Last night, I competed in the Alley Theater Improv Challenge with a group from Heyman Talent.  I was asked to be a part of the team two days ago, had never met any of the other team members, and knew none of the improv games we would be playing.  Regardless, I had a really good time despite my nerves and lack of improv experience.

We ended up winning last night although our performance was…well…a bit amateur.  But we plan on practicing and hopefully we will be better the next time.

If you are interested in coming to the next performance, I will post the date and time as soon as I find out.  Not only will you get to see average improv, but the $5.00 you pay to get in goes to charity.

Another added bonus is that the show will be on the local CW starting in October.

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As I write this, I have been awake for over 27 hours straight. I’m starting to get a little slap happy. So please excuse any weird or unusual sentences. I ride my bike over tubs of butter every Tuesday.

The reason for my lack of sleep is due to Nick Lachey and elves. Last night, I had the opportunity to shoot a commercial for Cincinnati Bell (a phone company) in Cincinnati. The spokesman for this particular company is none other than the ex-husband of Jessica Simpson and Cincinnati native, Nick Lachey (Nick also won “Clash of the Choirs” on NBC last December, which was an awesome show that I think I should be embarrassed that I like so much, but I don’t care what you think). I was in the background playing a sales associate in the store. Nick served as ‘Saint Nick’ and was flanked by dwarfs dressed as elves for this Christmas commercial. Needless to say, it was an interesting experience.

On top of that, I learned a lot about dwarfism from some of the dwarf actors.

All in all, it was a good night. Now, I just want to see how long I can go without sleeping. The over/under is five minutes.

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Now, don’t get me wrong…I would never ask you to do such a thing.  I love TV.  But hypothetically, if you had to give up one month of TV, what month would you sacrifice?

If you answered August, you are wrong.  Dummy.

If you answered July, you are correct.  Here is why:

August:  beginning of college football.  For that reason alone you cannot give it up.

September:  beginning of the NFL season, baseball is heating up, college football continues, and some of the new Fall shows begin.

October:  college football, NFL, baseball playoffs, more new Fall shows

November:  football, football, football on Thanksgiving

December:  football and the 24 hour marathon of “A Christmas Story” on TBS

January:  football playoffs, college bowl games, “24″, “American Idol” begins

February:  Super Bowl, more Spring shows begin

March: three words…March Freaking Madness

April:  NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game, baseball begins

May:  NBA playoffs, season finales

June:  NBA Championship Series, baseball

The only major sports league playing in July is MLB.  Although the All-Star Game is in July and I love baseball, this would be the month to give up.  Not a whole lot of new shows on TV, the sports world is moving slow, and you can go outside more often and see all the new blockbusters at the movies.

Do you disagree?  If so, you are wrong.

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So I watched my national television debut on “Mabe in America” this past Friday night…yeah, about that.  If you watched very closely and paused it, you could see me for about 2-3 seconds.  Oh well.  I still made $100.00 for little to no actual work.

If you actually took the time to watch it, thank you very much.  Hopefully the next time I make it on TV it will be for more than just three seconds.  And hopefully it won’t be on “Cops” either.

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Tune into CMT this Friday at 9:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time) for my television debut on “Mabe in America.” Yes, folks, you can watch me not say anything and walk around in the background…I have truly made it.

Actually, it was a really fun experience and I made $100.00 for very little work. And it looks good on the resume.

Enjoy.

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Yesterday I finally hit the big time.  I was an extra guest prankster on the show “Mabe in America” that is currently running on CMT.  Our show should air in the next 4 to 5 weeks.

There was a lot of sitting and waiting on the set, but that was to be expected.  But when we were actually filming, it was a lot of fun.  “Mabe in America” is a hidden camera show.  Here’s the setup for our prank: Tom Mabe calls a store and alerts them that a man in a red shirt and dark blue hat has been spotted in their neighborhood and he has been shoplifting.  Right after that call is made, eight different guys (me included) walk into the store in one minute intervals wearing red shirts and dark blue hats.  Watching the reactions of the store owners out of the corner of my eye was pretty funny.

Hopefully, I will have more stories to tell of my life as an extra actor.

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