Audition: "On the Lot" promo @ Beth Holmes Casting

Beth Holmes was the CD on the Best Buy avail I had late last year. This promo is for internet use. The audition went great. Oddly, the callbacks are supposed to be Saturday morning. I never get auditions or callbacks on the weekends. It has been an amazingly busy week, and that would top it off. I'm pleasantly surprised at the level of activity for the beginning of summer. Unfortunately, it makes things tough on the driving day job (especially an unexpected weekend conflict), but I work for some great people who help me make it all work. I enjoy the teaching too, so everyone wins in the end.

Audition: Digiorno's @ Ross Lacy; Audition: V8 @ Craig Colvin

Suddenly this month has taken a turn for the busy. Summer is usually slow, but I like this better. It's also crazy on the driving job right now. Funny how it all lumps together. The Digiorno's audition was good...just a couple of buddies watching a game and eating some pizza. Why I'm not already in a million of these I don't know. I've been into Ross Lacy's office quite a bit, and I'm about due for a booking there.

Around 1pm, I got a call for an audition at Craig Colvin's place at 4:54pm. That's exact. The same-day calls a pretty rare, but I'm thankful I have a day job that works with me when it happens. Priorities...ya know. The audition involved getting slapped by my wife several times. She surprised me one of those times which made for an even funnier moment.

Audition: ESPN @ Alyson Horn Casting

My first time in this office. The role was a young dad out shopping for team gear with his son. No real sides, but we improvised a little bit. I was matched up with a talented, quick-witted fellow. Went great!

No Cigar

Once again, I'm left to ponder the senselessness of "avails". Seriously, I am encouraged to have made the avail stage several times already this year. I'm just due for a paycheck.

It's like they say, "You're great. We could totally use you in the spot. Don't schedule anything until we call you the day before shooting/travel/wardrobe to say we're in love with someone else." All this time thinking of our hopes and dreams, what we could've been, the fun we could've had, the Tabasco we could've sold... Now it'll be interesting to see if some of the more humorous lines I improvised in the audition and callback end up in the spot anyway.

"Is it hot in here or is it just me? Oh, that's right, it IS just me."
"I'm classic! I'm the Clark Gable of hot sauce."
"When we stand next to each other, I look even hotter."