| THE NUTTY PROFESSOR STRIKES OUT AGAIN! |
| Some years ago I entered a video contest for a local camera company in town by making a "funny commercial" for their company. The clip was called, "How to Program Your VCR". In it, I play a nutty professor who tries to explain the intricacies of working those things! The video did very well, I won a Super-VHS camcorder from it. |
| Later on, I met a local talent agent who liked my "Nutty Professor" personna, and she started booking me to do my tricks for audiences -- I wasn't quite ready for that, but hey, if you find something you can do well (such as acting like a dumb nerd) you go for it! Just recently, I was asked to do some "experiments" for a kid's Halloween party at the Hiwan Country Club. I was joined by two other esteemed scientists -- the Masterful "Captain Vic", who knew what he was really doing -- the Incomparable "DeAnna Lee", who with black hair and nerdy glasses did experiments more that a blonde would do....and with the three of us, we "trashed" the place and gave the clean-up crew reason to earn their pay! As for my part, I showed a number of kids how to flip an egg in a shot glass without touching it -- it means blowing on it just right -- no kid seemed to match me in that department! I also demonstrated the power of wind -- I put a toilet roll onto a broom handle, then by using a leaf blower, I shot the toilet paper streams 20 feet into the air -- unfurling the whole roll in about 7 seconds! DeAnna assisted me, so that we shot about three rolls in a row! What a sight -- screaming kids being attacked by toilet paper -- of course, they got back at me, the Nutty Professor was then wrapped up as a mummy in TP, along with generous bursts of silly string and "Cool Whip"! That was a little embarrassing, although when I pulled a loose string out of my pants and ended up pulling out my shorts, that sort of brought the house down! There were lots of dry ice experiments, and DeAnna used a cannon to shoot out confetti into the crowd (we use safe ways of crowd control!) This whole thing would have made a fantastic video, although despite myself, I managed to get a few shots -- and you can see it right now, hit the "play" arrow at the bottom. You'll see a good demonstration of how to get an egg into a bottle -- you'll then see the nutty professor try the same trick -- except he almost sets himself on fire: |
| Yes, it just shows you that careful rehearsal really pays off, doesn't it? But, y'know, really, the professor does carefully rehearse his demonstrations and lectures -- you can see some by clicking HERE! |
