Anyone can make a movie. “Live Free or Die” co-director (the other guy did the real work) Gregg Kavet gets put to the real test in this WAE “Worst Interview Ever.”
Archive for March, 2007
Standing room only, baby! That’s why Chris and I were sitting on the floor. And what Wayland High name did the writers give the psycho criminal element? Well, if you’d been there…
And nightlife! There was nightlife, and yelling in the increasingly LOUD bar, subversive media on the street (ok, it was the sidewalk) by our own Stevie Saf (ok, it wasn’t actually all that subversive, but it was fun) and ill-advised ice cream!
And you missed it. So we’d like an explanation, Mister or Missy. (Not actually Missy, you know what I mean.)
What exactly were you thinking?! This is your opportunity to subtly manipulate the t-shirt judges with your tale of kidnapping or alien abduction. Bone breakage. Food poisoning. (Geez, wasn’t that funny when the guy… oh, nevermind. You wouldn’t get it.)
31
Mar
07
LFOD: The T-Shirt Contest
The movie was, simply put, the reason they invented celluloid. Much more to come, including the Worst Interview Ever with director and craft services manager Gregg Kavet.
BUT FIRST: We scored Live Free or Die T-shirts. They are limited edition, genuine, first-run, silkscreened, made-by-child-laborers-for-3-cents-an-hour Live Free or Die T-shirts. And we got one for a WAE contest.
THE CONTEST: Simply write below why you deserve the LFOD T-shirt most. We strongly suggest abusing any other possible entrants. If you deserve it more than they do, the judges need to know this. Sucking up to the judges is also encouraged. You may enter as many times as you wish. Cheating is permissible and, in fact, good for extra credit.
JUDGES: Tasker, Bancroft, Marobella, Shine, Safran
DEADLINE: You know, when we figure pretty much everyone has entered.
T-shirt as modeled by Tasker.
29
Mar
07
Live Free or Die: I got mine…
Well, that’s what e-tickets look like. In any case, I gots mine – you gots yours? Meet me, Teesh and the Bancrobellas at the Big Hollywood-Type Premiere in H-Squared tonight. 7 pm showtime. If it’s a crazy night, we just may stay out past 10! Click here to buy tickets. Remember, if Kavet’s a monster director success we can sponge off his excesses, just like in “Entourage.” (I dibs “Turtle!”)
- Discussion Topic: “WAE: THE MOTION PICTURE.” Who would you cast?
I was sure there was some sort of conspiracy in place. I was certain I was being swept from the photographic record, Stalin-style. Clearly my role as the LEAD in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the 6th grade Loker School play of 1980 was too threatening to the other actors in the class. It was, to use Gary Gray’s word, unblogaboutable. But those conspirators didn’t count on one thing: Mom. She came through with an archive pic that shows me as “Albert,” the LEAD (Not Brad, me) in the play:
OK, let’s see. Brown corduroy three-piece suit with all the buttons buttoned? Check. Enoromous dotted clip-on bowtie? Check. Horn-rimmed glasses worn for no apparent reason other than to make me look even nerdier? Check. Yep – that’s the look of a strong, romantic leading man.
On second thought, I wish Mom hadn’t looked so hard…
28
Mar
07
Todd kicks butt
All sorts of happening talent going down. From my perspective in Miami it seems like you can’t stumble down the street in Cambridge without running into a classmate releasing a major motion picture or see T Brunnel blowing up a small club with his gold plated sax. You missed the Brunel gig, and now he’s off today (March 29th) to Bulgaria and won’t grace our shores until April 29th when he storms Carnegie Hall.
So now don’t even think about missing the Kavet red carpet.
28
Mar
07
Do you recognize these people?
I’m betting you don’t. They take the prize for most changed over the last 20 years.
I was prepared for the second one, but the first one started talking to me at the reunion and I hadn’t a clue who she was. I had to steal a surreptitious glance at her name tag to figure it out.
Can you guess who they are?
