HAIR CAM
Monday, January 28th, 2008Garnier Fructis makes hair products. They don’t make television shows.
So it made sense when they agreed not to interfere with my show.
Yet, I would get scripts returned to me that look like this:
So I would ignore them. This would annoy them.
Then they would suggest show ideas based on their product benefits.
So I reminded them that I don’t make hair products and they don’t make television.
They responded:
I responded:
I won. I strategically boxed them out of the creative process. I was a winner. It felt wonderful.
Yes, that’s right. Smooth sailing from now on.
CUT TO: Next day.
I showed up on set, and our sponsor, in a move to focus the audience’s attention on the casual but sexy hairstyle created by Bold It! Power Putty, had suggested Harry Johnson wear a stylish but subtle little tiny cutesy harness restraint machine.
At first I had my doubts. But now I’m a convert. I believe that in five years, all television shows will be shot via hair cam:
But of course whenever you ask your pal to strap something of this size onfor the first time, you can’t be surprised when:
I take full blame for this one. And credit.
The sponsor was very upset that Nancy and I didn’t call cut before he hit the stairs, and they insisted that he be rushed to the hospital. They were pretty clear from the start that they wouldn’t condone any serious spinal injuries.
But Harry insisted that he wasn’t hurt. And even though you could see his pieces of his spine through his windbreaker, he declared that he’d never felt better. I’m no pediatric obstetrician… but this don’t look normal:
Harry was a real trooper. He didn’t care about his body – he cared about the show. What’s a bruise or two if it helps win the game, right?
Harry Johnson: Actor, Athlete, Hero.
Plus, the big naked dream sequence was going to shoot in a couple of days and if Harry had to play with pain(killers) to be naked with Dawn, so be it.
More later. Must continue training for the upcoming marathon.
