Born and raised in New Orleans Louisiana, I began working at the city’s largest television station, WWL-TV in the late 70’s. Working in the production department, we created commercials and PSA’s, then I moved up to on-air Reporter for PM Magazine. After that, I relocated to Los Angeles in 1981 and soon after, graduated from The American Academy …
I’ve always loved decorating for holidays. In 1964, my Mom bought some large animated figures of a Victorian family decorating a Christmas tree. Back then, only the big department stores had these kind of displays. When we set up this elaborate tableau in our front windows, cars would line up just to see our house. …
After the book, Spin Again was released, so much of the research and stories we compiled didn’t make it in, so I decided to publish my own magazine. Spin Again Magazine covered not only games, but toys and Baby Boomerism in general. I’d stay up late putting together the magazine on my small Mac Classic. …
Here are examples of Personal Projects I worked on.
What started out as a weekend project with a couple of 2 x 4’s and a piece of plywood ended in a magnificent 4-level treehouse built in and amongst a triangle of Sweet Gum trees. In 2002, I worked every day with my Simpsons co-worker, Michael Mahan to build the 250 square foot treehouse that …
In high school I took a class in 35mm still photography with my teacher, Bill Arthurs. Around the same time, I started going to a lot of rock concerts and the two hobbies collided. This was a time when you could bring cameras anywhere and I even had a tripod on the stage once (I …
In 2005, I was crowned King of the Krewe of Mid City, the 5th oldest Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans! It was an honor beyond belief. As a kid growing up in the Crescent City, Mardi Gras was as important as Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July …
My friend, Lawrence Radecker and I made it on to Dick Clark’s TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes show during a segment they called, “Homemade Comedy”. One year I did a Christmas display in different windows of my house. This tree forest sang about 10 different songs. But since the Boney Island show got so …