy!

The Little Boy had his first birthday last week.
He is so full of energy and a fireball of Love.
The Big Boy is getting older and is such a good dog.
And The Little Girls are just the sweetest creatures.

And the two Little Girls make four!

MAKE SOME ART!
CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL!

WOOF! A Dog Doodle (ink on paper)

ART: (noun) the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power

ART: something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings

Happy Cinco de Mayo! (Fifth of Tequila May)

TEQUILA SHOTS FOR EVERYONE!

The Battle of Puebla during the Second French intervention in Mexico (the French-Mexican War 1861-1867), took place on May 5th, 1862, near Puebla City, Mexico. The outnumbered Mexican Army of Benito Juárez defeated the invading French forces of Napoleon III. France controlled Mexico until 1867, until Mexican troops overthrew the government. The Mexican victory at Puebla is celebrated every year on the fifth of May.

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FUN COCKTAIL RECIPES!
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MORE TIKI COCKTAIL RECIPES!

The Soup du Jour!

DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!
HAVE A DESIGNATED DRIVER!

Jose Cuervo, you are no friend of feline!

AND NOW SOME PICTURES OF SUSHI!

Pickup some Sushi and your Monday will be better.

Rainbow Roll and a Spicy Tuna cut roll for dinner

Sushi cut rolls yum!
Pick it up, eat it at home.
Thursday night dinner

California and Spicy Tuna cut rolls “To Go” for dinner

Ahi Tuna Poké (hybrid Hawaiian style)
Recipe: Ahi tuna (cut into cubes), chopped onion, chopped celery, avocado, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, garlic powder, red pepper, and red pepper flakes
Mix ingredients together in a bowl, adding avocado last. Enjoy!

And Tuna Sashimi too

Tuna Sashimi, rice, avocado, carrots and celery for dinner

And Look, Funny Cutting Boards:
A Kitchen Tribute to Lionel Ritchie, Jessie from “Breaking Bad”,
“The Guardians of the Galaxy”, and “The Walking Dead”

DO YOU NEED HELP?
I’ll just leave these numbers here just in case.

And in the very near future…
HBO’s “Deadwood” The Movie premieres on May 31st!

From W Earl Brown: “You might own playing cards, but I know damned well you don’t own a set of Deadwood cards signed by the cast because there is only one of those in existence. And it could be YOURS if you bid enough.”

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“Art is what you can get away with.”
Read the Blog Post> Warhol Wednesday!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2019/03/14/warhol-wednesday

Read the Blog Post> Happy Cinco de Mayo! It’s May the 5th! Celebrate!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo-its-may-the-5th/

BE HAPPY NOW!

WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK!

“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute,
the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” – Confucius

The Mirage Hotel and Volcano – Las Vegas, Nevada

I want to party in Vegas with THIS GUY!

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The Day of the Dude Again! Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 ~ Takin’ it Easy

The Day of the Dude Again!
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 ~ Takin’ it Easy

“Yeah man, well you know, the Dude Abides.” – The Dude

HAPPY DAY OF THE DUDE!
CELEBRATE and ENJOY IT!

March 6th is the anniversary of “The Big Lebowski” 1998 release.
We celebrate the annual sacred High Holiday of Dudeism as “The Day of the Dude”

“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone.” – Psalms 103:16

“Uh, I am not Mr. Lebowski. You’re Mr. Lebowski.
I’m the Dude. So that’s what you call me.
You know uh that or uh his Dudeness or uh Duder or uh El Duderino…
if you know you’re not into the whole brevity thing.” – The Dude

We are an Ordained Dudeist Priest of The Church of The Latter-Day Dude.
(And we are available for weddings, parties and other occasions)

DUDEISM: Come join the slowest-growing religion in the world, Dudeism.
An ancient philosophy that preaches non-preachiness, practices as little as possible, and above all, uh…lost my train of thought there.
Anyway, if you’d like to find peace on earth and goodwill, man, we’ll help you get started.
Right after a little nap.

NOTE: There are some states and counties that are very undude. First check with the County Clerk where the ceremony is to be performed to confirm or disconfirm whether Dudeist ceremonies are cool and legal.

“The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.” – Norwegian Proverb

“To a lazy man every day is a holiday.” – Turkish Proverb

“Far from idleness being the root of all evil,
it is rather the only true good.” – Kierkegaard

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“We revel in the laxness of the path we take.” ― Charles Baudelaire

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It’s Groundhog Day!

