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 Well, this is it. The end of the road. At least for my Disengaged Dozen series of video ads. Episode 6, the last of the series, has just been posted on YouTube. This time, my character (Benny the Boss) has to contend with an employee who just can’t seem to manage his time. Know anyone like that? Watch the clip to see if Benny comes up with a solution, or jets Captain Shirk into the intergalactic unemployment line. Matthew Wages does a great sendup of William Shatner. If you enjoy the clip, I hope you’ll click the “Like” button on YouTube, and maybe post a nice comment there. Who knows, if enough people share the Disengaged Dozen links, and generate enough feedback, maybe the producers will make the other six videos with me as Benny. My bow tie stands ready. Clap your hands if you believe!
My thanks again to the Bernard Hodes Group, my co-stars, the whole crew, and especially to writer/director Dewey Moss, for a great experience, and six very clever videos. I’m delighted to have been part of the campaign.
 I’m back online in part four of the six-part series The Disengaged Dozen. This time, my character Benny the Boss is faced with employee Sandy Bagger, an unhappy and devious camper determined to pull the rug out from under Benny. David Perlman is a hoot as Sandy, and I had great fun playing straight man to his nefarious doings. Writer/director Dewey Moss of the Bernard Hodes Group clearly had a field day with this one.
Will Sandy succeed in sandbagging Benny?? Click the picture on the right to find out! (And remember to click “Like” on YouTube!)
 This week, I return as Benny the Boss in the 6-part sitcom series The Disengaged Dozen. My co-star (or is that co-conspirator?) is the very funny Fleur Phillips, who, when not playing withholding killjoy Cher Nothing, is in fact both lovely and delightful. Once again, Benny must find a way to re-engage an eccentric and wayward employee. Thanks to writer/director Dewey Moss, Benny finds just the right thing to say. Click the image to view the clip on YouTube, and if you enjoy it, please click the “Like” button on YouTube to cast your vote. If you’ve missed the first two Episodes in the series, they’re still available as well.
 Episode 2 of “The Disengaged Dozen” is now online! Just click the image on the right to launch the video on YouTube.
This time my character Benny the Boss helps out Nervous Neddie, an employee so terrified of something going wrong that he can’t get anything right. It turns out that Guy Olivieri, who makes a hilarious Neddie, also went to UNC-Chapel Hill. Small world! I love little discoveries like that.
If you enjoy it, please click the “Like” button on YouTube, and leave a comment there if so inclined. Feel free to leave a comment here as well! And by all means, share the link with your friends. Thanks! :-)
 I’ve just learned that Episode 2 of the web series The Disengaged Dozen (in which I appear as the plucky Benny the Boss) should be on YouTube and elsewhere starting Tuesday, July 6th. Stay tuned for the saga of Nervous Neddie…! The remaining four episodes are now scheduled to be posted every two weeks, on Tuesdays.
 Fuzzy Purpose Finds Her Way The first of the six zany web commercials I shot recently for the very creative folks at Bernard Hodes Group has just been posted on YouTube. Think 50’s sitcom on helium. They were a lot of fun to film, and everyone involved was incredibly nice as well as talented. I’ve seen the final version of all six spots, and they’re a hoot. Congrats to writer/director/editor Dewey Moss for a great job. The remaining five ads will be posted one every two weeks; I’ll add links as they appear. Each spot features me as Benny the Boss encountering a different archetypal ”problem” employee and figuring out how to engage him or her on the job, to everyone’s benefit. Click the image on the right to see the video. If you enjoy it, please click “Like” on YouTube and share the link with your friends. Thanks! 
 We were scheduled to shoot the six web ads for Bernard Hodes Group from 8:30am-4pm on Friday, 5/7. The shoot went so smoothly that despite starting late due to some technical issues, we wrapped at 3:25! It was a great day; everyone involved in front of and behind the camera was talented, nice, and fun. I appeared in all six ads; six other actors appeared in one ad each, and I had a blast with each of them: Mallory Moye, Matthew Wages, David Perlman, Fleur Phillips, Guy Olivieri, and Kevin Resnick. These were seriously funny people, and we had a blast filming each two-person ad. Dewey Moss of Bernard Hodes directed his clever retro scripts. My thanks again to Dewey, Bobbi, and everyone else at Bernard Hodes who made us feel so welcome, the wonderful crew, and my fab and funny fellow actors. The series of ad spots is called The Disengaged Dozen. Click the image to see more!
Around 4:30pm this afternoon, I auditioned for a role in a series of six very funny little “webisode” ads. The tone is delightfully tongue in cheek, and it turns out the clever scripts were written by Dewey Moss, the Creative Director doing the casting for the Bernard Hodes Group. About a half an hour later, my agent’s office called to tell me I landed the gig! I wish all auditions could work like that. I don’t know if these clips will be publicly viewable or not, but I’ll post any updates and links here after they’re done. We’re shooting all six on Friday, May 7th–it should be a blast!
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