Showing posts with label Cornfeld. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornfeld. Show all posts

Monday, August 29, 2011

Yes, They Have No Bananas

If You Will Now Please Join Me For A Minute Of Not Mumbling
I've been postponing expressing my delight at once again figuring so large in major doings. And one of the good parts about expressing my delight here is that, in so doing, I will also be describing stuff that once again makes me appear, to the discerning eye, as somewhat impressive! Can there be any reason not to begin?

A number of people were involved in the making of the amazing, warm comedy, "30 Minutes Or Less," including film superstar, Jessie Eisenberg. I shall be focusing on this film's producer, Stuart Cornfeld, and the several significant things contained in this film that are inside-references for my benefit.

In blog articles I wrote as early as August 2008, I have made reference to Stuart Cornfeld, a person I kind of knew at a certain point in the '70s, and who is now Ben Stiller's producing partner, running "Red Hour Films" with Mr. Stiller. I mentioned back in 2008 how, when Stuart includes in his movies secret inside-references to the gorilla mask(s) in the 1973-74 CalArts student film, "Limbo", it is an inside-reference for my benefit. I've gone into in 2008 blog articles how, when Stuart includes in movies a character standing over another character knocked to the ground, it is an inside-reference to the time in 1975 I was electrocuted when "best boy" on an AFI film set at Santa Monica Beach, Stuart being the person who came over to me to see if I was still ticking. I also mention in 2008 how, when Stuart's "Tropic Thunder" showed the characters considering using an idea one learned from watching a TV show, this joke also started with me, or at the least was apropos of my using it.

As you might have by now guessed, I enumerate here these three Cornfeld-film elements because each can be found, as I essentially predicted in 2008, in the current Cornfeld film, "30 Minutes Or Less". A movie which had not even cast its stars until 2010. The blog statements of mine to which I refer were not only published as part of these blogs, but also as part of Volume 1 of my compiled blogs that I published in November 2009 at Archive.Org (which is the more binding copyright, as articles posted at this blogsite do not contain a binding timestamp other than being witnessed by those who read the articles).

In "30 Minutes," the instance of a character knocked to the ground, the flame-throwing sidekick of the villain (in the scene where an individual coming to his side as he lies on the ground is humorously presented as an important symbol of that person's humanity), regards someone who is considerably less than truly sympathetic. I therefore would want to emphasize here that this is no reflection on me, I don't use flame-throwers, plus, I'm a nice guy. Furthermore, if in writing a screenplay one happens to include a description of an automobile, which perfectly matches a car belonging to a neighbor, however, in your screenplay the car is owned by someone about to blow up the world, this should not be seen by rational people as an accusation against the real-life car owner in any way (the screenwriter might even be pleased with the neighbor who owns the car in real life, wanting to recommend that he be elected neighbor-of-the-month, and NOT wanting to accuse him of trying to blow up the world, seriously NOT wanting to make that accusation).

I also went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," as it is in the realm of things commonly experienced by me, that if one movie currently showing has gorilla masks as an inside-reference for my benefit, another currently showing movie, if about gorillas, might also contain some interconnecting material deliberately placed. I do recognize that these are not the kinds of things that commonly occur in most people's realm of experience. In "Planet of the Apes" (which features John Lithgow, whose sister was my best friend's girlfriend in high school) we do not find someone who operates a flame-thrower knocked to the ground with someone immediately coming up to them to see what happened. No, here it's the person who operates a water hose, shooting not flames from a flamethrower but powerful bursts of water, aimed at the chimps. As in the moment from which the inside-reference to me originated, he is electrocuted and knocked to the ground. People gather over him.

Once again, I love chimps and don't use hoses to knock them down, and any other resemblance to persons etc. unless stupid people are looking for an excuse to bother me in which case - here's one! Put it all together, and you raise doubts about people gathering over me when I electrocute myself. Could this be part of their making a full-length movie about the character Tom Cruise played in "Tropic Thunder," which Stuart produced, yet a character which some say was based on Stuart just the same? I don't know - I cannot even say if Stuart drives the same car as that character.

