Well, dear readers, we had a splendidly splendid screening of The First Nudie Musical last night at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California, USA. While it wasn’t a full house, it was quite a nice audience, with several friends in attendance as well as my darling daughter, and a few cast members to boot. I got there about a half-hour before show time, and there were already some people there who asked me to sign their Nudie DVDs. Our very own Tammy Minoff was there, along with our very own Nick Redman, Mark Haggard (the co-director of the film), the associate producer/production manager, Ed Morgan (he also plays “Navy” Morgan in the “premiere” sequence at the end of the film, the choreographer Lloyd Gordon, and for the first time since the making of the film, all four dancing dildos were together again – Jeff Harlin, Steve Yudson, Lloyd Gordon and Artie Schaeffer (he also does the nude buck and wing and Orgasm). A lot of my Los Angeles City College chums showed up (many of whom were extras) and even our very own Mr. Mark Bakalor was there. The film, even twenty-eight years and countless ripoffs later, got quite a few hearty laughs. Afterwards, Mark Haggard and I did a Q&A session which was also a good deal of fun. The late Bob Coleman’s widow (he was also an extra) brought the big picture of Harry Schechter, Sr. which is above Stephen Nathan’s desk in all the office scenes – she still has it (the person in the picture was/is Claude Spence, Bob’s former boss and a friend of Mark’s). Later, quite a few of us went over to Miceli’s and had a nice supper. What was fascinating to me was that it was almost twenty-eight years to the day that we’d shot The Lights and the Smiles right in front of the Egyptian Theater. In any case, we all had a lively and sparkling time and I only wish that a few of you Hainsies/Kimlets could have been there.
As I posted yesterday, the Kritzerland books arrived yesterday, and I managed to get them all signed and into their respective packages and over to the post office and they are now winging their way to their respective buyers via priority mail. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
It is quite early as I write this because for whatever reasons I awoke at four-forty-five and could not fall back asleep. I lay in my bed like so much fish, trying to sleep, but I could not and that is why these here notes are going up so early.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below so I can post these here notes and then try to get a couple more hours of shut-eye.
The other interesting thing about seeing Nudie last night, was that every time I got to a sequence that I’d written a new song for, I couldn’t help but think how excited I am about the stage version of Nudie. I told the audience about one new production number and even in the telling it got a huge laugh.
Today I am getting a haircut because my hair is quite unkempt at the moment and we must always have kempt hair. Then I must continue to wrap up certain things prior to my leaving for New York, New York. I’m very excited about this new CD and I think it will be a lot of fun to be back in the studio doing what I love to do. We’ll even use all the tracks when we mix the album.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must hopefully get a couple more hours of shut-eye, I must go hither and thither, I must ship a few more books to the people who helped on the book, I must attend to details, I must write and then my darling daughter will be joining me for dinner later. Today’s topic of discussion: What was the last book you read and what are you currently reading (we know what book many of you will be reading shortly)? The last book I read was my pal Beverly Gray’s biography of Ron Howard, which I enjoyed very much. Your turn.