Mike O’Hearn just invited me (well … me, and a few thousand of his friends) to a live event where he will attempt to break 24 panes of glass AND the world record for doing such a thing, to be filmed for the TV show Guiness World Records. The event is at 2 p.m. today in the Los Angeles area, and it’ll be scheduled for worldwide broadcast soon, stay tuned for specifics. I have a hunch Mike will pull it off, he’s one of the most impressive and physically powerful people I can think of. That, and he has a heart of gold, he’s a great guy. More on this later.
Yesterday we all heard the sad news about the passing of legendary actor Ernest Borgnine. Fans will remember him from the classic TV show McHale’s Navy, and a ton of great movies. He’s probably best known for Marty, but he played a wide variety of characters and was known for being a really nice guy. What some folks might not know, however, is that he was also the subject of one of the first “reality show” type of productions. And while I’m saying “one of the first”, I personally think it’s probably THE first, but I can’t say that I’ve researched that.
What I can say is this: the reason Borgnine has this incredible distinction is because of my very good friend from high school named Jeff Krulik, one of the most innovative filmmakers in the business. Years ago Jeff created a film called Ernest Borgnine on the Bus. It follows the classic film icon on his summer vacation across the country, driving his own personal humongous bus to tourists locations, bus stops, and shows Borgnine being just a regular guy. It’s fantastic film and highly entertaining. The full version is now on YouTube:
It was WAYYYY ahead of his time, which just proves what all of us at Bowie High School knew years ago, that Jeff Krulik is a real visionary.
Bowie is the same school that produced other visionaries like dazzling guitarist Todd Bauchspies, vocal legend Eva Cassidy, guitar-maker-to-the-stars Paul Reed Smith, and the overall entertaining Kathie Lee Gifford, and many more – I’m leaving some out but I’ll do my best to get to them all here at Skere9, along with some other greats – like the amazing Doug Hayden, who is rocking the political satire world even as I type this with Insanity Island. But we’ll get to all of that here at Skere9, and keep an eye on the YouTube channel for more about the Skere9 Gallery of Stars.
More later!