Tumble In the Bronx

I'm joining the microblogging revolution.

2008 is The Year of Tumblr

I'll keep updating this blog as well, but it's so 2007.

Salt Lake Ditty

I'm heading to Salt Lake City this week to see the first ever production of GUTENBERG! that Scott and I had nothing to do with (other than, you know, writing it). I've often said that the show play best with at least a few Mormons in the audience, so it should be awesome.

The theatre company producing it, Plan B Theatre, is apparently known for mostly very serious plays about death and rape and death. Their last show was called EXPOSED, and is described on their website this way:

The state of Utah was downwind of many of the 928 nuclear bombs the U.S. government exploded in the Nevada desert between 1951 and 1992. EXPOSED explores the human consequence of the nuclear history of our state and our nation.

Zing!

So it's a big departure for them. And apparently one that's causing them to have to deal with the whole idea of "FAMILY FARE" for the first time. Plan B's Artistic Director (and the director of this production) wrote this for Catalyst Magazine:

It's been a little surreal fielding phone calls asking if the show is appropriate for kids. It's not a question we usually get at Plan-B. This is what I've been telling people:

• There is one F word.

• There is one gay joke.

• There are many boob jokes.

I got one call from a mother asking me if it was appropriate for her 12-year-old son. I gave her the list above. She laughed.

"I say the F word more than I should. And my son is gay, so the boob jokes won't really be an issue."

The show sounds extra funny in list form, doesn't it? Especially since the "gay joke" in the show is a character simply saying that he is gay (Wham!). Also - I only remember writing one boob joke - so this should be extra good (who wants only one boob anyway?).

I do expect good things though based on this preview they put on their website. The delivery is the exact right mix of sincerity and ridicuality, which is a word I just invented.

Updating The Lowdown

It's been 65 days since the last time I wrote anything here. But...I've been busy:

--I offended college students in Texas with my cursing.

--I drew a political cartoon depicting George W. Bush looking into an oven at a pie that has exploded all over the inside of the oven. The pie is labeled "Iraq." And Bush is saying, "It just needs a little more time." But then I realized I can't draw, so I just used it as a napkin.

--I picketed with the WGA. (Find out more about why this strike is important at www.unitedhollywood.com)

--I made a delicious chocolate bourbon pecan pie.

--I acted in a parody of NBC's "The Office" imagining the show without WGA writers.

--It did not explode.

--I got addicted to Scrabulous on Facebook.

--Except in my mouth.

--I did an interview with the Salt Lake City Tribune about GUTENBERG!'s current run at the Plan B Theatre in Salt Lake City.

--And I sold a TV show to CBS (co-created by Scott Brown) - which is on hold until this WGA strike ends.

But - it's mostly the addiction to Scrabulous that's been taking up all my time.

JOCK CANE GRATIS!