Express Lane Now Open
I've often discussed how major Arabic terrorist acts have been preceded by "things left on my doorstep", if the significance of these clues is read correctly (readable after the occurrence). And I've also often discussed how I consider this related to my secret super-importance in relation to the most prominent living Jewish man, Spielberg (whether he chooses to exist in their world or not, can we know whether they count him as occupying a chess square?). I've often discussed how I see one primary obstacle to real investigations of these things left on my doorstep: the question, "Why YOUR doorstep?" As the answer requires much fact-checking (by way of my blog articles) in order to verify my assertion of secret super-importance in relation to Spielberg, McCartney, etc., and as this assertion of mine may appear to work against certain important people's "images" (to which financial empires are tied), this fairly obvious, cut-and-dried evidence from Stuart - most of his company's films are distributed by Spielberg's Dreamworks - may someday go a long way (I hope) towards someone being prompted to perform the investigations I seek. And if any of you major Arab terrorists are reading this, please note: You have too many items for the express lane! Go wait on the long line to be within earshot of Spielberg like everybody else! Nevermind.... will that be paper or plastic?

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Folded Hands

Leonardoville
I am pleased to announce the posting of something I wrote back in 1982, a section from an idea for a comedy about how Leonardo da Vinci came to meet and paint Mona Lisa. It is called, "Leonardoville," and is now available to read at Archive.Org. It is decidedly not for those who are pleased to see Mona Lisa only in the precise pose presented by da Vinci. Can one respect that work and its creator yet transplant them into something like, "Leonardoville"? Only if one feels certain that da Vinci and his Mona Lisa will endure in spite of my comedy. Yes, they will, I have not yet grown that influential!

To Your Health
After I read an article Friday, January 15th that made it clear exactly how precarious the current prospect of healthcare reform legislation has become, I devised an idea that may or may not help. I emailed this idea to an old friend of the Kennedy clan, someone who was in my class years and years ago at CalArts. This person always opens and reads the emails I send him (according to Didtheyreadit.com technology). I also sent the email to people who have great influence with Saturday Night Live, and who have, for years and years, been responsible for getting particles of ideas I send in for SNL onto that week's show:

"Due to the fact that the passage of healthcare reform OR NOT has suddenly become contingent on the outcome of the January 19th Senate race in Massachusetts for the seat left vacant by the death of Senator Kennedy, here is my extreme idea:

"A whole bunch of Kennedys appear in-person on a Saturday Night Live sketch tomorrow night. They have been called to action by the ghost of Ted Kennedy to do something at the 11th hour before it is too late. His idea is for them to all go on SNL and sing, "Can't Buy Me Love," his ghost promising that this will sway the Massachusetts voters and Coakley will win. So they make their plea to Lorne Michaels, who gives in ("Now you're absolutely sure it was the ghost of Ted, right?"). The Kennedys then sign "Can't Buy Me Love", completely out of tune. The room is dead silent. The ghost of Ted Kennedy is the only one who applauds, which he does with great enthusiasm. The Kennedy's turn to look at him, their expressions saying, 'bad idea.'"

Half The Wisdom Of Solomon Is Better Than Nothing
In my blog immediately preceding this one, I described how a certain individual appearing on a certain TV show secretly confirmed that a certain message I had left for a certain individual (Stuart Cornfeld, who runs RedHour with Ben Stiller) had been received. I also described how that individual appearing on that TV show would have been in that loop. A subsequent TV show appearance by that same individual just happened to include a piece of information that clearly suggested I should modify the loop description. Specifically, Maggie said her fiance is co-starring with Cruise, who is also slated to be in the movie about the grown up Hardy Boys, which RedHour (Cornfeld/Stiller) is producing, and which Stiller is co-starring in. Not to mention the Cruise/Spielberg connection, which is also of relevance to the matter at issue.

