Nicholas Brendon audioblog update March 20, 2008
Hello everybody! It’s Nicholas Brendon here, calling you on Thursday, the 20th. Got the big Buffy reunion tonight, at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California. And it should be interesting to see everybody again. Everyone’s going to be there, and … let’s see.
My girlfriend told me to answer some questions from, you know, the Web site, and this is the one I will answer today. Emma is not named after Emma Caulfield. The little Chihuahua that you hear barking in the background sometimes, is not named for Emma Caulfield. So there. It’s on the record. I adopted the dogs. They came into my life after they were named. I probably wouldn’t have picked Emma, but Emma is a sweet name, since my girlfriend will read this. Probably.
So, a couple things, few things. I start my next episode of Criminal Minds on Monday. I haven’t gotten the script yet, so I’m not sure if I’m going to be showing full frontal again, but you can rest assured I’ve been down to the gym — just a part of my repertoire, now (good luck spelling that one, Jacqui). I know that I can count on Jacqui, of course, the webmaster who transcribes everything. Hello, Jacqui, hellooooo.
And then I’m going to Atlanta to finish writing the show … the cartoon that I’m teaming up with Ben Thompson, who is the writer of Super Cat. And, so, we were supposed to go to New York on Monday to pitch all the shows to the Cartoon Network again, but I’m gonna be working, so Ben’s going, alone. So if anybody wants to contact the Cartoon Network and say, “I’ve seen this Super Cat thing on YouTube,” feel free, and have your friends call, too. Because they had a change of power. Yeah, you know, it’s not even Hollywood, it’s in New York, you know, but it’s the same politics out there. Out with the old, in with the new, but the old guy who that there was there for like, six months. … I’m just the talent, y’know?
Reading a great book called The Revelations of Dr. Modesto right now. Saw a really good movie called Under the Same Moon — it’s one of those read-y films, y’know. Foreign. One of those foreign-language films. And it was very sweet. Very, very, very sweet. So if it’s around in theaters, wherever this message is finding you all, go check out that movie. I’m pretty sure we’ve talked about other movies I’ve seen. It’s been a little busy for me lately, so I haven’t seen as many movies as I would have liked.
Andrew Bynum, the Lakers center, is going to be coming back in two weeks, and that’s very good for my Lakers. And the Dodgers’ season starts on March 31, which I couldn’t be more excited about. I’m hoping that my girlfriend gets me tickets to the opening day. I’m hoping that she reads this, but she hasn’t really tipped her hand. And there’s a chance I could be working, too, so you know, everything is kind of up in the air right now.
But, more importantly, this Paley thing is up first, and it’s tonight. I’m a little nervous, ’cause you know it’s kind of like seeing an old girlfriend. And you know you’re not getting back together, but you’ve still got to see her. So that’s gonna be interesting. I will … what I’ll do: I’m flying to Atlanta tomorrow, so when I get into Atlanta, I will leave a blog — an audioblog, that’s what this is, that’s what I’m doing right now. And let you know how it went. Lauren might try to videotape it tonight, so we can put it up on my Web site. That’s obviously ambitious, but if we can not do that, then I’ll give you a blow by blow of everything that happened. It might take a few hours, you know, but you guys have the patience to listen to me ramble for a few hours, dontchya’? Don-chya’?
Alright, hope this message is finding everyone well, and I will talk at you tomorrow. Peace be with you. Malakahakameka. Myayaya-huhuh. And, tootles. Ta! Byeee.
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Janet said,
March 20, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Hey Nick, big thanks to your girlfriend for getting you to answer some questions, and thanks for answering my question about the Emma puppy! The Buffy reunion sounds cool, but I think in your shoes I’d be really nervous. A video taping for all us plebs in other countries would be great, but just a few comments from you would do the trick too, of course.
Have fun on the CM set, and enjoy the nudity.
Oh, and one last word – Repertoire! *rofl*
worldofhiglet said,
March 20, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Hope you have a great time tonight – like so many others I wish I could be there. Actually, it starts in a minute so I guess right about now you will have met up with everyone and be getting ready to meet the rabid fans!
If you take a quick peek at the Paley website you will see lots of questions so I hope you have your sparkling replies at the ready. Best of luck with the videotaping of the panel and really looking forward to hearing your report tomorrow.
More Nekkid Brendon? Yay!
NickBrendon.com said,
March 20, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I just want to state, for the record, that I got repertoire right without even checking the dictionary.