“It’s Groundhog Day!” (again)

“BING!”

 

“Ned… Ryerson. “Needlenose Ned”? “Ned the Head”? C’mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn’t graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?”

 

“Ned?”

February 2nd is always Groundhog Day!

“Don’t drive angry!”

The Groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as  the woodchuck (aka chuck, wood-shock, groundpig, whistlepig, whistler, thickwood badger, Canada marmot, monax, moonack, weenusk, red monk and, among French Canadians, siffleux), is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.

“There is no way that this winter is *ever* going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don’t see any other way out. He’s got to be stopped.
….And I have to stop him.”

EXTREME COLD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES! Stay warm!

“You want a prediction about the weather, you’re asking the wrong Phil. I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life.”

Punxsutawney is the largest incorporated municipal borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The largest Groundhog Day celebration in the United States takes place every February 2nd at Gobbler’s Knob with Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog, who predicts the weather. According to tradition, if Phil sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. If Phil doesn’t see his shadow, there will be an “early spring.”

1886 was the first time that Groundhog Day appeared in the Punxsutawney newspaper and February 2, 1887, was the first official ceremony at Gobbler’s Knob.

2019: Punxsutawney Phil predicts an “EARLY SPRING”!

“This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.”

2019: EARLY SPRING!

“When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn’t imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.”

Phil is kept in a special enclosure at the town library. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle takes care of Phil year-round and they script the Groundhog Day ceremonies in advance, with the decision on whether he’ll see his shadow made in advance.

NOTE: There is only one Punxsutawney Phil, and all other groundhogs are impostors!

Groundhog Day is rooted in a Celtic and Germanic tradition and the pagan holiday of Imbolc, also known as Candlemas. When German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania, they transferred the tradition to the local wildlife, replacing hedgehogs with groundhogs.

If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Come, Winter, have another flight;
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Go Winter, and come not again.

“Groundhog Day” is a 1993 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and stars Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a TV weatherman caught in a time loop during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event, repeatedly reliving the same day.
NOTE: The film was shot in Woodstock, Illinois, not Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

“Groundhog Day, The Musical” is also musical comedy stage play with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and book by Danny Rubin. Based on the 1993 film of the same name.

Read this Blog Post for more on Squirrels!> www.joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/moonstone-beach-cambria-california/

Groundhog Club HQ – 200 West Mahoning St, Ste 1, Punxsutawney, PA 15767
http://www.groundhog.org

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Not-So-Nice Marmot!

February 1st, 2019 – Rabbit, Rabbit.

When’s Easter?

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Miss Donuts in Reseda, California

Miss Donuts in Reseda, California

Filming location for “Boogie Nights”

Just another Donut store in the San Fernando Valley? Yes, and NO!
It was the location for the climatic scene in the film “Boogie Nights” where Don Cheadle’s character Buck Swope is caught in the middle of a robbery and shootout.

And they have really tasty Donuts and Pastries!

On The Menu: DONUTS! Chocolate custard filled, chocolate bar, raspberry jelly filled, a cinnamon roll and a Napoleon pastry “to go”.

Miss Donuts – 18231 Sherman Way, Reseda, California (west of Lindley)

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Don Cheadle in “Boogie Nights” (not my pic)

And time to eat the donuts…

Donuts from Miss Donuts in Reseda, California

 

Say No More… (Mon Amour)

“Say No More… (Mon Amour)”

APRIL 8th is REX MANNING DAY!

“We mustn’t dwell. No, not today. We can’t! Not on Rex Manning Day!”

On April 8th, Rex Manning has a scheduled appearance at Empire Records, a small independent record store to promote his new album and video.

NOW START THE VIDEO AND PAGE DOWN THIS BLOG!

“Oh Rexy, you’re so sexy!”

Hello Baby.

“Hi what are you doing?
Do you want to come over?”