None of this has to do with Stiller's involvement with a Haitian charity, which preceded the current Haitian crisis, and which is now being redirected to assist with aid to those in Haiti now in need. Nothing contained in my message for Cornfeld can be seen as contributing anything in this direction. It does not take the wisdom of Solomon to appreciate that, though I am bothered that Cornfeld has failed to more directly respond to me, my issue does not rise to any level of real importance when seen alongside efforts to truly help. That is Stiller's baby, and more power to him.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Balls Rolling, Wheels On Fire

I had hoped that my blog entry to follow my previous blog entry might somehow keep the ball rolling, significance-wise, as that blog contained the ball-rolling announcement that I had completed my video, "Steven Spielberg And The 'Mall Man' Factor". Unfortunately, it does not. And yet for some the things I will be reporting this time around are no less significant:

YESTERDAY
We all know of the interesting situation at NBC involving Jay and Conan, and their dream of recapturing the days of "Must See TV", which was mainly their "Friends" and "Seinfeld" sitcom lineup on Thursdays when you get right down to it. And a few of us know that the NBC show that took over the timeslot of
"Friends", "My Name Is Earl," which starred Jason Lee, grew out of an idea, "The Fun Guy", which I sent to Sean Daniel, the producer of the movie that featured Jason Lee's first big role, "Mallrats". Sean Daniel was the first person from whom I had learned of the college I attended, CalArts. He produced "Mallrats" two years after my "Mall Man" video, it being that Sean Daniel movies tend to contain things regarding my work, in this case the title.

So I naturally felt totally responsible personally for the problem Conan is now experiencing, as all things in the NBC universe are interconnected (though of course the NBC universe has been disconnected from the actual universe, in order to insulate their important energy). I therefore phoned Sean Daniel, not in connection with my just-released Spielberg video (which includes a reference to Daniel of no small significance), but with an idea for a new NBC show. Sean could not come to the phone because he was busy driving past someone in an automobile or truck (I may be wildly conjecturing here), but someone representing himself as his Director of Development who decided to pick up the phone himself did speak to me.

I explained how it was I who had given to Sean that which led to "My Name Is Earl," through Sean's involvement. I mentioned the significance of this fact in light of the current NBC situation, and then described how to find my idea for a new NBC show: it is called "Time Colonies" and posted at Archive.Org, just search for it there.

The next day (aka Saturday, aka yesterday) someone who looked enough like Sean Daniel to actually be Sean Daniel drove by me as I drove down some random-enough Los Angeles boulevard.

What happened next is something nobody in the world could have seen coming! I turned my car around! My strange, bizarre thinking was that, if Sean had arranged to drive by me, he might have someone watching my reaction to this (as the producer of the "Mummy" movies, I figure Sean must make about $11.30 an hour, and so if he went without dessert for a few months he could probably save up enough money to pay someone to occupy the position of a "report-his-reaction-to-me" person, an important position in Hollywood to which many aspire).

Though I had turned my car around, I knew that it would be impossible for me to actually catch up with him to ask about his wife and kids and Spielberg and Earl and the weather. An instant later I came upon a strip mall, and this strip mall had a store called, "Timeland". Who could have seen this coming when Sean Daniel drove by me? It would have been better if Sean had arranged to drive past me nearby to a store called "My Name Is" or "Time Colonies", but under the circumstances.... of course, who could have guessed that I would have turned my car around? Nobody! Why would I?

At the strip mall, someone who looked enough like Rosanna Arquette to actually be Rosanna Arquette walked by. I now refer you to my November 22, 2008 blog entry with relation to its Rosanna Arquette reference.

I then left the strip mall and continued on, and eventually Courteney Cox Arquette almost definitely drove by me. Possibly also David Arquette. Possibly also CCA's BFF, Jennifer Aniston. Definitely Lisa Kudrow drove by at some point.

Also the guy who plays Ryan on "The Office". Also, a car from out of state with the word "Ryan" in the license plate drove in front of me for blocks and blocks. Out of state plates are often called upon by people who do these types of things, to expand the options when available California plates don't serve the purpose.

