We're Baaaaaaaaaaack

We’re back and it couldn’t be any sooner. The cold winters of Kentucky reminded me why I left the place in search of the warm seasons of California. Everywhere I turned someone wanted to weigh in on the writer’s strike with me and if nothing else this strike has educated the public on the issues that face people in the biz.

The late night talk shows all came back on last night and it was so good to see their faces again. Letterman outshined everyone (not just because he has writers) because he’s always been the best and will always be out of this group. I think Conan represents the new wave into more physical in your face comedy. But Letterman has the feel of a guy that would be working next to you in the factory.

Nikke Finke over at deadlinehollywooddaily.com wrote a nice piece on how Leno went against the guild’s violations by writing his own monologue. Leno has never been funny to me…ever. He seems like a nice enough guy, but I really don’t see how NBC could have handed over the tonight show to him over Dave. Carson gave Dave the approval and even wrote jokes for him after he moved over to CBS.

The Two Guys and Hollywood are back on the airwaves and we’re ready to make all your dreams come true. Get ready for more stories from inside the industry and more rants about life. And we’ve got some big surprises in store for 2008. Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season. Let’s get this strike settled and back to work.

Seasons Greetings

Friends and Fellow bloggers,

Friend and I are home for the holidays, and will be here for a few days to spend some time with our fam’s. We will be departing for our annual holiday trip to the big apple at the end of the week. As I typed that I just realized how much I hate it when people refer to NYC as “The Big Apple.” I hate it almost as much as I hate when someone says “Mornin’ Sunshine!” Congradja-fucking-lations, you woke up before me. I’m still on LA time, which means your 8am is my 5am, and I don’t want to be up at 5am. So don’t give me any shit when I wake up at 11. I bought this house, and I will sleep in it as long as I want.

Anyways, back to business. Blog business that is. As a result of the Holiday Season, Friend and I will be away from our computers a lot, so we might not be posting daily as usual. iPhones might be used to relay interesting encounters, but that’s about it.

We set three very important production employee ground rules when we started studio X.
1. Everyone gets paid on Friday.
2. Crew will always have good food to eat on set.
3. Everyone will have the holiday off to spend with their families.

So, even though we aren’t paying you or feeding you for reading our blog, we are asking you to take rule number three into consideration. Spend some time with your familes and check back with us after the holidays. We’ll be here when you return, we promise. Now for some late night talk show reruns…..

AJ

My Life and My Wife

My wife has never really been into the whole celebrity thing, but she loves the Hollywood lifestyle. She’s always been a networker and a greeter. She loves interaction whereas I’m more introverted. It has been said that you can differentiate between an extrovert and an introvert based upon where their energy comes from. An extrovert gets his or her energy from interacting with others and an introvert gets his or her energy from alone time. I’m an introvert with extrovert tendencies, which means I can be as good as an extrovert in a social setting but I just have to work a lot harder.

When you become big in Hollywood, you get a publicist. Your manager tells you what steps you should take in your career to better your longevity. Your agent solicits new work and advises you on projects. Your publicists tells you what steps to take to improve your image in the perception of the public and future employers (such as myself).

The first thing a publicist will often tell a new client is that he or she needs to date a celebrity. This is usually true because the relationship will raise the status of both celebrities because now they are a unified front and get a name like Brangelina. This is advisable for anyone in the business because it’s hard for an outsider to understand the pressures and the lifestyles of this business. The industry can make you nuts and that’s hard to take in from (as I like to call it) a Johnny Random perspective.

My wife and I have to find ways to balance out our lives. She is usually busier than I am hosting parties and doing charity events. If you add shopping to that schedule you’ve got a full day. I go to bed in the wee hours of the morning and get up at the crack of dawn. She’s usually off and running before I even get ready and it takes her a long time to get ready. We live and learn and we made a decision early in our marriage to not let this business ruin us, and with effort we’ve made it work.

LD