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Blood, Sweat, and Tedium

Michael Taylor

I was a juicer in Hollywood - set lighting technician - for forty years, and now I'm not ... so instead I tell stories about life inside the belly of the film and television industry beast

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The Shoot

Don’t ask…

(Note: this is the follow-up to “Monkey Business.”)

Chimps, kids, cats, and a donkey — this pilot had them all. As discussed previously, working with chimps was not a pleasant ex...

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Dennis Woodruff, Actor

(Note: A more recent missive from the archives — 2022 — appropriately reworked)

All photos, except as noted, by Harrod Bank, with the permission of Art Car World

Back in the early 80’s, my crew landed a three week gig in early January li...

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Rig to Wrap

“They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad…”
The late, great T-Bone Walker

(Note: this is another reworked missive from the archives)

Monday was one of those ugly first days of the week that comes wrapped in barbed wir...

22 days ago
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Monkey Business

There’s nothing funny about it

(Another from the archives)

Some pictures really are worth a thousand words

You know you’re in for a long day when the first scene on the call sheet features a monkey wearing a dress. Actually, it was a chi...

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Another Monday

Mind if I play through?

Week Two brought an end to the pre-dawn calls, and although traffic was heavier and more frantic, it hadn’t yet congealed into the peristaltic gridlock of morning rush hour as I cruised east towards downtown LA.

A...

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