3.5 1st Anniversary Special with David Lee Homb — Part 1

First anniversary — Special guest David Lee Homb — Actor and writer — This podcast started in Iceland on 24 March 2020 — Sierra’s groundbreaking adventure game Phantasmagoria — Live actors in computer-generated sets — Nothing can replace a real actor — Lead male role — Kindred spirit — Same wavelength — Two-part episode — Skype recording — David’s introduction — Great things coming — Starting on his acting career — High school — Theatre — Ballet for 9 years — From stage to screen — His self-imposed apprenticeship — Second year in Los Angeles — Sasha and Orson Welles — Orson’s 16-millimetre practice reels from his early 20s — The vault — Early days in Los Angeles — Honda Gold Wing motorcycle in Arlington, Texas — Father’s advice — The Steve McQueen / James Dean thing — Erik Estrada — CHiPs — Porky’s — Car city — Getting the van — A condominium on wheels — Studies in New York — American Academy of Dramatic Arts — Audition in Dallas — Scholarship — Getting the run of the place at night — Invitation to teach the advanced acting class — Formal studies vs. learning on your own — Innate talent and learned skills — Variety or Hollywood Reporter interview — Theory and experience — Teaching packed classes — Teaching yourself — With Ernest Borgnine, Lois Nettleton, Douglas Barr, and Lisa Hartman in Wes Craven’s Deadly Blessing (1981) — Ready for L.A. — Crossroads moment with a fellow Texan — We all make dumbass moves — ADHD — Part of his creative side — Pasadena — Rose Bowl parade — Van broke — Gilmer, TX — Kilgore, TX — Auto shop — Trust between Texans — Texan honesty — Questions from Michael Shaw — Getting cast in Phantasmagoria — Troy Donahue — Laughlin, Nevada — Casino town — Hiking and scouting all day — Call from familiar casting director — Earlier game for Electronic Arts — Call from the director’s wife — Flight to L.A. — Met with actor Victoria Morsell, writer and designer Roberta Williams, and director Peter Maris — Roberta’s happiness at his casting as Don — Time right after Phantasmagoria — Thousands of letters — Answered every single one — Nelson Miguel very talented — Arrogant Hollywood stars — Talking to people — Coming up next time — Transcript