So you think I look familiar....

For those of you who think I look familiar, that's possible. Once  while stuck in NYC due to a pilots strike which precluded my flying home to Phoenix for a week, I was chosen during a cattle call to 'play' a dead body on  'NYPD Blue.' (episode 261) After 6 takes and the director insisting I not smile again, I said "But maybe he's happy about dying" and being that it was that last episode of the show ever, he  said "that's a rap." 

Yep, that was me. Live your dream! 


Unlikely Buddha 2023


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