Mikey B
Thanatos
I've noticed that whenever Mikey B's name appears on screen, he's listed
as "aspiring writer" but he's hardly some struggling newbie, the way the
show implies.
He's Michael Bortone. I've actually met him several times since we have
a mutual friend in common-- Eliza Dushku, the actress from "Buffy". He
and Eliza are from the same neighborhood in Boston and have known each
other for years.
Here's his resume
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1295854/
http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=8056&img=eliza-dushku-gold
en-globes-awards-12-0750.jpg
I'm not sure why the show seems to be playing down the fact that he's an
established actor/writer in Hollywood, unless they're trying to pretend
he's just "average joe" type selected from the hinterlands of America
rather than an actor whose agent probably negotiated the gig with the
producers to get him some exposure and face-time on national TV.
BD
"Thanatos" <atr...@mac.com> wrote in message
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I wish that they would get the average Joe instead of the recruited players.
B...@comcast.net
> Just some info on "Mikey B", for those who are interested.
>
> I've noticed that whenever Mikey B's name appears on screen, he's listed
> as "aspiring writer" but he's hardly some struggling newbie, the way the
> show implies.
>
> He's Michael Bortone. I've actually met him several times since we have
> a mutual friend in common-- Eliza Dushku, the actress from "Buffy". He
> and Eliza are from the same neighborhood in Boston and have known each
> other for years.
>
> Here's his resumehttp://us.imdb.com/name/nm1295854/
>
> en-globes-awards-12-0750.jpg
>
> I'm not sure why the show seems to be playing down the fact that he's an
> established actor/writer in Hollywood, unless they're trying to pretend
> he's just "average joe" type selected from the hinterlands of America
> rather than an actor whose agent probably negotiated the gig with the
> producers to get him some exposure and face-time on national TV.
There have been all sorts of mactors on the show every season.
Jonathan is a writer, Ozzy has been in soft-core films, and Ami has
been in Playboy. That's just the way Survivor is.
B.N.
Jason Wuthrich
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> There have been all sorts of mactors on the show every season.
> Jonathan is a writer, Ozzy has been in soft-core films, and Ami has
> been in Playboy. That's just the way Survivor is.
I forget whether this was before or after his season, but Jonathan guest
starred in an episode of "CSI: NY" that aired on Spike TV last month.
alooo
"Thanatos" <atr...@mac.com> wrote
> established actor/writer in Hollywood, unless they're trying to pretend
> he's just "average joe" type selected from the hinterlands of America
> rather than an actor whose agent probably negotiated the gig with the
> producers to get him some exposure and face-time on national TV.
His IMDB page lists one writing credit and it was a short film. His five
acting credits (most of which are also in shorts) all sound like glorified
extra roles. Based on that info., "aspiring" seems like the appropriate term
to me.
Obveeus
"alooo" <u...@oh.net> wrote in message
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> His IMDB page lists one writing credit and it was a short film. His five
> acting credits (most of which are also in shorts) all sound like glorified
> extra roles. Based on that info., "aspiring" seems like the appropriate
> term to me.
He starred in his own sitcom on network TV for several years. Yes, he is
'aspiring' at best, but he has been more than a 'glorified extra'.
alooo
"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote
>> His IMDB page lists one writing credit and it was a short film. His five
>> acting credits (most of which are also in shorts) all sound like
>> glorified extra roles. Based on that info., "aspiring" seems like the
>> appropriate term to me.
>
> He starred in his own sitcom on network TV for several years. Yes, he is
> 'aspiring' at best, but he has been more than a 'glorified extra'.
Huh? The thread is about Mike. I'm guessing you're talking about Jonathan
but as the former co-star of a network sitcom (among many other substantial
credits), he's hardly "aspiring at best."
Obveeus
>
> "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote
>>
>> "alooo" <u...@oh.net> wrote in message
>
>>> His IMDB page lists one writing credit and it was a short film. His five
>>> acting credits (most of which are also in shorts) all sound like
>>> glorified extra roles. Based on that info., "aspiring" seems like the
>>> appropriate term to me.
>>
>> He starred in his own sitcom on network TV for several years. Yes, he is
>> 'aspiring' at best, but he has been more than a 'glorified extra'.
>
>
> Huh? The thread is about Mike.
My mistake. When I started reading this thread, the previous few posts were
about Jonathan Penner.
> I'm guessing you're talking about Jonathan but as the former co-star of a
> network sitcom (among many other substantial credits), he's hardly
> "aspiring at best."
When you are out of work most of the time, you are 'aspiring'.
alooo
"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote
> When you are out of work most of the time, you are 'aspiring'.
By that definition, Jerry Seinfeld is an "aspiring actor" despite starring
in one of the most successful shows in history and Academy Award winning
performers who only do one film every couple years are "aspiring actors."
