One word....AWESOME *nt*

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: : 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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