The Ryan stuff was likely in relation to Stuart Cornfeld (like Sean, Stuart is often referred to in my blogs), as I had just left a message for Stuart regarding Steven Spielberg. In my previous blog I state that "The Colbert Report" referenced my Spielberg video when it was a mere work-in-progress (they join in on Steinhoff things over there at Colbert from time to time, see previous blogs). This time it was "The Daily Show" (companion to "The Colbert Report") that came into it: the night following the message to Stuart, Jon Stewart (who I hope never has children or grandchildren given the first name of Stuart, out of concern that future generations will already have their hands full) interviewed Maggie Gyllenhaal, during which I recognized inside-reference to something specifically contained in my message. I occasionally encounter such cross-pollination between Cornfeld/"The Office"/"The Daily Show"-"The Colbert Report". One would tend to ascribe this to the fact that two "Office" cast members are "Daily Show" alum; Cornfeld starred "Office" star Jenna Fischer in "Blades of Glory"; other stuff.



DECEMBER 31
On December 31st I believe I drove by Jennifer Aniston, and then David Arquette, and then Jennifer Aniston, and Tim Robbins. Robbins was in
"War of the Worlds," a movie I refer to in my Spielberg video. I certainly do not mention him here in relation to his role in "The Player", at least not at this time, and hopefully never in relation to my situation, Stuart and Sean love me, haven't spoken to either in years and years and years, but, well anyway, one sees how I might feel called upon to address "The Player" here.... Robbins was in "IQ" as well, which also contained something put there because of its relation to me. However, now I am clearly and stupidly deviating from any train of thought, or any that I am anywhere near to at the moment).


THE PRESIDENT, TERRORISM AND BABY OIL?
(or The Intersection Of Robert Johnson And Johnson & Johnson)


THE PRESIDENT
As is not unusual for me, Obama has lately been including things in speeches within 24 hours from when I put them forward. Huffington Post is back to not printing my comments from time to time but then something in the same comment shows up coming from someone on TV such as Bill Maher or the president within 24 hours, which says to me that they are guarding against the liability that would have resulted from my being able to point at it. Yes, I am aware that sometimes people do naturally have the same idea at the same time, especially if it's a likely and relevant surmisal. No, my experience and intelligence tells me this ain't that.

BABY OIL
On January 4th, I found on my desk an article of mail from
Johnson & Johnson that was postmarked December 30th. Mail from Johnson & Johnson in my area is akin to the idea of a big bright red envelope amidst nothing but grey envelopes - it sticks out, a lot. The article of mail was meant for someone named "Jill Uhle" (pronounced "Yule", as in Christmas, as in Underpants Bomber), however, they had put "Jill Bacon" as her last name. The media-grabbing death of the Johnson & Johnson heiress occurred between December 30th and January 4th, i.e., between when the article of mail was posted and when it was received.

TERRORISM?
In my blog of 9.13.09, I refer to this how-could-they-have-known postmarking as something that happened in relation to a 911 clue I received. In my experience, which is not anything you're likely to find in the experience of most other people, this is potential reason for concern.

Perhaps: Obama, following what I described in my 9.13.09 blog,
wanted to see my reaction to receiving an apparently similar clue - he could have used his authority to gain the December 30th postmark illegitimately after-the-fact. "Let's test him" might just be the kind of phrase they say from time to time out there where the president sits. Or: perhaps some sickos in organized crime wanted to kill a super rich woman (and by so doing intimidate other rich people) while threading my desk into it, through also copying an MO (modus operandi) I had described. Or: perhaps terrorists are doing something, suggested by the Yule/911 MO references? Can one totally ignore that possibility, after all that one has experienced from one being secretly super-important?

