Come celebrate Nicholas' 6 month birthday - today, Saturday, June 14th - by taking a look at a clip of him in his new talk show. Hear him go on about the current state of the world, particulary the bouncing on Mom's tummy, and then at the end of the clip when he receives a smart-ass comment from his Producer [and in this over-long analogy, that would be Dad], notice the look he gives. IT'S PRICELESS! Happy 6 month birthday little monkey! The world is your oyster. Time to start shucking.

Labels: bed, funny, Late night chat, look, Nicholas

First of all, let it be stated that as cute as our son Nicholas is, it ain't all about him. He's coming into our world, and sometimes he's just gonnna have to step aside so that Mom and Dad can have a life. Well, at least Dad...

In that vein, consider this the first entry in the Bridenstine Family Blog that talks about what Michael is up to. Since no one really ever seems to understand what I do to pay the rent, I'm making it a mission of mine in '08 to give little crumbs of information to a hungry public. Here's crumb #1.

Since the beginning of November, I've been working for a company called DBG, Digital Broadcasting Group. Really good guys, and a great project. DBG hired me to write, produce and direct original comedy webisodes for Will Ferrell's new comedy "Semi-Pro". The film is coming out on February 29th and Will plays a player/owner of the fictious ABA basketball team, the Flint, MI Tropics. [Not sure if anyone notices that the film comes out on the 29th of Feb, which only happens during a leap year, and the film is about basketball, where people leap. See, this is why my stuff never sells...] Anyway, the guys at DBG came up with a really funny idea, which is to treat Will's character, Jackie Moon, as if he really existed by doing 5 short mockumentary pieces that talk about the ABA, the 70s, the music, etc. We've interviewed real former players, coaches, journalists, PR guys, etc. and they're all working off my super stupid scripts. And I say that with pride! I'm off to Indianapolis in one week to interview the player from the ABA who had the biggest fro - Darnell Hillman. The look was big back then. I've already interviewed Cedric Maxwell, Jo Jo White and Mark Cuban, amongst others.

And although I can't show you the final webisodes, mostly cause they ain't done yet, I can show you two seconds of Michael stupidity. Not only does this clip show you the level of comedy I'm working in, but I'm in it as well! This is my quick cameo as an ABA ref who gets hit when a player throws up a brick - literally. See the bad acting in real time and just pray that they keep me behind the camera from now on. Listen closely to hear my cameraman Chris comment on the quality of the comedy. If he had an extra appendage, he'd give my performance "Three Thumbs Down!"

Labels: ABA, brick, comedy, funny, michael, Semi-Pro, work