Toronto Livin' Again

Good morning everyone, back to my regular Saturday posts after a couple of wild weekends!

Sitting up here in Toronto on Day 3 of sitting around. I got up here Tuesday morning after the red eye, went in for a fitting later in the day - had nothing but office hours on Wednesday, and then didn't shoot until around 11 pm on Thursday. So... I'm getting a little antsy!

Thursday night's scene had me playing some squash so I went in early to the racquet club to meet with Paul and some of the writers to play some pickleball and then get a few squash lessons from Paul before we shot. Squash is of course a lot like Racquetball which Doug and I used to play at the YMCA when we both first moved to LA. It's so fun and a great way to almost IMMEDIATELY get a sweat going.

It snowed here yesterday, so I mainly hung around the room, got caught up on some writing, took a few meetings about some upcoming stuff, and watched some TV - I watched That Dan Schneider documentary about the dark side of kids TV. Holy Shit. What a dark and terrible world! That Dan Schneider fucker should be sent to a desert island. Yikes, what a creepy asshole. I tried watching his little apology interview and was nauseated by it.

I caught up on Curb... yikes. That show is now barely watchable to me. It's got some laughs here and there, but the only really genuinely funny stuff was coming from Tracy Ullman's character and now her arc's wrapped up. I watched The Sting because I listened to a podcast about the making of it and I hadn't seen it in a while. Jeez, what a perfect little movie! So great. It's on Netflix if you've never seen it. It's a really good time.

I got an email from a friend asking me to help with a fundraiser, which you may have seen on my Instagram and it seemed like an easy and very practical way to help so I happily pushed it... If you haven't donated yet, please consider throwing them some dough.

Of course, there was the smattering of dopes in the comments saying I'm rich and I should just pay for it all! Or why don't you let them stay at your place? I'd like to convene a summit of all these people and give them all wedgies. But most people were kind and appreciative and I know it really boosted the fundraiser. I hope it works out for that family. I continue to be gripped with despair, rage, and paralysis by the tragedy unfolding in Gaza. But I think we gotta find places where we try and make a tangible difference where we can.

If you're thirsty for some On Cinema talk, I'm enjoying the On The Funny podcast which had some very nice, insightful things to say about this past season and has part one of their Oscar Special coverage up now. I appreciate their love and respect for the show and the hard work that our team devotes to the special every year.

Nothing on the books for this cold sunny day today, but tomorrow I've got a full plate: I discovered On Cinema super fan Ryan Phillippe is also in town so we're going to get lunch tomorrow, then me and Chris Robison are gonna meet up and do a little recording of a certain ballad from the Oscar Special... then an early dinner with Mark and Paul Simms. Then I should have a busy week of shooting, my pals Rajat, Jeremy, and Alyssa will finally be back in town, and I'll lament that I didn't just enjoy nothing to do for a few days.

We're fully OFF next week so we'll see you April 4th my friends!

Peace and Love, T