Dr. Squid and Mike Enjoy Scenic Roseburg, Oregon While Shooting Housebound
Here is the cheap-ass hotel that Mike and I crashed in. Even though we had to drive back to town after each all-night shoot, I think we got more sleep than if we would've slept at the location. John the director stayed out there and said he was up every day about 11 a.m. thanks to noise from Kylene's bird. Meanwhile, all we had to deal with were ants in the bathroom and deciding where we would have lunch each afternoon.
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Speaking of lunch, we had lunch one day at Elmer's. Now, I have long held that the Elmer's in Albany, Oregon had the best tunamelt sandwich in the universe. Well,...I stand corrected! At least when I had lunch there last week, the Elmer's in Roseburg had a tunamelt that was indeed superior to the Albany one. But the best was yet to come...
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MASHED POTATOES!!! Kylene was not only acting in the movie, but she was our caterer (something about not wanting to eat baloney sandwiches everyday...). One day she made a full turkey dinner! Can you believe it? Turkey, mashed potatoes, carrots, rolls...the works! We ate like KINGS!!! Man, oh man, were those mashed potatoes good!
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Here is Kylene with the wishbone from the turkey. I wonder what she is wishing for? Maybe for all these dorks to get all their crap out of her house?
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Look at this! Heck, half the time we didn't even have to lift a finger to eat. Mike gets a heapin' helpin' of strawberry shortcake from Chef Kylene.
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I was so stuffed with mashed potatoes, Kylene had to feed me brownies. Life is good.
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Here is John trying to feed a brownie to the critter prop, which has been attached to Kylene's dress with C-47s (our oh-so-technical term for clothespins) and gaffer's tape.
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Rock on, dude! With critter perched upon my head, I make the metal salute using my extended critter antenae. Actually it was two sticks that I taped onto my index and pinkie fingers, then loosely wrapped with black gaffer's tape, creating a pair of creepy spider-ish legs to use when puppeteering the critter.
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Wow. Look at all the crap we've littered Kylene's front room with. Oh, and that's our soundman Mike. I wonder if he's thinking about mashed potatoes? I know I was.
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Now this is what directors are really for: sweeping sheep shit out of the shed before a scene. Too bad he didn't sweep out the barn, but then we would've been a week behind schedule.
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Erin and Kenzie read through their lines with John before another exciting night shoot.
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Here I am with a sheep skull we found next to the barn. Creepy.
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Two sharp-lookin' Men in Black flank Kylene, modelling the latest in weird body make-up. I did her arms and face, she did her chest herself.
C'mon, I know you were wondering.
Geez, I need to tuck my shirt in. What a slob.
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This was a hair salon in Roseburg on the road back to the hotel. Now, it's not just any hair salon...
it's the Golden Room of Hair Fashions!!
And don't you forget it, buddy.
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Why I found this sign to be so incredibly funny, I don't know, but I think I laughed or at least giggled everytime we drove past it on the way to a shoot. Mike made a point to lean over to me every once in a while during the shoot just to remind me that he loved clocks. Before we left town, I had him stand out in front with his travel alarm clock for this picture. It took a few minutes to get the shot because I was laughing so much.
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We made an amazing discovery while in Roseburg. Just down the street from our hotel was the place where Jesus buys his chainsaws. If you look closely at the second picture you'll see the word "JESUS" in big letters in the window. Wow - who knew?
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