November 16th, 2001



NOTE FROM KRISTIAN:
Once a time-honored bit of acting “business”,
smoking in film and TV is now seen as somewhat declasse
(that’s Hollywood for “icky, dirty and gross”).


The Top 8 Other Bad Habits
Learned from the Entertainment Industry


8> Making movies starring members of “Saturday Night Live.”

7> Marrying Elizabeth Taylor.

6> Drunken high-speed chases in a car filled with groupies. (Not yet a habit, but I’m making progress.)

5> Dating an actress when you don’t believe in astrology.

4> Not removing spikes before stepping on others to get to the top.

3> Telling the good guy your evil plan before killing him.

2> Trying what a famous actor did in a romantic comedy, which the real world just calls “stalking”.

and the Number 1 Bad Habit Learned from The Industry…

1> Trailing, not leading, when spraying machine gun fire at a running target.




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Credits:

Selected from 16 submissions from 5 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Jeff Wilson, Software Designer — 1, 6 (2nd #1)
Greg Preece, Comic — 2, 3
Beth Kujawski, Voice Talent — 4
Kris Johnson, Boom Operator — 5
Jeff Scherer, Art Director — 7, 8
Kristian Idol, Director — Moderator