If so, what would Bacon, the last name they chose to use, mean here? Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? There is only one thing in the lexicon of all things Steinhoff (a lexicon that has frequently come into these matters, leading to the assumption of a database somewhere) that Bacon brings to mind: the famous artist, Francis Bacon, was very much in connection with Hugh Davies, the brother of a good friend of mine was I was growing up in Princeton, New Jersey, Phil. Hugh was practically his agent, did a book about him, did art shows starring him. As things first began happening between The Beatles and myself around when I first met Hugh's brother, Phil, in 1966 when I was ten, and as Phil's family is English, I have subsequently conjectured that there is a possibility of a connection to be made, that I have been led to think this in view of Phil's English background. There also exists a connection, from an earlier day, between Paul McCartney and Francis Bacon.

A few years ago, I sent something to Hugh to pass along to his brother Phil, which included a reference to the Beatles song, "Paperback Writer". Two days later McCartney discussed "Paperback Writer" with an interviewer. This is not the song that normally comes up every time McCartney does an interview.

Also
Princeton-related is the fact that Johnson & Johnson's headquarters was in Princeton, as was conspicuous to those of us who lived there - one would periodically drive by their enormous, fenced off grounds, upon which one saw the giant "Johnson & Johnson" sign on the lawn, on Rosedale (which always brings to mind the Cream song, only not in this instance).

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Have Jeans, Will Travel

Here's something that may or may not seem worth staring at endlessly trying to see precisely what it adds up to:

The oft-mentioned-in-my-blogs Stuart Cornfeld (who I once knew before he was a film producer, and whose house I once went to in 1975 on the exact same day I saw 10-year-old Ben Stiller with his mom, Anne Meara, at the Century City Shopping Plaza, Stuart and Ben now together running a production company called Red Hour) is producing a movie, "Vamps", written and directed by the several-times-mentioned-in-my-blogs (Oct. 11, 2009 and April 13, 2009) Amy Heckerling.

The star of "Vamps" will be Krysten Ritter, which is among the few things presently known about this movie. So I looked to see if Krysten Ritter had ever been in anything upon which I had been a big influence, it being that I get "included" in an incredible amount of entertainment industry product: apparently not (emphasis on "apparently").

I did happen to notice how one of my important videos, "Gosk" (1994; 1998 - go to Archive.Org) has a title sorta similar to a 2009 short Ritter starred in, "Glock". The similarities to things Steinhoff does not end there. "Glock" was apparently named after a gun, and it turns out that all of the movie's characters are named after guns. When I made "Gosk", it was the one time I followed a similar approach, naming most of the Klugian characters after brand names of jeans (Tuxert/tuxedo being among the exceptions, Vinkalert and Gosk being others).

"Gosk, The Screenplay" (1993; posted at Archive.Org in 2007):
Wrangert = Wrangler; Levert = Levis; Jordert = Jordache; Dockert = Dockers; Buegert = Bugle Boy Jeans; Tuxert = tuxedo

"Gosk" Videos (1994, 1998; posted at Archive.Org as Part 1 and Part 2 in 2005):
Dockert = Dockers; Buegert = Bugle Boy Jeans; Tuxert = tuxedo in the video

Yet far more significant is the synopsis of "Glock".

He's got a license to kill but the mission never comes.Hailed as the next big star, Agent Glock is inducted into the mysterious government operation known as "The Cache," a group of black-ops trained killers and spies. After proving his worth by surviving the infamous "torture trial," Glock is given a cell phone through which he will receive communication detailing his first big mission. However the weeks pass, and the locked and loaded Glock begins to suspect the phone may never ring.

This is basically identical to a key element in a short story I copyrighted in 1987 (as part of my "'Inventing Air,' the Collected Works of Jonathan David Steinhoff"), "Gregory, The Unlucky Communist," which is part of my semi-novel, "The Coin That Came In Second", posted at Archive.Org in 2007 (pages 137-140; or Pdf pages 140-143). Gregory, The Unlucky Communist, who is very enthusiastic of being chosen at coming to here by Russia so he can being good secret Communist to overthrowing America, is told to wait for further instructions so he is happy. But then instructions never come, what is this.

