A real do-nothing Saturday

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Posted by Repost from Kevin at enduser.faa.gov on February 06, 2000 at 17:25:31:

Everyone's suffering/recovering from headcolds in Casa de Schwalbach (what, you think I'm in charge here? Guess again).
The wife's downstairs suffering through 'Magnolia' (not like that; I mean she's suffering because of her cold... yeah), the
baby's finally asleep, and I'm longing for Jersey like a motherfucker (hell - I'd even be content to shovel the heaps of snow
at this point; it'd have to beat The 'Angels' at this point).

But a reprieve is on the way. I'm flying home for a day this week to do a scene on (get ready for this)...

'Law and Order'.

I'm a big fan of the show, and now I get to be part of it. It's a small part (only a couple of lines) which is cool, as I'm not
really an actor (then again, there are supposedly no small parts; though it'd be tough to outshine D.A. Adam Schiff - the
fucking Man with a capitol 'M'). Should be a blast, and affords me the opportunity to include myself in a legacy of sorts.

That's right - some day in the future, you can watch me seventeen times a day on 'A&E'.

Speaking of 'A&E', I'm going to do an interview for the George Carlin 'Biography' they're putting together. How sweet is
that? Life-long fanboy gets a chance to wax fanatically about the brilliance of one of his mentors of sorts - on a show he
would've been content just to watch, had he not had said mentor in one of his silly pictures! Fuck, do I love God.

The next two t.v. gigs following that is a half hour with another genius comedian/social commentator: Dennis Miller. I tape
the show at the head of March. It's a bit poetic, as it was Miller's bit about self-cocksucking and the Craftmatic Adjustable
Bed on his 'Off-White Album' that inspired the Randal's Cousin Walter story in 'Clerks'. Sometimes, life brings you full
circle quite nicely.

In other news, we're done cutting show three, which turned out phenomenally (aside from some animation ticks that our
beloved 'cartoon-guy' Chris Bailey is ironing out with the Koreans). We got to show episode two to the network last
week, and they seemed to really dig it. Now it's just about securing a timeslot (C'mon, Stu and LLoyd - give a brother a
locked date!).

If you get a chance, check out this month's Esquire. There's a piece called 'The Next Scorcese' in which a handful of film
critics pick the filmmakers they believe will endure. Andrew Sarris was good enough to pick yours truly (Elvis Mitchell
picked the Waschowski Bros., Todd McCarthy - the Variety numb-nuts who gave 'Dogma' the least-thought-out, most
clueless review we got on the flick - fittingly chose Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenny Turan chose David O. Russel, someone
chose Alexander Payne, and Scorcese - yes, Scorcese - chose Wes Anderson), and the brother wrote some kind, really
observant passages about yours truly (to be fair, he also included some cautionary, critical nuggets as well). It's an honor to
be picked, and an honor to keep company with the other guys (yes - ALL of them). Worth a look-see if you trip across it
in a doctor's office somewhere (and if you see the new EW, I've got some Sundance quotes in there too).

And maybe it's coming off the head-cold, but let me ask you guys something - being that you ARE the people I work for,
after all.

Do you think it's a worthwhile endeavor to pursue doing a 'Mallrats' sequel at Dimension?

Before you leap, here's the rationale:

1)'Mallrats' - while not brilliant - never got it day in the theatres, thanks to the worst marketing efforts money could buy
afforded by Gramercy (Steve excluded)

2) There is a huge fan-base for the film now, thanks to home video

3) I'm getting close to shutting down the View Askewniverse permanently, in favor or making more diverse, less
Jay-and-Bob type flicks, so this would be one of the last of the bunch

4) And while it may not be any great leap forward artistically, it might be a lot of fun (the true reason to do anything).

I welcome all opinions (though if they're negative, keep them tasteful and not too insulting). It's not even a plan right now;
just an inkling. Here's your chance to spark it or squash it.

Thoughts?


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