Between just two sitcoms, Jonathan starred in roughly 80 episodes and he's
got another 34 tv/movie acting credits on top of that. Maybe where you live
that's an "aspiring actor" but here in Hollywood, that's a "successful
actor" (and a wealthy man).
alvinst...@hotmail.com
>
> - Show quoted text -
And that is the reason that the show's quality has degraded. I would
take a cast from the heartland like in S2 any day over these
favorites. Why no military vets or senior citizens anymore?
Dubya
Starred in ???
Dubya
>
>"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote
>> When you are out of work most of the time, you are 'aspiring'.
>
>
>By that definition, Jerry Seinfeld is an "aspiring actor" despite starring
>in one of the most successful shows in history and Academy Award winning
>performers who only do one film every couple years are "aspiring actors."
No reasonable person would say Seinfeld is currently aspiring.
>Between just two sitcoms, Jonathan starred in roughly 80 episodes and he's
>got another 34 tv/movie acting credits on top of that. Maybe where you live
>that's an "aspiring actor" but here in Hollywood, that's a "successful
>actor" (and a wealthy man).
Aspiring to become a REAL TV or movie actor.
Ed Stasiak
>> B.N. wrote
>>
>> There have been all sorts of mactors on the show every season.
>
> take a cast from the heartland like in S2 any day over these favorites.
I agree that's part of the reason and I'd rather see Regular Joes on the
show but I also think that Survivor has been on so long and has become
so popular, that even when MB casts players "from the heartland", many
(if not most) are sending in applications while visions of Hollywood
careers dance in their heads.
The genie has been let out of the bottle (even more so with the slew
of other reality shows that followed Survivor's success) so we're never
going to again have the naive players like we had for S1 or even the
"only there for the game" types in S2.
> Why no military vets or senior citizens anymore?
Yau Man is kinda seniorish but I say leave the grannies at home.
They just can't hack the conditions or compete at the necessary level
in RC/IC's and for the most part, are seen by the younger players as
easy 1st boots.
Doug Brown
"Dubya" <D_D...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:04:29 GMT, "alooo" <u...@oh.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote
>>> When you are out of work most of the time, you are 'aspiring'.
>>
>>
>>By that definition, Jerry Seinfeld is an "aspiring actor" despite starring
>>in one of the most successful shows in history and Academy Award winning
>>performers who only do one film every couple years are "aspiring actors."
>
>
> No reasonable person would say Seinfeld is currently aspiring.
>
>
alooo
Dubya
Which no one seems to recall...
Xavier M.
IMDB says Penner was in 47 episodes of "Rude Awakening" which was on
Showtime from '98-'01... also a couple episodes of "CSI" and a couple
of "The Nanny".
Bigolhomo
I remember "Rude Awakening". It was some annoyingly preachy show
about alcoholism and 12 stepping.
--
Bigolhomo
Bigolhomo
Simply being on TV is not enough to make you a wealthy man. Most of
Jonathan's credits probably paid union scale, or a little above that.
--
Bigolhomo
Dubya
A "couple of episodes" does not a star make.
As for "Rude Awakening", never heard of it...
alooo
"Dubya" <D_D...@hotmail.com> wrote
>>IMDB says Penner was in 47 episodes of "Rude Awakening" which was on
>>Showtime from '98-'01... also a couple episodes of "CSI" and a couple
>>of "The Nanny".
>
> A "couple of episodes" does not a star make.
I didn't say he was a star, but that he starred in a couple of shows. I
never saw "Rude Awakenings" but I remember him on "The Naked Truth," where
he was the second lead to Téa Leoni.
> As for "Rude Awakening", never heard of it...
"Never heard of it/him/her" seems to be your mantra.
alooo
"Bigolhomo" <br...@whatever.com> wrote
He starred on two seasons of an NBC "Must See TV" sitcom. That show alone
would have earned him at least a million, probably double that. Throw in his
47 episodes of "Rude Awakening" and his other movie and tv appearances and
he's surely made several million in the last 15 years. An average of more
than $200K a year just from acting is wealthy.
Obveeus
"alooo" <u...@uh.net> wrote:
> He starred on two seasons of an NBC "Must See TV" sitcom. That show alone
> would have earned him at least a million, probably double that.
I doubt he earned anywhere near that. The 'big money' for TV actors comes
after 3-5 years when a contract gets renegotiated. He probably got 10K-20K
per episode, but his agent/rep/lawyers all got a chunk of that before he
did.
alooo
"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote
Yes, the "big money" comes after 3-5 years from syndication deals. But his
show premiered the same time "Friends" did so he would have earned about the
same amount they did as unknown actors the first year, which was over $20K.
The show was moderately successful its first year so he would have received
the obligatory pay hike for the second year. $10K is what "Saturday Night
Live" was paying at the time and it was considered such gutter money that
some sketch performers opted for lesser-known shows that paid much better
over the prestige of being on SNL. I think you'd have to go back a couple
decades to find a series regular on a primetime show who earned as little as
$10K.