for your VINformation

Here’s a little taste of Cake for you – never before seen on the internets – CAKE MIX with Vinnie Costa and Tom Privitere and Gerry Dieffenbach on the piano – Filmed 2004 at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre…

I recently made a trip up to the Erie County Fair. I had a great time – eating fair-food, visiting with old friends and hanging out with the fair-folk and then I rode the bull…about six years ago, I rode this mechanical bull, I was almost 100 pounds heavier than I am now and I really didn’t last very long, this year, I did it again and lasted almost a full minute, until I was thrown…

I think the bull may’ve been a little long in the tooth, he didn’t buck as much as he did last time, or mayhaps, the person running the ride went easy on me.

When I walked into my polling place and saw there wasn’t a single voter there, I’d knew there’d be no problems with me taping the experience – I’d checked out the NJ law and there’s nothing on the books says I couldn’t.

I entered the video I created into the YouTube Video Your Vote contest.

Let me know what you think…don’t forget to rate it…

A great time was had by all at my 40th birthday celebration…now aren’t you pissed you didn’t come?

Enjoy!

One of the things I’ve been putting off since Mac crashed is reloading and rebuilding my reel.

I got a call from Bernie’s this morning telling me they’re about to send a copy of the work I did in January, so that gave me the push I needed to start the project – still not doing more for them but I did send off a strongly worded email.

Luckily the clips aren’t too long, it only took about three hours to get everything reloaded – everything is up on the YouTube, but unfortunitaly, I can’t rip it off the YouTube so everything had to be re-uploaded from the original discs – when I get the Bernie’s DVD, I’ll start putting it all back together again.

As part my of my redoubling efforts – postcarding, new headshots, etc., etc. – I need to reedit my reel to make it better and send it out to agents and CDs – even if they don’t want it.

I lost all the videos in the crash and while I’d love to get everything back on, I just can’t imagine re-uploading the 5 Takes episodes – it literally took three days to get it all on but luckily, I made a dvd of the hosting reel – I did want to get the rest of my vlogs up ’cause the 5 Takes website is no longer active but alas, thet is the least of my concerns.

Again, another positive side effect of the Mono, time to take care of what needs to be taken care of.

Tom, Brian, Ann and I took a trip to the Crystal Palace Roller Rink while we were in Vegas.

After losing too much money Brian came up with a great idea, "Let’s go roller skating." Actually it started out as "Let’s go dune buggy-ing." but wheels are wheels, right?

After a few calls, we found the Crystal Place.

Located in the Southeast area of Las Vegas, the Boulder Crystal Palace is one of the nation’s largest and most beautiful skating facilities. A huge maple skating surface in a clean friendly environment are just two of the reasons to visit our rink as the perfect place for family skating, birthday parties or school groups. For more information on the Boulder Crystal Palace Skating Center call (702)458-7107!

It only cost $10.00 – not including the cab ride – well worth the fun had by all.

When traveling, it’s always best to get off the beaten path and discover where the locals go to have good, clean fun. We did, and here’s the proof:

Skating With The Locals.

Since you can see the latest Bernie’s spot at www.bernies.com I figured it was time to get the Making of… up over on the YouTube.

At just under 5 minutes, it’s a veritable showcase of my comedic versatility.

Watch. Rate. Subscribe. Enjoy.

I put together a three part magnum opus in Putting It Together, a behind the scenes look at what goes into putting together Cake.

I had to break it up into three parts, because no matter how I tried, I just couldn’t edit it down to under the YouTube ten minute video time limit – I did try uploading it one 14 minute chunk but it was unceremoniously rejected.

• Putting It Together: Fruitcake: A Christmas Spectacular! – Part One
• Putting It Together: Fruitcake: A Christmas Spectacular! – Part Two
• Putting It Together: Fruitcake: A Christmas Spectacular! – Part Three

I hope you watch and have a laugh.

If you like it, rate it.

Don’t forget to pass us around like the cheap French whores we are…

You’ve seen the "Making of…" Now, for those of you not in the CT, MA or RI area, who were unable to catch one the 12 Bernie’s Appliance Store holiday spots I did, I posted the three best up on the YouTube.

Enjoy!

While you’re there, don’t forget to check out my updated reel now with the Bernie’s addition, new music and closing titles.

Don’t forget to rate it!

Click on the thumbnail, or here to be taken to my newest masterpiece, A Visit With Santa on the YouTube.com.

If you’re not in NYC, you’ll get a chance to see what you’re missing, and if you are in NY, mayhaps it’ll inspire you to visit yourself.

Enjoy! – Don’t forget to rate it.

I made a little video of my three babies.

It’s up on the YouTube.

If you’ve already watched the Making of Video – if you haven’t, go check it out over at the YouTube – now you check out the first ad, there are two different versions up on the Bernie’s Website.

Click here.

If for some reason that doesn’t take you directly to the video, click on "Current Specials" then click on "Spot 1" and/or "Spot 2."

They did something to voice, they made me sound more elf-like, I’m not sure if I knew they were going to do that…

So I’ve been posting to YouTube for almost a year now.

A lot of people have watched what I posted, I just wanted to say, "Thanks!"

I feel that YouTube is a great way to market yourself, but only if people watch. One thing that gets my videos higher on the search engine is ratings.

Soooo, if you’re there anyway, don’t forget to rate what you watch – just sayin’, not judging.