So the similarity is obvious. You see, I am good, even Krysten Ritter want to be in movie with premise I give (even those who insist this is coincidence have to agree my idea good enough for them who make movie). So give me money, I do more stuff for you, please do this.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Imminent Thread

No small number of things to put together this time around:

Raindrops Threaded Together
First and most important, I've brought my work-in-progress song to a stage where it is now an actual song (sez me). "Raindrops Threaded Together (June 5, 2009 version)" was completed June 5th (Pacific Time - archive.org, the site at which I posted it, counts it by EST time, and so the June 6th "timestamp"). Interestingly, I discovered after the posting that June 5th is the anniversary of George Harrison's "Somewhere In England", an album on which I had a degree of (as usual, unacknowledged) influence, including influence on the song, "All Those Years Ago". You would actually have to hear both songs to know why I count it as interesting.

Delano And Friends
Some of us will always remember the unforgettable (and I know I'm not out on a limb by considering something unforgettable worth always remembering.... but I digress) live album from way back, "On Tour - Delano And Bonnie And Friends With Eric Clapton", which, according to music history, brought together most of the people who played on George Harrison's historic, "All Things Must Pass".

So I'm driving around in the farm country of Delano, California yesterday (Saturday, June 6th), when I see a sheriff's car (or some other kind of police car) being driven by Eric Clapton, or someone who had a 65% chance of being Eric Clapton (under certain driving conditions one must assign a percentage of likelihood to such occurrences, instead of being absolute about what one sees). Later I looked up where in the world Clapton was supposed to be, and "coincidentally" June 5th was his last concert until June 20th, i.e., a break in his schedule had just begun. I should add that I have had a certain degree of influence on certain Clapton product at various times over the years.

To see Clapton driving a sheriff's car, this of course brings to mind the song Clapton had a huge hit with, "I Shot The Sheriff". It being that a somewhat major current news story is whether or not David Carradine killed himself, one might conjecture how Mr. I Shot The Sheriff driving a sheriff's car might feed that discussion. One might also wonder how that night's TV premium channel Saturday Night premiere of producer Stuart Cornfeld's "Tropic Thunder" might fit in with that - but more on that particular TV premiere later in this blog.

Delano And Earlimart
So I'm driving around in the farm country of Delano (as previously mentioned), and suddenly I see someone who looks like Jason "Earl" Lee (72% likelihood), star of the sitcom I created, "My Name Is Earl" (recently cancelled by NBC, though it is conjectured that another company will save it) driving a truck. Sure enough, I soon see a sign directing me to the town of Earlimart. And while I know there was no "power of suggestion" involved, as I saw "Earl" prior to the sign, I appreciate that you do not have the vantage point of knowing this. In fact, as far as you're concerned, I could have spent the day in London and made up the whole thing. However, there are also those who have gone over those things which I can prove, and so might therefore be less inclined to question every word I say (please permit me to just take one brief moment to say to those people who have put together the truth: am I not totally amazing?).

Delano And Friends Again
So I'm driving around in the farm country of Delano (as you may recall), when for a moment I see driving by someone who looks a titch like Stuart Cornfeld (14% likelihood), which reminds me of something I consider important, the fact that a movie he produced, "Tropic Thunder", has its Saturday night TV premium channel premiere later that day. Also related to this, a little bit later in Delano I see two motorcyclists riding alongside each other. This has the effect of bringing back to me the time, approximately one week after I moved to Southern California in the early 90s, when I was driving in Van Nuys when suddenly I found myself driving alongside Steven Spielberg, with two motorcycle police riding alongside each other in front of us. "Tropic Thunder" is in fact connected to Spielberg, in that, though produced by Stuart Cornfeld and made by Red Hour, the film company Stuart runs with Ben Stiller, it is also a presentation of Spielberg's film company, "Dreamworks". However, at this point I do not yet know whether I should presume that there have been any clear manifestations that my presence in Delano has been identified by Hollywood. In fact, Eric Clapton (or his double) had not yet driven by in the police car.

