Break a Leg

Oh, we're editing. We're not only editing, but we're polishing. Meaning, we're edited and now we're optimizing the funny, the cuts and, most importantly, the sound. Dustin [Mint] is here (yes, he's the actual sound guy) and he has set up his computer and his equipment on the poker table that is in Dashiell/Justin's house (oh yes, they have a poker table.) Our other friend, Hugo (Tacho from the Halloween Minisode) has brought his electric piano and he's playing diddies in the living room.

We have yet to decide whether this is awful or highly entertaining.

Justin is currently in Berkeley, 40 minutes away, working on further Broommate-related material (oh yes, there are Broommates) -- in the last 7 hours or so, they've done 20 seconds worth of footage -- doesn't claymation sound fun?

Tonight, later tonight, we go take Dustin out to celebrate his engagement... only to wake up early tomorrow to shoot monday's Christmas-related minisode, titled loosely, "The Devil Claus" (Claus, though, must be pronounced with a German accent -- clouse!)

Then we edit it, put it up, and go to bed only to do it all again.

Happy Holidays!

-Yuri 

If you all remember the Pogo from Episode 3, the one Hannah immediately fell in love with, his name is Michael Goode and he worked full-time on the feature film that we shot a couple of years ago. He's a good friend of ours and a fantastic filmmaker -- he's also one of those, what're they called? Do-gooders. He does good. He also loves to read articles. At any given time, he'll say, "I read this article about..." and it'll be about just about anything you're talking about. Mostly nature. He loves nature. And doing good. Sometimes, he likes doing good for nature, and that's just our Michael Goode (that's his actual last name, yes.)

Michael Goode is currently in Peru helping the villagers who lost their, well, village, in the 2 minute long earthquake that happened a while back. He's helping them rebuild their homes with a group of other, international do-gooders and he's having a blast.

I figured, since I'm not in Peru saving people, I may as well point to Mike's blog -- where he sums up his experiences. He's only had two entries, but maybe if he gets a bigger audience, he'll write more.

Another thing he brought to my attention is a website called Aidgle -- it's like Google, only everytime you use it, it donates money to various good causes. So, basically, you have to do very little while helping others, it's a good deal (never has looking for adult content on the internet been so helpful to others.)

Anyway, good luck to Michael, have a safe trip, sir, and do some good for the rest of us no-do-gooders.

-Yuri

So, it turns out that singing Grease Lightning on a bench can you get hitched.

Hillary Bergmann, our tireless production coordinator and assistant director (and, of course, Jennifer's wife), wooed by the swaying hips of one Dustin Toshiyuki (our very own Mint) has accepted his proposal to get married.

They told us the whole story yesterday and apparently, it went something like this:

Like all romantic stories start, Hillary was on fire. Not a hypothetical fire but a real, burning blaze that was consuming her. Dustin, brave, fire-eating Dustin, managed to not only put her out, but, while fighting the fire, use several tools to construct a rudimentary wedding ring. Once Hillary was put out and her horrible scars were healed, Dustin figured there'd be little chance of her saying no and proposed. She said no. At least six times. But, one night, when she was sleeping, his secretly slipped the ring on her finger and, to make a long story short, they're engaged.

Also, MOST of that story isn't true.

But they are engaged.

And we do congratulate them.

Congratulations!

-Yuri

Hey, fans!

We have a huge favor to ask of you.

We have recently found out how important comments are on iTunes -- really, really, really important. With more comments, the podcast becomes more relevant and rises to their top podcast charts, making it available to thousands of people who, in turn, subscribe, and become fans, and help the show grow into a beautiful flower.

It's so important to us, in fact, that we're asking you, our dearest fans, to comment on iTunes in exchange for getting your name into the credits of the next episode.

Here's what you have to do:

Go to our iTunes Page by clicking on this link.

Now, rate the podcast as high as you think it deserves to be rated (ideally the highest rating!) and leave a comment. It can be detailed, or it can be something simple -- just tell us what you think.

Then, either email us at info@breakaleg.tv with your full name (as a confirmation that you did it) or respond to this blog with your full name.

Also, while you're on the iTunes page, feel free to subscribe to the channel -- it makes it so any new video that we release is automatically downloaded to your account.

This would be a huge help for us, guys. And if we could get at least 30-40 of you to do it, it could really help the show. If we can get a 100 of you to do it? Fogetaboutit.

Thanks a lot!

-Yuri

Properly titled, "Danny Zuko" the new conversation is up. As I said previously, the whole thing is one take (no cuts at all) and was completely improvised, unlike any other scene we've ever done.

Some other fun trivia from the new conversation:

--The location we're shooting is a main location for the next episode.
--The shoot was shot in a span of 20 minutes, all completely improvised. Several takes are hilarious but couldn't be used because we're either make each other laugh or the lights would mysteriously go off. One of my favorite lines that didn't make it: "I don't mean to be a beer... I mean a bear. Well, I never want to be a bear..." Yes, it makes very little sense, but I love it nonetheless.
--The microphone IN the shot is our actual microphone is the microphone that's recording the dialogue in the scene. You can notice this when I walk away and get audibly quieter.
--I trip over the microphone cord as I'm walking away.
--Dustin (Mint) played Keneckie in our high school's production of GREASE -- which is why he knows most of Grease Lightning by heart (oh, you better believe he sang it -- they even had a real car on stage!)
--The scene's main direction was simply, "Mint asking David to act in the show."  After several attempts at improvising, we finally decided Mint should sing Grease Lightning. Luckily, Dustin never shies away from making a fool of himself.
--The lights mysteriously shut off like three times, at the same spot (right before he sings).

We're in the process of starting to try and think about putting out bloopers for all the new material -- I know some of you love them. We'll make sure some of the funnier improv from this scene makes it in.

Enjoy, guys!

-Yuri