Hump Day & Chill

Today's secret Hump Day & Chill word is "Moist" Ahhhhhhhhh! 

Remeber Pee Wee's Playhouse and his secret word of the day? If you know, you know. If you don't there's always Google.

While this word is obviously photo shopped on to an actual image of Pee Wee holding one of the actual words of the day (imagine if he ever used "Moist" on the air???) it is a word that may as well have been featured on the show.

Those of us who viewed it wseekly knew that while kids watched it for the bright colors, silliness and cast of off the wall characters the content was 100% Adult and was designed to fly above younger viewers heads. That was part of the fun of watching it as an adult, right? Of course it was!!!

So let's Hump Day & Chill and get "Moist" Ahhhhhhh!

Pee Wee's Playhouse on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse 

Spring Has Sprung...Boing!

It's Here!
Pee Wee Herman

Of late I have been thinking about how much I miss Pee Wee's Playhouse being on the air. Yeah, I know there are ways to watch re-runs, and I do, but his presence is the perfect antidote to a lot of things happening in the world right here, right now.

Thus on the first day of Spring I thought his whimsy, fun and just flat out silliness make Pee Wee Herman the perfect poster boy to celebrate the occasion. No need to thank me you can just spank me, or???

Spring is my favorite time of year, or as Pee Wee might state: I love Spring, but I'm not going to marry it!

Spring Froward Minions, it's time! 

Pee Wee on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/peeweeherman/?hl=en

Michael's Musings

Does This Ankh Make My Butt Look Huge?
Michael Shinafelt

With all the craziness in the world why don't we take some time today to simply breathe. Ready set, exhale, release, exhale, release. OK, back to our regularly scheduled scuttlebutt - you know you want it -

Congrats to Lori Lightfoot the first Female Lesbian African-American Mayor ever in Chicago. Say that three times fast!

Is it just me or does anyone else think of the Cow on Pee Wee's Playhouse whenever anyone refers to Luann de Lesseps as "The Countess" 

The Bearded Lady has spoken

When buying real estate I often take into consideration that the Devil might be coming over 

Crazy Boxing Guy is real

Umami's Truffle Burger is da bomb, and so are their Cheesy Tots!!!

Listen to the wind blow

Go caulk a sky roof

For some reason I watched the 1980 Prom Night with Jamie Lee Curtis on YouTube  - Yeah, there's that...

Putting on The Montalban
Myself & Lynn Tejada 

A shout out to Lynn Tejada  thanks for the invite to the groovy kick off party for The Montalban's Summer movie series up on the roof - what a blast!

If at first you don't succeed - figure it out

#GloryCurtain - discuss

When in a quandary I think to myself, what would Jason Statham do? Then engage accordingly...

And then there were Nun

Don't do what your Skittles say, do what I say and follow me at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Michael Vaccaro Is A "Child Of The 70's"

The Hit Web Series "Child of the 70's" has been around for two seasons now and is about to embark on it's third, for those of you who are not in the loop, COT70's follows the adventures of one Carlo Perdente...

"Carlo Perdente is a real loser! He's a struggling actor in New York. He loses his survival job, he gets thrown out of his apartment, his boyfriend dumps him, his overbearing Italian mother treats him like garbage, and he's about to give up... until a chance encounter with his favorite '70s star, KiKi Lawrence, completely changes his life. Will he move to LA? Will his life be any better there? Will he find love? Career success? And what will his mother say?"

Here to talk about being a "Child of the 70's" is the Writer/Creator, "Carlo Perdente" himself Michael Vaccaro!

MS: Obviously "Child of the 70's" is based loosely on your life.

MV: Very, loosely (laughs) 

MS: So why are you a "Child of the 70's?" Being that we are the same age and were both teenagers in the 80's?

MV: I gravitated more towards the music and movies of the 70's by the 80's I was horribly jaded and cynical. I consider the 70's my formative years. I actually kind of hated the 80's to me it was the time when everything went down the shit hole.

MS: Have you ever been a phone sex operator like your character "Carlo" was on the show?

MV: I did have a job at a phone sex company, that part of the show is real, I think I got fired after a couple of months. There's nothing sexual about the job at all, it is actually horrendously boring. You sit at a phone bank for eight hours a day and moan and groan into a phone. (laughs)

MS: By the way, Donna Pescow played your Mother "Anna Perdente" on the first season, how come the end credits read "Anna Perdente" as "Anna Perdente" and not Donna Pescow as "Anna Perdente?"

MV: That was a decision we made together. We thought it would be cute to do the credit that way and see if people could figure out who the actress was playing "Anna." 

MS: She was really good.

MV: Also there is a joke behind it too, every season we are going to have a different actress playing my Mother. In season two we have this amazing actress, Lynne Marie Stewart, who was "Miss Yvonne" on "Pee Wees Playhouse." I love how on "Bewitched" there was a new Darren and on "Roseanne" there was a new "Becky" and they just don't explain it at all, that is one of my favorite things, Soap Operas do it all the time.

MS: Who is the character of TV Star "Kiki Lawrence" on your show based on?

MV: "Kiki" is sort of based on Vicki Lawrence, who was on the show "Mama's Family" of course "Kiki's" show is called "Mama's Jewels." But I don't have inside information on Vicki Lawrence, I don't know if she was a psychopath like "Kiki." (laughs) But she was the jumping off point I used for writing that character. 

MS: You have some awesome cameos on the show!

Carlo & Family

MV: We have Susan Olsen from "The Brady Bunch," Geri Jewell from "The Facts of Life" and Bruce Vilanch. In season three we have Dee Wallace from "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" there is also this amazing pop singer, Kitten Kay Sera, she is going to be playing "Kiki Lawrence's" crazy white trash sister. There is one more superstar from the 70's who is joining us in season three as well, but it is a surprise and I can not tell you.

MS: I wanna know!

MV: Sorry, I can not mention his name. Everyone will have to tune in to see who it is.

MS: When is season three set to drop?

MV: That's a great question and the answer to that is "I don't know." I'm fundraising right now. So if there is anyone out there who wants to be an investor, executive producer or a sponsor, get in contact with me. Season three is all written, the cast and crew are ready to go I just need the money to pay everybody.

MS: Season three sounds very exciting.

MV: It's the biggest, most ambitious season yet. There's a whole new story line, almost an entire new cast coming in. I'm not going to give anything away, but there is a major cliff hanger at the end of the season, something really exciting! I'll give you a hint, just remember that our show takes place in Los Angeles, CA...


Have a blast from the past and let loose your inner "Child of the 70's" at:

Website: http://www.theofficialchildofthe70s.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ChildOfThe70s

Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChildOfTheSeventies1