The party started at eight. Why are we going to a bar at ten?

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Trent: They’re gonna give daddy the Rainman suite, you dig that?
Mike: Do you think we’ll get there by midnight?
Trent: Baby, we’re going to be up five hundy by midnight!
Mike: Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!
Trent: Vegas baby! Vegas!
Mike: Vegas!

-Swingers

The briefest of updates: I heard back from my manager about the Sci-Fi hosting gig. It’s all very good news, but I can’t talk about it until Monday.

Okay, maybe I can talk about it a little bit: They really liked me.

There are still about a million things that have to happen before it turns into a job for me, but at least I know that they liked me, and liked what I did. That’s all I can ask for, right?

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Comments (51)

  2. Go Wil Go!
    I really hope you get this spot.
    It’s sci-fi, it’s geek, it’s Wil!
    I’m keeping some positive thoughts going for you!

  4. Thinking positive! I can’t help but think someone had your number last week…they posted in the comments you’d book in two weeks. Good luck!

  8. OK. I gotta get me some SciFi action on the Myth box. I have showtime and bravo, and I’m not otherwise taping late at night on the weekend. How’s about it? Edgy and un-edited movies and shows, in trade for Wil on SciFi? Extra bonus if you’re already taping BSG … 😉

  14. That’s good news so far! 🙂 I was wondering if you had heard anything today. Don’t dwell on this over the upcoming weekend or you will drive yourself bonkers with anticipation! Have a good time with the wife and kids, enjoy the weather if it’s nice on your coast.
    I will be crossing my fingers and hoping for the very best when it is all said and done.
    Hey, enjoy some guiness for St. Patty’s tomorrow!

  19. I’m excited for you Wil, and wishing you all the best – it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. (If you get the gig will you have a say in which babe is selected…?)

  21. Ronnie G – If they were to hire me, they’ll probably want to know which girl I have the best chemistry with, but that’s not a decision I would want to make. I *did* advise them that they should pick a man and a woman who understand Sci-Fi (even if they’re not both hardcore geeks like me) and respect the genre and its fans. They grokked that, and I know they’ll take it into consideration when they pick their hosts.

  22. I agree with redheadwriter – this is awesome (of course, it will be *hawesome* if you post with even BETTER news on Monday).
    I hope this works out, not only because it sounds like such a perfect fit, but also because you could really bring both an authenticity about your passion for and knowledge of the subject, but also because you could bring in viewers who are NOT sci-fi devotees (like me) to the channel. They will be lucky to have you, assuming everything works out over the weekend.

  23. My way of sending positive mojo your way will be to go and watch some TNG on DVD. So that’s what I’m going to do.
    I’m from Starfleet, I don’t lie.

  24. Wil, why make with the rhetoricals? You know what you want.
    And I know what you want. You don’t read this website for 5 years without knowing what you want.
    I hope you get what you want. Deserving has nothing to do with it, of course. B ut you ARE good enough to get it. And if you don’t, it’s not your fault, nor is it the end of the world.

  26. I find this hard to say without this entire comment coming out sounding like I’m trying to make it about me but here goes…
    Today is my birthday. I’m 34 today (just slightly older than you :P). In the last year the two biggest things that could have happened to me happened. I got married (one year April 17th) and finally ended the 2+ year approval process for the surgery that has saved my life. It is for these reasons that I feel like I don’t need my birthday wish this year and if I could, I would give it to you.
    But I’ll do the next best thing and make it for you.
    Good luck Wil, I wish you good luck and hope that you get it. 🙂

  27. Good luck Wil, hope you get it. Just discover the site yesterday, fair play for keeping up with your fans.

  29. Man… you do realize how much cool factor you bring as a sci-fi geek and former Star Trek actor.
    If you get this job it’ll be the coolest thing to happen to sci-fi news since… possibly the beginning of time. At least in my opinion 🙂

  30. Wil, I hope you get the job you auditioned for and I wanted to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed reading the blog and listening to the RFB. My only wish is that you didn’t curse in your writing or in you podcast. I would really like to be able to play the podcast at work, but I am afraid to do so because of the crude language. Either way I will keep checking in on you from time to time.

  31. Heres all the Mojo I can muster for ya ::closes eyes really tight::
    I can’t wait until monday!
    Any way you would interview any star trek people for this show? You could interview yourself! Do somesort of ‘parent trap’ thing!
    I’ll be crossing my fingers for you all weekend.

  32. YAY!!! Monday’s too far away now. Oh boy! I really hope you get it. My fingers are crossed for you. Toes too!
    Shauna

  33. AWESEOME WIL! See what I miss when I don’t read your blog for 3 days! heh star trek just came on 😛 Anyhoo.. Keep us informed Mr. Pied Piper.

  34. Call me the conspiracy theorist, but it seems way to coincidental that after your short heartfelt talk with Ron Scifi calls about a show interviewing Edward James Olmos. Either way, it bodes well for you.

  35. Yeah, I don’t need my birthday wish, I’ll pass on it for Wil’s sake 🙂
    As for Ron maybe planting the seed for this project and Wil… Hmm…

  38. Ah, swingers quotes. That is my favorite movie of all time. Very cool.
    now picture “pick up the pieces” playing in the background as five cars follow one another to the same place where they could have just taken one car… Good times.

  41. Just wanted to say that you are mistaken if you think that is all you can ask for. You can ask for it all, and expect it will happen. Why not, when you make a wish, wish for the world.

  45. Woooohooo! That’s good news will, and I’m hoping Monday it will be great news!!!! I am excited for you and have all my fingers and toes crossed!!!!

  46. I’m posting again to completely and totally apologizing for being a fan for 20 years (20 years!) and spelling your name like the word “will” for the first time ever. I’m a doof. Sorry!

  47. I’m posting again to completely and totally apologizing for being a fan for 20 years (20 years!) and spelling your name like the word “will” for the first time ever. I’m a doof. Sorry!

  50. W00T W00T
    Wil is so money, he doesn’t know how money he is.
    If Wil gets the gig, we definitely will have to make up “Wil Fucking Wheaton” shirts.

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