– Jacqui
Sonia said,
March 20, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Hi Nick! Well I hope you enjoy the reunion, I wish I could go (but I live in Argentina) so I will be waiting for the news!! Please, please, please tell us everything!!!!! I send you my best wishes for you. Regards
Jaimie said,
March 20, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Sucks you left so quick and my best friend and I couldn’t get any autographs or pictures. But you were HILARIOUS tonight. I had a question but didn’t get it answered, sigh. My question was, ” who was your favorite Buffy character? ” would’ve been good to have been answered, eh?
ANYWAYS.
You were hilarious tonight. Good luck in everything you’re doing!
John said,
March 21, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Hey Nick! Thanks for another update, man.
Well, first off, I want to say ‘Yay! Another Lakers fan!” Then I want to say, “Dodgers?! Dude, c’mon. It’s all about the Cubs!” Ok, I’m not crazy. I know that right now they’re not the hottest team out there, but the season’s just started!
So you’re working on another cartoon? That’s awesome. I’ve really liked what I’ve seen with Supercat so far, so I can’t wait to hear about this new one as well.
I can’t wait until the new episode of Criminal Minds (it’s one of my new favorite shows) and my mom can’t wait either…for reasons other than mine. (Yeah…she told me to say that.)
Well, this audioblog has gotten to me a little late, so the Buffy Reunion thing has already past, but I hope you had fun there. Wish I coulda gone, but I’m out here and it’s over there and…yeah, it just couldn’t work. (It’s snowing here today. It’s the middle of March…and it’s snowing. I want to cry.)
Well, it sounds like you’ve been very busy lately, and kudos, man, on all the new projects. Hope to here from you again soon!
Take Care,
-John.
lauren said,
March 21, 2008 at 2:03 pm
hello everyone. this is lauren, nicky’s girlfriend. i just wanted to let you all know that i’ve been on his butt about doing audioblogs more often for you guys and answering more of your questions rather then just rambling
nick left this morning for atlanta, so he will do a follow up of last night when he comes back on monday.
i think it’s very important for people to connect with their fans. nick has a personal myspace page which i’m going to create into a fan page as well. (jacqui if you are reading this, i know he emailed you and you lost it, i will email you later with details.) even though the whole myspace thing kind of freaks him out, he agreed to let me redo his page with new pictures, blogs, events, and messages (which i will make him respond to personally) so you can stay posted.
however not everything will be put up on there, so you need to frequent this website as well. ( i don’t think i have enough patience to translate the audio, hats off to jacqui!) oh! also, wow, completely forgot, how would you guys feel about webisodes as well? 5-10 minute clips every couple weeks, so u can see what’s going on rather then only listening to his phone cut out and emma barking in the background, which i do apologize for.
let me know what you guys think or any other suggestions you have.
thank you so much and take care.
peace and blessings.
lauren
shannon said,
March 21, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Hey Nick,
I’m so jealous that I couldn’t be there for the reunion, but I’m really looking forward to the possible video that’s going to be up on the site. Oh, and I’ll be sure to place three dozen calls to Cartoon Network headquarters, letting them know that everyone wants to see Supercat!
Love you, Nick, and can’t wait to hear from you again!
Shannon
Lexie said,
March 21, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Lauren, the myspace page sounds like a terrific idea. I’m sure we would love to see anything you guys could come up with. The webisodes sounds great too. We’re moving on up in the world, from audio to actual video. Thanks for keeping on him to keep us updated! Its always lovely to hear from him. Can’t wait to see what you’ve done with his myspace page.
Mike said,
March 21, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Hey Nick it was great to see you back together with Sarah and the gang again. Looking forward seeing you on Criminal Minds
Teresa said,
March 21, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Hey Lauren,
it’s great that he is starting a myspace, please keep us informed on how to become on of his friends.
Love to both of you
Teresa
Sonia said,
March 21, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Hi Lauren, the myspace page is a great idea!! Nick I’ve heard a sound from the Buffy reunion, and you were hilarios! I’m really glad to see the gang together again!
Best wishes for both of you (from Argentina)!
John said,
March 21, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Lauren,
Thank you so much for comment on here!
Yeah, a MySpace page would be awesome (MySpace still freaks me out a little) and webisodes would be great too.
Thank you all for putting so much time and effort into keeping in touch with the fans. It’s really cool and I think I speak for all of us when I say we really appreciate it.