This is when Jennifer Aniston drives by (90% likelihood), which brings to mind various things, including the fact that she, and people with whom she has been associated, have worked a number of times with Ben Stiller and people he has been associated with. This caused me to say out loud to myself, "That is Jennifer Aniston". When I am speaking out loud to myself, depending on my mood, I apply different standards with regard to what is valid to say out loud. Though my standards were quite high at that moment, I said something out loud to myself for which admittedly I felt there only to be a 90% likelihood (perhaps 96%). A few cars later, a bald woman drove by, which immediately made it a certainty that I was meant to perceive the 90% likelihood of Jennifer Aniston as a 100% likelihood. Because a bald woman makes one such as myself immediately think of a "Friends" episode and few other things, specifically, the one wherein the Jennifer Aniston character convinces the date of the David Schwimmer character to render herself bald (naturally it also brings to mind women going through chemo, but this does not knock the "Friends" episode out of the small set of immediate associations produced). This caused me to wonder why that episode was being brought to mind, as it is normally the pattern in these matters (I speak from great experience) for there to be a specific reason. It was then (and once again, not as the result of the power of suggestion) that I remembered that it was Ben "Tropic Thunder" Stiller's wife, Christine Taylor, who played that bald woman.

Delano's Speed And Tinted Car Window Limit
I might or might not be remiss were I to neglect mentioning the possible citing of Aniston ex, Vince Vaughn (18% likelihood), as wel as the possible citing of Aniston's TV ex, David Schwimmer (30%). I should mention here that years ago I thought I saw Eric Clapton driving a distinctive, expensive black sports car, and that on a separate occasion years ago I thought I saw David Schwimmer also driving such a car. Furthermore, it was not unlike a vehicle I once thought I saw Paul Newman driving. And yet another time, it even seemed possible that I saw this car being driven in California by someone who I worked with in New York City, someone who Regis Philbin had once introduced himself to, which led to other things.

A Break From Delano
I cannot say that these occurrences worked up an appetite, nevertheless at some point I went to a restaurant. I had to wait a while for a table, and found, among the collection of people waiting for tables, a group of mentally challenged people. I had to see this in relation to the aforementioned "Tropic Thunder" TV premiere coming up later that day.

I also bring this restaurant into things because of something that happened to me there which, though perhaps common practice, is not something I have encountered before: my waiter told me he was going on a ten-minute break, and so someone else would temporarily be my waiter. Those familiar with the TV show "Friends" will know why this word, "break", on this day, if from out of left-field when used, might lead one's mind to a particular place. Nevertheless, I do not believe my waiter was cheating on Jennifer Aniston during that ten minutes, nor do I believe he would have been even if he.... but perhaps I digress.


War and Pieces
I made a videoclip that I posted with my August 13, 2008 blog showing how a producer I met in 1975 when he was attending AFI, Stuart Cornfeld, like many in Hollywood, makes significant references in his work to me/my material. Unfortunately, when my external hard drive turned into a piece of garbage I lost my copy of that videclip, and so I cannot edit onto that videoclip, i.e., create a single, larger picture. What I can also do is provide a link to the blog where that videoclip is posted (as I have done previously, including earlier in today's blog), and ask you to put new clips together with that videoclip - in your mind (I believe this will someday replace all forms of editing):





That one goes precisely at the end of the other videoclip, as I instruct. This next one also belongs in a precise spot in the other videoclip, immediately after the Droog section:




There may have been other things in "Tropic Thunder" that I am not focusing on. For example, Cornfeld generally relates to the CalArts 1973-74 film class movie I was involved in, "Limbo", including a moment when a character has a gorilla mask that he cannot remove. This has something in common with Thunder's Simple Jack. The panda head on Stiller's head similarly connects to this. And so I write of these without incorporating them into videoclips, as a way to sort-of include that which I would not totally include (this is my subtle hint that instead of including me by people driving by so that I can thread them together into a larger thing, perhaps we can give me a big box with 25 million dollars and credit me while featuring my creative work and stuff like that, not that officially being an administrative specialist is too degrading a thing to make out of someone as vital and great and important as me).