So recording Family Guy yesterday ranks in the top five most awesome moments of my acting and geek lives.
Seth MacFarlane directed my session, and when I met him, I said, "Okay, I'm not even going to try to pretend to keep it cool. I am a huge fan, and this is more exciting for me than I can quantify."
Yeah, I said quantify. I say stupid shit like that when I'm giddy and excited.
"Well, if you're going to do that," he said, "then I'll have to tell you that Next Generation is my favorite of all the Star Treks, and I've seen every episode about a thousand times. The First Duty is just great, man."
I did my best not to faint.
We had a meeting of the mutual admiration society for a few minutes, and then I went into the booth to record my lines. It was incredibly fun and creatively fulfilling, and even though we only worked together for fifteen or twenty minutes, I instantly liked him. He reminded me of my friends from ACME, and I hoped I earned another bit on the show at some point in the future, because he was really fun to work with.
When I was finished recording, I asked him if I could talk a little bit about my episode on my blog, without giving away too many details, and he said that would be fine, so . . .
I play myself, in a story that you could call a tribute to Next Generation. Pretty much everyone from the cast is on board for the episode, and holy shit is it funny.
I can't divulge any specific story details, or give away any jokes, but there's a joke with me that, if it makes it to the final cut of the episode, could quite possibly be the funniest thing I've ever done on television.
The show will air in about a year, I guess, and I can't wait to see it.