28
Mar
07
Didn’t you just love 80’s hair?
Inspired by Gary’s 80’s fashion pic, I found this one, and couldn’t resist putting it up for you all..Yes, that’s me (Muffy), Jody Harting, and Russell Wright (he was class of 85′, but also my neighbor, and my prom-date), though Russ is no longer with us anymore..really a sad tragedy that maybe isn’t a good topic for this blog. But anyway, as Gary would say..enjoy! oh, and hopefully I did this right!
28
Mar
07
A Return to WAE’s Roots
What began as a lovely online venue to bash, berate and belabor WHS history, has morphed into just another blog posting random YouTube videos and reports of mediocre earthquakes. Seriously, a 2.8? I doubt those even make the news out here in Los Angeles.
So, inspired by memories of the old days (the ones like a month ago, not two decades ago) I present to you the following photo:
Taken on Class Night (May 29, 1986) at the esteemed Newton Mariott, and featuring three as-yet unbloggedabout fellow classmates: Mike Brown, Jay Hughes and Steph Snell. This photo is an ode to both high school friendship and Eighties fashions (well, perhaps not “fashions” but at least Eighties styles).
With regards to another night Mike got dressed up (presumably in a better fitting suit)… At his bar mitzvah, for whatever reason, there was a slide. Several attendees who shall remain nameless (solely because I can’t remember who) were compelled to climb up the slide behind Jill Danielli, climbing right up her dress in the process. Ahh the things you could get away with being a youth in the the early Eighties. These days there would be lawsuits, harassments charges, etc. Of course there would also be associated YouTube videos, so I guess everything really is on topic here at WAE.
Anyway, I just wanted to share another old photo and invite comments. Feel free to post your fashion disaster photos, as well as any photos you might have from Mike Brown’s bar mitzvah.
28
Mar
07
Kavet Kountdown: 2 Days
Writes Mr. Kavet: “The tickets are up online for purchase at Fandango. (Link goes to purchase page.) I will be doing Q&A after the 7:00 showing, and introducing the 9:45 showing. There is also an afterparty at Redline and I believe the ticket stub is good for a beer.” (FYI: The show is at the AMC Loews Harvard Square. If the Fandago link doesn’t work for some reason, go to Fandango.com and enter “Cambridge” in the city field up top. The AMC Loews Harvard Square will come up as a choice, and you’ll be able to select Friday, March 30 as an option. You can buy tickets now.)
WAE MEETUP: Afterparty? After the 9:45 showing? We’re old and we have babysitters. Who are we kidding? Let’s go to the 7 and we can harass Greg at the Q&A. Then we’ll have our own afterbeers at one of the pubs right nearby. Please add in the comments if you’re a go. Teesh and I will be there.
From SNL… appropriate for the WAE crowd, don’t you think?
We’ll travel wherever it takes to track down classmates—in this case somewhere in Southern California! That’s where we met up with Sarah Graham (aka Mary Sarah).
To refresh, Mary Sarah transfered from Dana Hall for Junior and Senior year—strangely similar but opposite to Steve Safran’s move to Rivers.
Another coincidence was Katie Henderson’s departure that previous summer to somewhere in Upstate New York. I don’t know about you but for me this was like my favorite TV show replacing a character between seasons: Bewitched, Three’s Company, Charlie’s Angels, and yes, even Star Trek. (It always comes back to Star Trek.)
Attention all Kristins: Pay close attention to the quiz section of this show…
25
Mar
07
Poor Ed
Some humor to start your work week
Poor Ed, By Unknown
Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary.
His wife was really angry.
She told him, “Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in less than 6 seconds
….AND IT BETTER BE THERE!!”
The next morning, Ed got up early and left for work.
When his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box, gift wrapped, in the middle of the driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe, ran out to the driveway, and brought the box back into the house.
She opened it and found….
A brand new bathroom scale.
Ed has been missing since Friday.
YOUR ATTITUDES