To be honest, it was more like a hour and a half.
This is a post about the bizarre notoriety I received for what many (and myself) would consider a “take the money and run” part on CBS’ “The Bold And The Beautiful” soap. For those who haven’t been following the blog, I’ll recap.
It started with getting a three episode part of the “Minister” – a man of the cloth who, apparently, has no name. I think God took it back out of spite… Or, perhaps, it’s not imperative the audience knows who the hell I am beyond the collar. As I wrote in an earlier post, I’m fine with nibbling the cheese in anonymity, as the check clears all the same and I do have a mortgage for a beautiful hippy-house in Laurel Canyon that needs green love. So off to work I went.
Then it aired. I almost forgot to record it! But I did, because an actor can always learn more about his craft, whether he’s got an emotionally repressed, yet formulaic role to perform (see video of “Without A Trace” on right)… Or a straight forward “service” role that will be seen once, then gone from the airwaves forever. And I posted about that as well. (I prefer to say “post” since “blog” sounds like an unexpected half burp/half puke reaction.)
Then, a few days later, it lands on “The Soup” – where I believe more people saw it then the original!
Okaaaay. So, that was a pretty unexpected fringe benefit of doing B & B… But then I get a call last week from the casting folks at CBS, asking on behalf of Brad Bell, if I would be willing to come down to the 12th Annual Fan Luncheon at the Sheraton in Universal Studios to appear onstage for an introduction to Leslie Anne-Down, who intrerrupts my scene on the show…
“Really? Brad Bell is asking?”
“Yes, Brad loves that line!”
Brad Bell
Well, when a casting director AND the executive producer ask, I jump in! So, I popped down there Saturday and did the intro — in costume. Received a lot of complimets from many of the crew and some of the fans who recognized me (I have a goatee since, a side effect of no on-camera work!). I also got to see John McCook again. That man is the nicest guy. Truly has a big heart.
A funny side note: as I was waiting in the press room with the cast, someone who is not familiar with the day-to-day storyline (and who is a senior member of our society) turned to me and asked, “What church are you with?”
“Why, I am with the Church Of The Bold And The Beautiful” I replied.
She politely smiled, patted my arm and said, ‘Of course…” then got as far away from me as possible.
The best part of the experience was meeting Brad Bell. A very genuine and unpretentious man who did, in fact, admit to loving the “horse” line and complimented me on my performance. I told him that these kinds of lines have been given to me before by him. In fact, my first time on the show back in 1997, I was playing a county court clerk who was asked to find a particular wedding license. I discovered that a show regular had two licenses – a polygamist! I told Winsor Harmon, “If we find him, he’s in a lot of trouble.”
Well, Brad decided to tweak the line and sent instructions to the stage (when you work the show, you don’t ever see him as he’s in a control booth in the ether, pulling the strings of the pretty people… and the “real” looking guest stars like me!). So, on the next take, unbeknownst to Winsor, I delivered the polished-up line, “If we catch him, he’s in deep doo-doo.” Winsor could barely keep it together. Cut. Print.
Of course, a day after the 12th B & B Fan Luncheon, the show won it’s first Daytime Emmy in 22 years for outstanding drama series… And to think it all started with “doo-doo.”
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So funny! And, you made The Soup…. can it get any better?
*snort* you said doo-doo.
I get the post VS blog idea too. If you say it 10 times fast and change the tone of your voice for every two blogs, you end up quite possiblly sounding like the cookie monster on crack. That, or a really intoxiated chicken.
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That is a fun exercise!