♫ Call me on my car phone with that je ne sais quois
You say you need a little of my ooh-la-la
I know you get lonely in your canopy bed
Well say no more baby i’ll be running every red

Say no more Mon Amour
I’ll bring my lovin’ right to your front door
Here I come baby je t’adore
Lips are for kissing baby so say no more ♫

(Say no more
Mon Amour ah hah)

♫ You greet me with a smile and a glass of ro-se
I find myself distracted by your black negligee
You tell me everything with that look on your face
Say no more baby, lets cut to the chase

Say no more Mon Amour
I’ll bring my lovin’ right to your front door
Here I come baby je t’adore
Lips are for kissing baby so say no more ♫

(Rex Speaking in French)

Say no more Mon Amour
I’ll bring my lovin’ right to your front door
Here I come baby je t’adore
Lips are for kissing baby so say no more ♫

Oh no more, oh no more
Oh baby, adorable

(Rex Singing in French)

Ah Mon Amour, Mon Amour, Mon Amour……

The video for “Say No More (Mon Amour)” was shot in one day at Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina. Originally, it was meant to be just 17 seconds of dance moves, but it was so good, they just went ahead and filmed the entire music video.

Rex Manning was a fictional pop star (played by the very talented actor Maxwell Caulfied) in the 1995 film Empire Records.

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(a cult classic from 1995 – USA Release date: October 20, 1995)
Directed by Allan Moyle
Written by Carol Heikkenen
Casting by Gail Levin

“Oh Rexy, you’re so sexy!”

HAPPY REX MANNING DAY! HAPPY REX MANNING DAY!
HAPPY REX MANNING DAY! HAPPY REX MANNING DAY!
HAPPY REX MANNING DAY! HAPPY REX MANNING DAY!
HAPPY REX MANNING DAY! HAPPY REX MANNING DAY!

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https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/its-rex-manning-day/ 

No, we mustn’t dwell
Have you seen “Empire Records”?
Always Rex Manning Day

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“Attention Rex Manning fans, to your left you will notice a shoplifter being chased by night manager, Lucas. This young man will be caught, deep fried in a vat of hot oil and served to our first hundred customers. Just another tasty treat from the gang at Empire Records.”

Doug Loves Movies Challenge 366!

Doug Loves Movies Challenge 366 for 2016!

Comedian Doug Benson invites his friends to sit down
and watch 366 movies in 365 days! @DougBenson

DOUG LOVES MOVIES! #DLMChallenge #366Movies #365Days #365Movies

Doug Benson (screenshot from Periscope)

WE LOVE MOVIES TOO DOUG!
So, we decided at the end of 2015 to accept the DougLovesMovies 366 Movies Challenge and we succeeded in watching well over 366 films (plus a few HBO & Netflix mini-series, too much election news coverage, the MLB Playoffs/WorldSeries and NFL Football Regular Season Games) in 2016!

We began the challenge on January 2nd and finished watching our “366th film” on December 30th. We kept a list as we watched, but ultimately forgot (for several reasons) to write some down. It wasn’t easy and we don’t recommend it, but we did it, it was fun and now we’re done with it.

Doug Benson is “SuperHigh Me!”

MY DOUGLOVESMOVIES 366 CHALLENGE 2016 MOVIE LIST:

1. The Martian
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Office Space
4. Westworld
5. The Godfather Epic
6. Tapeheads
7. O Brother Where Art Thou?
8. Drunk Stoned Brillant Dead, The Story of the National Lampoon
9. Kingsman: The Secret Service
10. Serenity
11. AntMan
12. Get On Up
13. Where The Truth Lies
14. Any Given Sunday
15. The Imitation Game
16. Mad Max Fury Road
17. Mr. Holmes
18. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
19. Unbroken
20. The Freshman
21. Stripes
22. The Outlaw Josey Wales
23. Bridge of Spies
24. The Death of Superman Lives! What Happened?
25. Animal House
26. The Music Never Stopped
27. Notting Hill
28. 2001 A Space Odyssey
29. Last Vegas
30. The Program
31. Love & Mercy
32. Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie
33. The Lovely Bones
34. Breaker Morant
35. Sunset
36. Eulogy
37. Mystic Pizza
38. Borat
39. Taking Woodstock
40. Fever Pitch
41. Into The Blue
42. The Hudsucker Proxy
43. Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke
44. Electric Boogaloo, The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films
45. Brewster’s Millions
46. Pearl Harbor
47. Platoon (Best Picture Winner!)
48. The Chamber
49. Erin Brockovich
50. The Aviator
51. Big
52. The Money Pit
53. Beetlejuice
54. Heaven’s Gate (IT SUCKED BIG TIME!)
55. Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom
56. Knuckleball
57. Shrink
58. Spotlight (Best Picture Winner!)
59. The Alamo (the original)
60. The Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring
61. The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers
62. The Lord of the Rings – The Return of The King (Best Picture Winner!)
63. The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey
64. Music and Lyrics
65. U-571
66. Ali
67. Bicentennial Man
68. The Three Amigos
69. The Ladies Man
70. Malcolm X
71. Club Paradise
72. Get Shorty
73. Entourage, the Movie
74. SPECTRE (James Bond 007)
75. The Matrix
76. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
77. Sudden Impact
78. The Hobbit, Battle of the Five Armies
79. Blazing Saddles
80. A Few Good Men
81. Glory
82. Dazed and Confused
83. The Stoned Age
84. The Birdcage
85. Vacation (the remake)
86. Black Mass
87. Raising Arizona
88. Worth Winning
89. Play It To The Bone
90. Super Troopers
91. Spy
92. Saving Silverman
93. Trouble With The Curve
94. Mr. Holland’s Opus
95. Quiz Show
96. The Bad News Bears (the original)
97. Eight Men Out
98. Avengers: Age of Ultron
99. Ricky and the Flash
100. Marked for Death
101. Mean Guns
102. I Spit On Your Grave (remake)
103. Waterworld
104. Patriot Games
105. License To Drive
106. Attila
107. Life With Mikey
108. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
109. The Hateful 8
110. Chappie
111. All Things Must Pass (Tower Records Documentary)
112. Cry-Baby
113. The Fugitive
114. Three Kings
115. Fight Club
116. High Fidelity
117. Up In The Air
118. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill and Came Down a Mountain
119. Bubble Boy
120. Snow White and The Seven Dwarves (Disney Classic!)
121. The Big Short
122. Cobb
123. Jurassic World
124. Repo Man
125. The Package
126. Jurassic Park
127. Slapshot
128. Field of Dreams
129. Rules of Engagement
130. Troy
131. Star Wars, The Force Awakens
132. Great Balls of Fire
133. Heartbreak Ridge
134. Very Semi-Serious, A Partially Thorough Portrait of the New Yorker Cartoons
135. Convoy
136. Harsh Times
137. The Killer Elite (the original)
138. Blues Brothers 2000
139. Cold Mountain
140. History of the World, Part 1
141. The Blues Brothers
142. American Pie
143. The Jackal
144. Blow
145. Scarface
146. 12 Monkeys
147. 10 Things I Hate About You
148. She’s All That
149. The Intern
150. A Civil Action
151. Echoes of War
152. Big Trouble In Little China
153. The Fabulous Baker Boys
154. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
155. Unforgiven (Best Picture Winner!)
156. The Great Outdoors
157. Roadhouse
158. Ocean’s Thirteen
159. Deadpool
160. E.T., the Extraterrestrial
161. Knocked Up
162. Arachniphobia
163. Kate and Leopold
164. Woman In Gold
165. Kiss The Girls
166. The Score
167. Ruthless People
168. Kill Kane
169. Ask Me Anything
170. Snatch
171. American Gangster
172. Cinderella Man
173. Bone Tomahawk (just BAD)
174. Mississippi Burning
175. Species
176. Along Came A Spider
177. The Help
