I spent the last four days working on my script about my brother. The writing was done with sober determination, head’s down, with my friend Mike. I’m about half way through the script (it’s a feature length film). Mike and I played in a band together, and we have a lot of creative history together. [...]
One thing I realize I need to clarify is that the adult topics in the Like Mike series are all fiction, as we were conjuring story lines for a cable show. The idea was to make it so racy that the show would have shock value. I probably shouldn’t have used myself as a character [...]
Phil, Craig and the stripper arrive late to the press conference; local news teams are filming and photographing their sloppy, highly anticipated and completely inappropriate entrance. As they walk through the metal detector, the stripper sets the alarm off, prompting a body search. The stripper keeps taking clothes off until finally the cause of the [...]
Phil wrote: “Ok guys: We have to keep writing this: Mike used to drink a bottle of vodka.. Now he does….. (blank)….. a day….. What does mike do now, in replacement of booze..?. Brainstorm and Please fill in the gap above For this crucial part of the series….” Here is my proposed episode: Mike goes [...]
Today a string of emails about Mike recounted Mike’s many lives. His state wrestling champion phase, Christian phase, which was quickly followed by an enormously sordid partying phase (during which time I played in a band with him – “what happens in Oregon stays in Oregon” was a band motto when we came back from [...]
