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Holy crap.
I have an actual Audition tomorrow, for a pilot!
This show sounds hilarious, and right up my alley: It’s about a married couple in their early 30s, and how they reconcile their punk rock past with their pottery barn present.
Funniest thing: I’m not reading for the husband with the punk rock past . . . I’m reading for the part of his new neighbor . . . who is an uptight conservative, whose idea of a good time is discussing the latest mid-sized SUV.
Talk about playing against type!

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4 March, 2004 Wil

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179 thoughts on “add it up”

  1. Z says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:26 am

    Let me be the first to say “Good Luck!”. Sounds like a great idea.

  2. Jeanine says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:26 am

    You Go Wil!!

  3. Chuck says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:27 am

    Its a shame you aren’t reading for the husband, it sounds like you would really be perfect for that role. Maybe you’ll go in to read and make an impression for that role anyway! Best of luck.

  4. Merlene says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:29 am

    Break a leg, Wil!

  5. Rosemary says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:35 am

    Woohooooo Wil! How stinkin’ exciting! Break a leg!

  6. Roberta says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:36 am

    And here I was, just telling the spouse last night that “of course, Wil would be up for returning to acting if the right opportunity came along.”
    Now if I could just predict the winning lottery numbers as easily…
    Great going, Wil; let’s hope the show’s another “Everybody Loves Raymond”, not “The Mullets”. 😛

  7. library_lady61 says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:36 am

    Way to go, Wil! I’m so happy for you! Break a leg!

  8. Lahela says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:36 am

    Best of luck Wil!!!!

  9. etherian says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:37 am

    I don’t usually watch sitcoms, but this one I will if you get the part. Good luck, God bless.

  10. Jase says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:40 am

    Hey Wil, for what it’s worth, I exchanged emails with Eric Garcia(who wrote Matchstick Men) and told him that they should cast you in the new Rex series that he’s doing with SciFi Network. If you’ve not read the books, check them out. Anonymous Rex, Casual Rex, and the newly published Hot & Sweaty Rex.

  11. wil says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:41 am

    Anonymous Rex is the best thing I’ve heard of in a LOOOONG time.
    We went after it, but they want someone who is more “New York Street” and I am.

  12. Ichi The Killer says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:46 am

    Good Luck!

  13. michael frohling says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:51 am

    Hey, good luck. I’ll try to send out some good mojo for you. I really enjoyed your poker series. Will it be a recurring story or was it a one shot deal. I’d love to see you go in and clean the house out! Anyway, break certain vital body parts for your audition.

  14. Winona says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:51 am

    That sounds v. cool, Wil–break a leg tomorrow! Consider my fingers crossed (which is making it hard to type, but oh well).

  15. ste3ve says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:52 am

    Break a leg, Wil!
    Wait…they *make* mid-sized SUVs?

  16. teth says:
    4 March, 2004 at 10:54 am

    Oh wow…good luck! It would be wonderful if you get cast and this pilot gets picked up by a network…then we’ll see Wil on TV every week! 😀

  17. Keith Coogan says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:01 am

    Go for it Wil! I am already visualizing you in this role. Don’t be upset about not going out for the lead, this part sounds better suited for you. Break a leg, and let us all know how it went.

  18. Tom says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:03 am

    Wait a minute Wil, what’s this playing against type?
    Did you and Ann rent a mini-van for a road trip with the kids last year and *mysteriously* like it?

  19. Tom says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:04 am

    Wait a minute Wil, what’s this playing against type?
    Didn’t you and Ann rent a mini-van for a road trip with the kids last year and *mysteriously* like the mini-van?

  20. Chris says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:08 am

    Good luck, Wil!
    Well at least in playing against type, you get a chance to do ironic jabs at the stereotypical uptight conservative suburbanite.
    Be the guy we love to hate! 🙂
    We’ll all know you’re really still one of us… one of us… one of us…
    Chris

  21. Little Guy says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:12 am

    My second thought (beyond HA-HOO!) was “Break a leg, Wil!”
    My first thought was “Crap, that’s gonna delay any sequel to ‘Just a Geek’.