178. Wall Street
179. National Treasure
180. The Grateful Dead Movie
181. Ray
182. Atari: Game Over
183. Groundhog Day
184. Sneakers
185. Kid Poker
186. I Am Road Comic
187. We Are Marshall
188. Tropic Thunder
189. Meet The Hitlers
190. What’s Up Doc?
191. Shaft (the remake)
192. Straight Outta Compton
193. The Last Witchhunter
194. Hitman
195. Heartbreakers
196. Paper Moon
197. Hail Caesar!
198. Runaway
199. The Alamo (the remake)
200. Our Brand is Crisis
201. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
202. Dirty Grandpa
203. Genesis, the Sum of the Parts
204. The Professional
205. Clerks 2
206. Charlie Wilson’s War
207. Hardcore
208. Autofocus (Big Smile!)
209. Private Resort
210. Superman II – The Richard Donner Cut
211. Dough
212. The Man Who Knew Too Little
213. The Fantastic Four 2: Rise of The Silver Surfer
214. Breach
215. Phoenix
216. National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, Party Liason
217. The Express
218. The Firm
219. The Warriors
220. Rudy
221. Ghost
222. Wild Bill
223. Freedom
224. The 33
225. Casino Royale (James Bond 007)
226. Ted 2
227. Friday Night Lights
228. The Fifth Element
229. Coyote Ugly
230. Spring Broke
231. Burnt
232. Remember The Titans
233. Mr. Mom
234. Shooter
235. The Babe
236. The Rookie (with Dennis Quaid)
237. Enemy At The Gates
238. Captain America: Civil War
239. Man With The Golden Gun (James Bond 007)
240. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
241. Necessary Roughness
242. The Latin Explosion: A New America
243. Thunderball (James Bond 007)
244. Invincible
245. Fury
246. Kinsey
247. Blackhawk Down
248. We Were Soldiers Once and Young
249. Boiler Room
250. Dragonheart
251. Apollo 13
252. Guardians of the Galaxy
253. Blue Thunder (the original)
254. Easy Rider
255. The Big Picture
256. Patton (Best Picture Winner!)
257. EdTV
258. Leap of Faith
259. Harlem Nights
260. Total Recall
261. Drumline
262. Sicario
263. Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World
264. Mallrats
265. Whisky Tango Foxtrot
266. Dances With Wolves (Best Picture Winner!)
267. Buffalo Soldiers (with Danny Glover)
268. Ghandi (Best Picture Winner!)
269. Say Anything
270. Far and Away
271. Thirteen Days
272. The Night Before
273. Robocop (the original)
274. Captain America: The First Avenger
275. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
276. Pulp Fiction
277. The Count of Monte Christo (the remake with Jim Caviezel)
278. Castaway
279. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
280. The Transporter
281. Blast From The Past
282. Sisters
283. The Peacemaker
284. Tron (the original)
285. X-Men: Apocalypse
286. The Prestige
287. Dreamscape
288. Underfire – The Untold Story of Tony Vaccaro
289. The Bourne Ultimatum
290. Flash of Genius
291. Warlock
292. I Love You Man
293. Lumberjack Man
294. Used Cars
295. Old School
296. Return of A Man Called Horse
297. Uncle Nick
298. Jobs
299. The Seven-Five
300. Game Change
301. 40 Days and 40 Nights
302. Summer School
303. The Rainmaker
304. A League of Their Own
305. The Wedding Ringer
306. Mr. Right
307. Dune
308. Joy
309. Amistad
310. Bugsy
311. Term Life
312. Pauly Shore Stands Alone
313. She Hate Me
314. The Legend of Tarzan (the remake 2016)
315. Trainwreck
316. Race
317. Last Man Standing (with Bruce Willis)
318. The Scout
319. Out Of Sight
320. The Jungle Book (live action)
321. Georgia Rule
322. The Lost Boys
323. Volunteers
324. The Great Raid
325. How To Be Single
326. Big Fat Liar
327. The Buddy Holly Story
328. Hotel Rwanda
329. White Men Can’t Jump
330. Definitely Maybe
331. Cutthroat Island
332. Valkyrie
333. Any Given Sunday, The Director’s Cut
334. Everybody Wants Some
335. The Dramatics: A Love Story
336. Hackers
337. Public Enemy: Live From Metropolis Stadium
338. The Runaways
339. Shanghai Noon
340. Rockstar
341. Larger Than Life
342. Bad Teacher
343. Baby Boy
344. Last Knight
345. Windtalkers
346. Outbreak
347. The Bucket List
348. Smokey and The Bandit
349. The Ladykillers
350. American Wedding
351. The People vs Larry Flynt
352. F/X
353. Zero Days
354. War Dogs
355. Predator
356. Superbad
357. The Ghost and The Darkness
358. Minority Report
359. Let It Ride
360. Good Morning Vietnam
361. Tremors
362. The Brady Bunch Movie
363. Fools Rush In
364. Pale Rider
365. The Running Man
366. It’s A Wonderful Life

