Damages bar scene by Comix

(Originally from Thursday Sept 25,2008)



Of all the shows I have ever been on, the set of Damages has to be the most boring of all time. I'm amazed this show has even won awards. I have been on "Damages" before and either it's a very boring time, or a very long boring time.

Our holding area was over at Comix Comedy club located all the way down by 14th Street and 9th ave, practically in the meat market district where they have docks and brick roads by the Hudson. I always hated this area and have never performed at this comedy club. I know many who have including Paul Mercurio and on the day we were there, the scheduled act was someone I knew from the line-up I was in for Last Comic Standing.





Also on the bill was Chris March who was one of the 5 finalists on Project Runaway. I guess after doing a reality show and not winning, what else are you going to do. Unless of course in my case I didn't pass the last years audition and really have nothing to laugh about these days. Especially after being in a line0up for that shitty Last Comic Standing auditions for 22 hours only to audition with 10 people at a time in front of a 15 year old production assistant. How degrading just thinking about that is.





So what made this day suck was that I am known as a comedian and you would think this my venue. The only good thing about having holding at Comix was that it was a big space for only 50 background and I sat in the back room alone.





We got called to set about an hour and a half after our call time which was 10am. We walked over to set which was this restaurant/bar across the street on the brick paved roads. This bar was cold and dark, and I found my way to sit at the bar in the scene. Of course you don't get real drinks which means you have to mime drinking, clinking glasses, and pretending to be drunk. Wish I was drunk at that point it was SO boring. You have to be quiet like a mouse while the conversation is focused on the two main actors and you are nothing but a blur.

We had Lunch around the 6 hour mark over back at Comix. There was a nice layout of food in a buffet style set up right along the main stage of club. I never performed at this club. After Lunch was done, the caterers began piling food into the garbage into this huge garbage can which was right in the center of the stage. I thought that was so prolific and had to get a picture of the garbage can on stage representing my career! Sad but true!


You really do need a good sense of humor to be able to deal with the long excruciating long hours and literally being treated like garbage many of the times, especially if your non-union. Don't know if I will looking back and laughing at any of this one day, though I am getting tons of material, even if it does come from garbage.

CA;