No I’m not playing right field (position I played on Lehman HS baseball team) at Yankee stadium but I can say that I’m part of the festivities because I’ve made my national commercial debut on Fox on the 2008 MLB Commercial! 

So lets talk about the my national debut, well I played a few roles in the commercial, although as a background actor but then again that’s what we all were in the commercial as there weren’t any speaking parts.

So what can I say, well I’m excited that I had the opportunity to be in this commercial and if you look at it, you really can’t see me too well but I’m sitting on the stoop 3 secs into the commercial.  I’m sitting with a lady on the stoop directly behind the guy dressed as a bike messenger in this opening scene. 

If you continue to watch, you’ll see me (my profile, damn I need to stop eating junk food) 15secs into the commercial again.  I have a white tank top on and you really can’t see it but I supposed to be holding a bike while I’m looking up.

The last scene I was in, you can’t see me at all, I’m standing behind Dereck and A-Rod while they are signing autographs and my role was to be a fan asking for an autograph.  Well looks like that shot got cut and it’s good for me because I’m a Mets fan

By the way, as I was typing this blog entry, I saw the commercial air on Fox ch 5 in NY.  How cool is that!

So I’m making my big screen debut in Los Angeles!!!  Hopefully it’s not the first nor last time LA sees my face in their theaters.

A few years ago I played the part of an inspirational “commercial guy” (you can see the clip in my reel or still in my gallery) in a movie called Fillbilly that was directed by the very talented director called MIG.  He sent me an email and informed me that the movie is about to make its LA debut at the film festival.  So if you are in Los Angeles next week on July 18th you can stop by the theater and check it out.  

If you see me at the theater, don’t forget to say hello and if you ask me for an autograph, you’ll really make my day…lol

I’ve heard from several key sources (Mom & Dad :) ) that this commercial has been airing on YES, FOOD Network, HGTV & USA Network in the metro area.  So if you haven’t seen it, you should see it soon!

That’s my line from the commercial.  If you live in the NY metro area, you’ll see this funny commercial as it’s already aired.

I had a great time filming this, I noticed that they edited out my scene where I’m actually saying that line to the camera and they cut out a few more scenes towards the end but overall they left in the sound so it comes across as a voice over on the commercial. Btw I’m the guy wearing the brown baseball type shirt. Oddly enough, I didn’t realize I wore this same shirt on the King of the Bounce web series I did that month.

So here goes:

I wasn’t a huge fan of George Carlin but I did like some of his humor.  I figured I’d put up a clip of one of his funny jokes.  At least I found it pretty funny. 

R.I.P. George…

So when it rains it poors, last month I filmed three commercials and had a great time doing them as they were all kind of comedic.

1. This commercial (or web series) is a spot I was in for Adiddas new sneaker line called bounce.  The concept of this commercial is a bunch of guys competing in a ring to see who is the “King of the Bounce“.  You can see me a few times in this clip below about 45 seconds in is a pretty good profile of me on the left hand side of the screen wearing a brown shirt.  The funny thing about this is that all the competitors, although they are actors, were actually competing for real prize money. - Click this link to the video 
2. The second commercial was produced by Fox sports and it will air during the All Star Game weekend.  For those who don’t know the All Star Game will be played this year at Yankee Stadium.  I had the opportunity to play a harassing fan trying to get Jeter and A-Rod’s autograph (I’ll post photos I took soon).  I also had an opportunity to play a bike messenger standing outside of a building in midtown Manhattan looking up at the New York Magazine building.  I’m sure you’ll see me here as they shot a close up of me and another actress but I won’t know for sure till the segment airs nationally on Fox 
3. The last commercial I shot in April was for a local liquor store in the Bronx called North End Liquor.  We filmed this with 5 other actors.  The premise behind this was that we were expecting to receive a box of liquor but ended up getting a box full of arts & craft.  So my lines were “why didn’t you just let North End delivery it themselves”.  I haven’t seen the full commercial but it should be floating around cablevision in the Bronx pretty soon. 

Now lets see what the Month of May has installed.  I supposed to be helping out a friend on a moving he’s doing for one of the many film festivals he’s targeting.  I will be playing a HS teacher, more on that after it’s produced…

Although I’m not a huge fan of the show Lipstick Jungle I was happy to be part of the cast and in the Jazz club scene a few months ago.  I always find it funny how people go crazy over seeing celebrities in public but when you are on the set working sided by side with a fellow actor you clearly see that they are really no different than the average person. 

They are doing a job just like you and enjoy it the same as you.  You don’t see people running up to them to get their authographs and what not, they are truly just regular people.

With that said, the cast did a great scene and one side note about Brooke shields, she is in incredible shape, having grown up watching her in movies like Blue Lagoon, it was great to chat with her for just a minute and see her in person…

You can see my TV debut as a jazz club patron on the show on episode five (105) about 50 seconds into the scene at the jazz club I can be seen behind Victory Ford in that opening scene.  I’m hard to miss with my blue/white club shirt.

Love my Freckly - any of the small brownish spots in the skin due to augmented melanin production that increase in number and intensity on exposure to sunlight

Is not doing things right which ended my inspiration…

“to err is human, to forgive divine“

Not usually into politics but I have to say this next election is going to be very interesting.  Is the US ready for it’s first African American or Female president?  Only time will tell.

I’d personally like to see a democratic president irrespective of a woman or AA because it just feels like we need a change.  We’ve been bushed for the past 2 terms and I think the US is ready for some new leadership from a different party.  I know I am!

Quick update - Obama (d) and Huckabee (r) win in Iowa Caucus.