Extra-Credit:
HBO’s “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” multiple episodes
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” Seasons 1-5 Complete Marathon!
Netflix “The Last Kingdom” 8 episodes
Rain Man (Best Picture Winner!), The Silence of the Lambs (Best Picture Winner!), The Sting (Best Picture Winner!), The Departed (Best Picture Winner!), Argo (Best Picture Winner!), Titanic (Best Picture Winner!), Apocalypse Now (Best Picture Winner!), Spiderman (with Tobey Maguire), Where The Buffalo Roam, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Caddyshack, Iron Man, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fletch, Dr. No and Goldfinger (James Bond 007).

NOTE: Many of the films on our list we’ve seen before (more than once) and we watched many of the films multiple times during the year. We have listed 366 different films, but we watched even more in 2016!

And LOOK at what they did to the Hollywood Sign (again):

January 1, 2017 – Hollywood, California

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“Far Out Man”

Jeff Bridges as The Dude in “The Big Lebowski”

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“This is What Happens Larry!”

“This is What Happens Larry!”

John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in “The Big Lebowski”

Walter Sobchak:
[shouted repeatedly while smashing a car with a crow bar]
This is what happens when you f*ck a stranger in the ass!

“You see what happens, Larry?!
This is what happens when you f*ck a stranger in the ass Larry!
[Proceeds to smash up what he wrongly believes is Larry’s new Corvette]
This is what happens, Larry! You see what happens Larry?!
You see what happens when you f*ck a stranger in the ass?!”

SPOILER ALERT:
The Dude’s car is stolen, with the real ransom money briefcase still inside…
The car is found by the police without the ransom money, and the Dude reclaims it. Later, the Dude finds the homework assignment of a high school student named Larry Sellars (he’s flunking Social Studies) inside. Taking this to mean that Larry was the one who stole the car, Walter and The Dude go to his house, believing Larry has also stolen the money. When Larry refuses to respond to Walter and the Dude’s threats, Walter wrecks a new sports car parked outside which they assume Larry bought with the money.

“This is what happens Larry, when you f*ck a stranger in the ass!”

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Uncensored:

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“This is what happens Larry!”

The Dude: Walter, I love you, but sooner or later, you’re going to have
to face the fact you’re a goddamn moron.

And here’s the ridiculous “network television” version:

 

Walter Sobchak: You’re entering a world of pain!

The Dude: Just take it easy man.
Walter Sobchak: I’m perfectly calm Dude.
The Dude: [shouting] Yeah, waving the fucking gun around? 
Walter Sobchak: Calmer than you are. 
The Dude: Will you just take it easy?
Walter Sobchak: Calmer than you are.

LEBOWSKI!

Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong? 
The Dude: You’re not wrong Walter. You’re just an asshole. 
Walter Sobchak: Okay then.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO JEFF BRIDGES!

“The Big Lebowski”
Written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, John Goodman as Walter Sobchak and Steve Buscemi as Donny (“Donny, who loved bowling”)
USA release date: March 6, 1998

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In-N-Out Burger

“Those are good burgers Walter.” ~Donny

There is an In-N-Out Burger in North Hollywood,
but it’s not on Radford or on Camrose,
it is located at 5864 Lankershim Blvd near Burbank.

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“Is this your homework Larry?”

Larry Sellars’ Homework – “He’s flunking Social Studies!”

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The Karate Kid

“The Karate Kid” Filming Location

South Seas Apartment Building – 19223 Saticoy Street (east of Tampa Ave)

In Reseda in the beautiful San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California

South Seas Apartment Building

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A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.

Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) moves to Southern California with his mother, Lucille (Randee Heller), falls in love with the beautiful Ali (Elizabeth Shue) and finds himself the target of a group of bullies from the Kobra Kai dojo. Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki “Pat” Morita), the building maintenance man, a  war hero and martial arts master. Mr. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing and trains him in a more compassionate form of karate while preparing him to compete against the “Show No Mercy!” Kobra Kai in the All Valley Karate Championship.

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Release date: June 22, 1984 (USA)

Director: John G. Avildsen
Writer: Robert Mark Kamen

Starring; Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, William Zabka

Box office: 90.8 million USD

South Seas Apartment Building

South Seas Apartment Building

South Seas Apartment Building – Couldn’t find Mr. Miyagi!

They built Mr. Miyagi’s workshop into the parking garage!

Pat Morita as Mr.Miyagi was nominated for an Academy Award!

Jerry Weintraub said “I don’t want this guy Arnold from ‘Happy Days’ in this movie.”

Noriyuki “Pat” Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) RIP

“WAX  ON….WAX OFF.”

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Empty Lot next to the South Seas Apartment Building

The empty lot next to the South Seas Apartment Building is still there. It’s the location where Daniel gets his ass kicked by the Kobra Kai after the Halloween dance.

The Kobra Kai Dojo location is on Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood.

Martin Kove & William Zabka – Kobra Kai: “Show No Mercy!”

