For the past week I have been doing nothing but editing two video projects. One is the documentary about my tour to Europe last year that is going to be called: "Flippin' Through Europe: Do Me Like A Pizza Chef"...don't ask, you'll have to watch it. And the other is a music video for the Skippy Greene song, "Man About Town". The music video is all but done, and the documentary is pretty much done as well....though I am constantly tweaking it. I'm adding music, titles, etc. And it's driving me fucking nuts!

I am starting to dream about editing; how fucked up is that? Tomorrow my roommate is going to be the first person to watch the draft I have now. I'm excited to have someone else see this.

I'll tell you one thing, I feel so good about myself for actually finishing it. I mean this was an incredible undertaking and I was putting it off for months. I mean seriously, it's been almost a year since I went to Europe; so I had the footage this whole time. But I finally took on the challenge and I edited about 27 hours of video down to an hour and twenty-three minutes. Yay me!

I've been doing some spots around town; just did 2 spots tonight. Difficult rooms but I think I rose to the challenge. I have an old bit that I'm starting to re-vamp and it's working, so I feel good about that.

Lately I've been really fulfilled creatively.

OK kids, I'm off to bed. Hopefully the videos will be done in a month and you all can feast your eyes upon my brillance...and egotism.

7/21/08
Wow, sorry for the lack of bloggin; just been busy and tired as hell...especially today. I'm about to go get some coffee and do some reading. Wake up a bit.

So first of all, the editing is more than halfway over, so hopefully the DVD will be done by mid August so I can have the finished product before I start my "Flip Is Finnished Tour" in September. I'm really looking forward to that.

So I got a bit of shitty news today, my commercial agent dropped me as a client. I can't blame them really, I haven't booked anything with them and the fact that they had me on their roster for so long is truly a testament to thier faith in me all along. Still, hurts the ego a bit. But you know what, I'm still fine. I'm a working comedian and (without patting myself too hard on the back), I'm doing pretty good right now.

Oh, so that side gig I got as a writer for this guy is also going well. I've never stricly been a writer for a performer. Like I've written for Jamie Kennedy, Pablo Franciso and Dana Carvey, but I was also performing with them. This guy just wanted my writting skills, not my performance. To be honest, I havne't even met the guy yet. I will in a few weeks though, I think I might buy him a gift. People still like Underoo's, right?

I've been going up a lot at the Improv lately; it's the Teen Tours. If you remember from previous blogs, during the summer, bus loads of kids come to the Improv almost every night and get dinner and comedy. And I am usually really good with those crowds. I just have the material that I know works with them. The Jewish stuff (since most of them are Hebros), I'm from Florida (where most of them are from) and I'm just a goofy geek. It's good that I get the stage time, it just sucks that I'm usually doing the same material. Oh well...

Oh, saw The Dark Knight last night....WOW! So fucking good. Honestly though, I saw a late showing of it and it was about 2:00 AM when it was over, so needless to say, I was a bit tired. I think I need to see it again when I'm a little more awake to really get it...also I need to see it in IMAX. I mean hell, how many opportunities will I get after it's out of the theaters, right? (to see it in IMAX I mean). Of course, Heath Ledger was unreal as The Joker. I know everyone is talking about Oscar for him, and I hate to be a conformist (which reminds me, I love American Idol...that was a joke, I was trying to be a conformist even though I just said I'm not one...nevermind) but he fucking deserves it! A nomination at least.

Alright kids, I'm off to drink and be merry...or at least a little more awake. Smile.

7/12/08
Still editing...still bored.

I never realized how boring I am when I have to watch myself for 12 hours.

7/9/08
Oh, I am bored out of my mind. I'm not bored because there's nothing to do, I'm bored because what I'm doing is boring.

I'm in the process of editing together the second part of my new DVD. It's (tentatively) going to be a two-disc DVD. The first disc is of my stand up taken from 3 shows I taped last Decemeber in Ft. Lauderdale. That one is pretty much done.

The second disc is a sort of documentary of my month long tour of Europe last year with Pablo. It's going to have some fun behind the scenes stuff, some clips from the shows; the usual, ya know. The problem is I have over 20 hours of footage that I have to edit down to an hour and a half...not an easy task. So I'm ediiting the shit out of it as we speak and it's boring to watch all of the footage, decide what should be in and what should be out. If it's only funny or interesting to me; just a lot of boring shit...not that the video itself won't be boring. When it's all said and done, I'm sure it'll be really entertainging...just right now, boring.

OK, enough of that.

I got a job doing some writing for a performer out in Vegas. It's really fun since he's not quite a stand up, so it's a nice challenge to write for this guy.

Been going up a lot which is nice. It's summer which means the Teen Tours are coming through.

For those who don't know, the Teen Tours are pretty much what it sounds like. Every summer bus loads of kids go on a (basically) traveling summer camp. They come out to LA, hit the big attractions which include the Improv. And I LOVE playing for those kids. I just have the material that I know works with them...and it still plays to the adults as well.

Anyway, I gotta get back to the editing...wish me luck.

Oh, I'm thinking of calling the stand-up DVD "Flip Schultz: Slightly Animated" and the documentary, "Flippin' Through Europe: Do Me Like a Pizza Chef"...you'll have to see it. :)