My Name is John
Did a casting director workshop last night for the company that casts My Name is Earl. I would love to get on that show as I truly think it's one of the most original and best written comedies on the air. The premise of the show is that Earl (played by one of my favorites, Jason Lee) has done a lot of bad things in his life and has also noticed that a lot of bad things happen to him. After winning $200,000 on a scratch ticket and subsequently getting hit by a car, he has an epiphany...albeit coming from a quote by Carson Daly...it's all about Karma. And now he has made a list of all of his past misdeeds and is on a quest to make up for them one by one.
The premise is iron-clad and leads to great stories and situations. Think of it as Highway to Heaven for the white trash set. Not to mention the writing is as crisp as a fall New England morning. One of my favorite, and one of the funniest, lines came on last week's show as Earl's brother Randy (Ethan Suplee) is afraid of birds. Catalina (Nadine Veazquez), the brothers' companion in this quest for Karma, consoles him in her very deadpan, matter of factly way:
"It's OK, everyone is afraid of something. I'm afraid of snakes and rape."
Brilliant.
It's just a great show, really off-beat and funny and still manages to have some heart to it. It's very hard not to like Jason Lee. I'm sure there's a Sara Lee pun in there somewhere, but I'll leave it alone.
The workshop went very well and I had a solid scene. At first, I was a little concerned because the character I was playing wasn't really funny. I bring the funny and if I'm doing one of these things I like to make sure I can show that, as it's obviously my strong suit. But I was able to use some comedic timing to get a big laugh out of one of the lines, so I felt good about that. All in all a good night and I hope I made some inroads at getting on that show.
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