Focus Daniel-san!

Crane Technique!

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Or was Daniel the real Bully? (very interesting video):

SPOILER ALERT! Daniel uses the “Crane Technique” in the Final Round of the All Valley Karate Championship, defeats his opponent, wins the trophy, gets the girl and earns the respect of his enemies for himself and Mr. Miyagi (at least until the sequel).

The Karate Kid Mural on Ventura Blvd in Encino, California

“818 ’til I die!” – Steven Brody Stevens

Steven Brody Stevens @Brodyismefriend

I saw an advanced screening of “The Karate Kid” at the Mann Valley West in Tarzana, California, in an almost empty theatre, a week before they released it to the public.

To be perfectly honest, I walked out of the movie before the finale. It was not a “KARATE” movie or the type of film I was expecting from the title and I got bored with the story after Daniel got his ass kicked for the third time and left before he is redeemed at the end. I didn’t like the Daniel character, thought the plot was contrived, and I also thought Ralph Macchio’s acting was “acted” and not very good. Of course, I enjoyed the Mr. Miyagi character! Pat Morita’s performance is the best part of the film and Elisabeth Shue shows a lot of talent and is beautiful as Ali. When I watch the video about Daniel being the real bully it points out what I didn’t like about the plot: Daniel is kind of a dick throughout the film and I found it hard to care about him getting his ass kicked or kicking ass.

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Throwback Thursday! Freddy’s Dead, the Final Nightmare

Throwback Thursday! Freddy’s Dead, the Final Nightmare

Yes, those are my feet! That’s me wearing the Freddy Krueger costume and “playing with power!” in “Freddy’s Dead, the Final Nightmare – Nightmare on Elm Street, part 6”.

I graduated from UCSC with a degree in Theatre Arts in June, 1987. I moved to Marin county and lived in Novato before moving back to Los Angeles in 1988. I began my Hollywood career working as a P.A. (Production Assistant) at Highlight Commercials. Their office was on the Hollywood Center Studio lot and the first job I worked for them was the original “Rock the Vote” PSAs shoot on the Chaplin Stage at A&M Studios (you can read about that shoot in a previous blog).

Working freelance production for film, television, video, commercials, theater and live events in Hollywood is real hustle! You have to find the jobs and then you have to do the work while trying to find the next job. I worked film, video and commercial jobs for Highlight, the Oil Factory, O Pictures, The End Productions, Gun-For-Hire, Crystal Sky (Preferred Productions), ITC, AIP, Touring Video, Arnold Shapiro Productions, MPCA (Motion Picture Corporation of America), Concorde-New Horizon Productions, Stargate Films, Alive Enterprises, Nightmare Inc. and many other companies during my production days.

I got a call one day from a friend I had met on another job. She was working for Patty Whitcher and New Line Cinema and they were hiring a Third Unit for pickup shots because they were behind schedule on “Nightmare on Elm Street, part 6”. They offered me a week of work as a Production Assistant which I happily accepted, and they let me bill them under my company name at the time Pro and Con Productions Entertainment Production.

There were two units night shooting in and around a warehouse stage in Van Nuys/North Hollywood in the San Fernando Valley and they hired me for the small third unit and the pickup shots. It was a big “Low-Budget” shoot and they were working on a lot of the special effects segments with fire, smoke and practical prostethics while I was on set that week. The third unit shots were pretty simple: lighting effects simulating a helicopter over the truck cab, close-ups on hands and specific items, and then insert shots of Freddy playing a video game. Third unit was very small, just the essential crew: director/dp, cameraman & assistant, 2 grip/electricians and me. Since they hadn’t hired a double for Freddy, they sent me to wardrobe, and they dressed me in the Freddy Krueger costume! And this wasn’t the first time I had been called from behind the camera to fill an acting role (I was previously “instant cast” as a Crew Member on “Eternity” and as a double for Chris Lemmon in “Firehead” while working on the crew, as well as performing the role of The Emerson Penguin Team Mascot in “Zapped Again”).

