All my pals ...

Sat down and watched the Love Boat movie I did with Dana Grant (http://no-biz.blogspot.com/2004/11/happy-birthday-dana-grant.html).

Because of all the passengers, and the close proximity they are to stars, it was a good chance to see a lot of wacky backies. Including me. I show up about four times in the movie, two very clear. So clear, I can the pores in my nose. They looked like oily wading pools. Glad I didn't see this on the big screen, that would have ended it for me.

One of the folks I described in the link above was VERY visible. He had his crazy man stare too, and reminded me of the crazy things he was saying on set: "The Olson's are sluts! That's how they got their jobs!" Hmm, sluts at 5 years old?? Wow! And there he was on screen, nice, slow-moving shot, and very clear. It was effective to have his crazy-man stare, because it read as an intense gaze directed at Dana Grant, whom we thought had been lying to us. I wonder how often this is the case -- an extra is used for some purpose that makes thematic sense to the movie-goer, meanwhile the reason the extra actually looks that way is entirely nefarious.

Also saw the fussy bow-tie-guy. Several times. Bow-tie-guy had kept jumping around to get more screen-time and eventually got busted by the A.D.s. They made him stay put, and did him a favor -- all his visibility came from the same location.

Watching a movie you saw being filmed is very involving. I think you can watch the worst movie, as long as you were on set. I think a program in this country should be set up, so that people are always extras in movies to insure that movie attendance goes up.