Years ago, a very funny character actor named Billy DeWolfe used to go on with Johnny Carson and when Johnny asked him how he was, he'd exclaim, "Busy, busy, busy!" in a very funny way. To this day, I hear his reading of those three words in my head all the time. Anyway, I'm sorry I haven't been posting more.
Among the many things that have kept me from doing this is that yesterday, we recorded an hour-long episode of The Garfield Show, the first recording date of our fourth season. We had quite a cast: Frank Welker, Gregg Berger, Wally Wingert, Julie Payne, Stan Freberg, Fred Tatasciore, Phil LaMarr, Laraine Newman and Misty Lee. You want to know how to voice-direct a cartoon show? Hire people like that and stay out of their way.
Then in the evening, I had a lovely dinner organized by my pal Neil Gaiman and his all-seeing, all-knowing assistant Cat Mihos. Also around the table were Drew Johnston (Cat's S.O.), Farley Zeigler (who produced The Artistocrats) and Dave Foley (from Kids in the Hall and NewsRadio). Good folks, good food, a good way to wind down from a day of directing. Thanks, Neil. Maybe I can transition back to regular blogging now…