  22. Midnight Tree Bandit says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:14 am

    I could see you doing the uptight neighbor. I mean, it’s a comedy so it’ll be a satirical , stereotyped version of an uptight conservative yuppie. Yer gonna be all over that.

  23. MD says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:15 am

    Oh Wil, when you become a big famous TV star (again) will you still have time blog to us little people?
    Break a leg. 🙂

  24. glovefox says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:16 am

    Have wings, Wil! Much mojo coming your way from Oxford, UK!

  25. Stargazer says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:20 am

    YAY!!!! *OtterPrnicessMoJo*
    Sounds very neat-o. 😀

  26. Elissa says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:20 am

    Heh. If I were even remotely talented and had an agent, *I’d* go for one of those roles. Lord knows I know how the rebel past vs. contemporary present thing feels. Hell, *right now* I’ve got purple “Morbid Makeup” nailpolish and rubber rings from Hot Topic on my fingers and the rest of me is Coldwater Creek! (Although it’s got me thinking about the same sort of idea that a few other shows had — remember /Family Ties/?)

  27. serene says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:22 am

    Oh, congrats!

  28. Sharfa says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:22 am

    Break a leg Wil!

  29. Jonathan Wise says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:23 am

    Cool! Good luck Wil, er… Aqualad

  30. Jessica says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:24 am

    Break a leg, Wil! We know you’ll be great.

  31. Isaac says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:25 am

    I think I’d be worried if a bunch of people I didn’t know were encouraging me to break my legs.
    So instead: Good luck.

  32. Scott says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:25 am

    Cool! Think of how much fun you’d have taking pot-shots at yuppies! SWEET.

  33. synchronicity says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:27 am

    That part is you, somehow… don’t ask me why. Perhaps because I think you’d have fun with it. Good luck.

  34. Grimicus says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:27 am

    I think the most amusing thing about you playing a conservative person is when people who don’t really know you (or at least don’t read wwdn) start to associate you with that role. The units of irony on this one are off the scale!
    In any case, good luck thar, sir.

  35. joemorf says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:30 am

    Break a leg!
    ~j

  36. RavenBlue says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:30 am

    Good Luck! 🙂

  37. Tommy says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:31 am

    Awesome news, Wil!
    Let’s hope this is the one. Good Luck!

  38. Delphine/Andrea says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:33 am

    Break a leg, Wil!

  39. Bill Bekkenhuis says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:34 am

    Playing against type?
    Worked for Carroll O’Conner (sp?)
    Damn, now I’m going to have to pay a cable bill 🙂
    Regards,
    Bill in Bethlehem, PA

  40. Erik says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:36 am

    Way to go, Wil! Break a leg!

  41. Rob says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:37 am

    Playing against type is … how do the youn’ung’s say it….. Tha Bomb. Hope the concept works out and doesn’t become “Culturally Mismatched Wacky Comedy 42.” Count me in with the other poster who doesn’t normally watch sitcoms, but I would tune in to this one to give it a shot.

  42. rach says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:38 am

    Good luck wil! this is great news, and i hope you do really well!! we’ll all be thinking of you!
    go get ’em tiger!!
    (did i just really say that!?!?!?!)
    take care
    rach

  43. Abby says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:38 am

    Break a leg, Uncle Willy!!

  44. NephraTari says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:38 am

    Heh, I would love to see you play that role!
    Major Royal Monkey Armada Mojo to you! 😉

  45. Cary says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:39 am

    Break a leg, man!

  46. Ashli says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:44 am

    Break a leg! It would be awsome to see you on tv again!

  47. Ness says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:47 am

    Give ’em hell, Wil! 🙂

  48. lorelli says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:48 am

    break a leg, Wil! you’re going to make me get a television set, aren’t you? ^_^

  49. Shannon S says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:53 am

    Audition mojo coming your way!

  50. Little_Kenny says:
    4 March, 2004 at 11:55 am

    Fuckin’ sweet. Good luck.
    -lk

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