When Third Unit was lighting or wasn’t shooting, I was often called to assist First and Second Unit, so I got to meet some of the cast and crew. If you look at the credits, you might be surprised by the strength of the talent, both in front and behind the camera. It was the first film written and directed by Rachel Talalay (a woman director), written and executive produced by Michael De Luca, and produced by Aron Warner, all of whom went on to bigger things. Aron won a Best Animated Feature Academy Award and a BAFTA Best Feature Film Children’s Award for “Shrek” in 2002. Rachel has 54 IMDB director credits and is currently directing “The Flash”. Michael is the former President of Production for New Line Cinema and Dreamworks with Academy Award nominations for “The Social Network”, “Moneyball” and “Captain Phillips” who recently moved his producer’s deal from Sony to Universal. Patricia Whitcher is the executive producer and unit production manager of “Avengers, Age of Ultron” and currently executive producing “Captain America, Civil War” for Marvel. Check out their IMDB pages for other credits and awards.

My featured scene, which was shot on set by the Third Unit, features Johnny Depp and Breckin Meyer in addition to Robert Englund as Freddy, and plays out on screen to the tune of the Iron Butterfly’s “Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida”. Weird coincidence, because my father was the Iron Butterfly’s Manager. I had met the guys in Iron Butterfly and grew up with the gold and platinum records for their albums on the wall in my house. Other weird coincidences: Breckin Meyer and I went to the same private high school, and I would later work for Alice Cooper who was shooting a cameo for the film with another actor who would later become my client when I became a talent manager years later. Also, Iggy Pop won a 1992 Razzie Award for Worst Original Song “Why Was I Born (Freddy’s Dead)” and I worked with Iggy on my first “Hollywood” job the first series of “Rock The Vote” PSAs.

Breckin Meyer as Spencer

Alice Cooper as Freddy’s Father

I didn’t think very much about doubling for Freddy at the time. Just some insert shots, I thought, not knowing that they would be part of a key scene in the film resulting in the death of a main character. I sat in the chair, put my booted feet up and followed direction. Afterwards, I returned the costume to wardrobe without even taking a polaroid (no cell phones in 1991) for myself and went back to work. It wasn’t until I saw the film later that I realized how lucky I was to be part of the franchise (even though I’m uncredited and totally anonymous in the film). And I don’t even have a P.A. production credit because I was Third Unit (probably paid off the books) and I billed them as my company and not in my own name.

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“Now we’re playin’ with power!”

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And a very young Johnny Depp (aka Oprah Noodlemantra) as The TV Guy

TAGLINES:

Born November 2nd 1984…Dies September 1991
They saved the best for last.
Evil has finally met its match.
Take him home in a box.
You think you know about dreams…You know nothing!

“One, Two, Freddy’s Coming For You!”

My Crew T-Shirt from “Freddy’s Dead, The Final Nightmare”

SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuImq54Gk9c

HAPPY ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW DAY! AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

“Just a Sweet Tranvestite from Transexual Transylvania!”

SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE (Richard O’Brien 1975)

Michael Rennie was ill

The Day the Earth Stood Still

But he told us where we stand

And Flash Gordon was there

In silver underwear

Claude Rains was The Invisible Man

Then something went wrong

For Fay Wray and King Kong

They got caught in a celluloid jam

Then at a deadly pace

It Came From Outer Space

And this is how the message ran…

Science fiction (ooh ooh ooh) double feature

Doctor X (ooh ooh ooh) will build a creature

See androids fighting (ooh ooh ooh) Brad and Janet

Anne Francis stars in (ooh ooh ooh) Forbidden Planet

Wo oh oh oh oh oh

At the late night, double feature, picture show

I knew Leo G. Carroll

Was over a barrel

When Tarantula took to the hills

And I really got hot

When I saw Janette Scott

Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills

Dana Andrews said prunes

Gave him the runes

And passing them used lots of skills

But When Worlds Collide

Said George Pal to his bride

I’m gonna give you some terrible thrills

Like a…

Science fiction (ooh ooh ooh) double feature

Doctor X (ooh ooh ooh) will build a creature

See androids fighting (ooh ooh ooh) Brad and Janet

Anne Francis stars in (ooh ooh ooh) Forbidden Planet

Wo oh oh oh oh oh

At the late night, double feature, picture show

I wanna go – Oh oh oh oh

To the late night, double feature, picture show

By R.K.O. – Wo oh oh oh

To the late night, double feature, picture show

In the back row – Oh oh oh oh

To the late night, double feature, picture show

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“Science Fiction, Double Feature” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975)

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“Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkplPbd2f60

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“I remember…doin’ the TIME WARP!”

“Well I was walking down the street,
just a having a think,
when a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink”

“Don’t Dream It, Be It.”

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