-John
Tabz said,
March 21, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Lauren & Nick,
Talking more with the fans is great! Thank you for the audio blogs, and anything you can do for us. We love you all the more for it.
kerinda said,
March 21, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I hope the reunion was great and I wished I had seen it. I hope it could come out on DVD or something like that. And the CM eps can not wait to see them and I hope that super cat come out. So good luck in everything that you do Nick because we love you and I just great to have actor who cares about his fans to do these audioblog It is just great to hear from you thank you and thank Lauren to.
Janet said,
March 21, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Lauren, you star! I was already pretty impressed with Nick’s connection to his fans, but to have him answering questions directly as well as a possible video blog is fantastic. What a refreshing change to come across an actor (and his girlfriend) who connects with and appreciates his fans.
Oh, and don’t worry about us hearing Emma barking in the background – I’ve got two chihuahuas myself, so it’s just like being at home for me lol!
Ruth said,
March 22, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hey Nick and Lauren! (:
It’s so good to hear from you both. I hope that everything with Paley went well. I’ll definately be getting back in touch with Cartoon Network to ask them to pick up Supercat. It sounds like you will have a very busy week coming up what with writing for Supercat and getting your new CM script. Can’t wait to hear what the new script will be about.
I love it when baseball season is back in swing, cause hey! That means springs a coming, and I also enjoy watching baseball. Right now though, I’ve been watching alot of little league practice because my oldest son is playing little league baseball this spring. I’m quite proud of him, he was hitting and running the bases really good yesterday. Here we like the Atlanta Braves but I have a real soft spot in my heart for the Detriot Tigers. I grew up in Michigan and I have a very loyal spot in my heart to the Tigers and the Pistons. But I do cheer for the Dodgers when I see them on ESPN and their not playing my teams. And, I really hope that you get those tickets and that you and your girlfriend get to go to the opening game.
Lauren it’s great to hear from you and I love the idea of the myspace page and webisodes. And, thank you so much for reminding him to update us. He’s really great about doing it and we love hearing from him as a fan I really appreciate it. It will be great to hear from you both and especially some of Nicky’s writing and I’m curious to you like to write as well? Anyway, hope ya’ll are doing great and it’s so very good to hear from you both.
Hugs and best wishes,
Ruth
Gema said,
March 22, 2008 at 9:24 am
I dont know why i couldnt discover this blog earlier, so, sorry for the comments that they couldnt born.
Im writing just to say that you deserve more than 17 comments, man, i use a lot of your expressions in my normal life!
About the work on Criminal Minds, i hope it will be fantastic, because i love this show, and the mix it can be explosive.
pd:Ok, i cant speak english very well, im from Madrid, so forgive this message because i couldnt use my subtle way of talking.
bye bye! ^^
Baby Blue said,
March 22, 2008 at 10:09 am
Some additional pictures for the next episode “Damaged.” No new pics of Nick but just an idea of how this new episode is gonna look in two weeks.
http://www.divshare.com/download/3980884-6ee
kara said,
March 22, 2008 at 11:25 am
Nick,
Woohoo! I want to hear EVERYTHING about the reunion. Did any of the girls “throw-down” slayer-style? Were there tears and random fist fights? Did Whedon drunk dial anyone or pass out in a punch bowl? Did the cops have to be called? I want ALL of the good dish. Ha!
Lauren, you ROCK. Can’t wait for the MySpace link. And videos sound awesome. Anything you can do to encourage Nick to work shirtless is appreciated as well. (just joking).
Actually, MySpace is a little scary but it can be fun, too. Social networking is all the rage these days. I recently started working for a white label social networking platform. I was doing some research on Ning and I set up this network to try out their platform. It’s the Nick Brendon social network. I think it could be a lot of fun if we got some members and some people who might want to admin it. Jacqui, I tried to make the colors match your lovely site
And doesn’t Nick deserve his own social networking site? Of course he does!
http://nickbrendonrulz.ning.com/
Good luck with Supercat, guys. Hope that works out for everybody.
Baby Blue said,
March 23, 2008 at 11:48 am
Found a pic of Nick and Lauren here:
http://www.whosdatedwho.com/news/?list=blog&RD=84777
Lena said,
March 23, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Jacqui, you rock! I would have had to use spell check. haha!
Baby Blue said,
March 25, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Got some behind-the-scenes clips of Nick from “Blood on the Highway.” It’s at the end of the clip.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jSSUh1gbgnw
Baby Blue said,
March 26, 2008 at 11:45 am
Here’s some pics from TV Guide of Criminal Minds. You can see half of Nick’s body in the picture of Matthew Gray Gubler.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_RrObyQ3XzcY/R-pNQ_XpfGI/AAAAAAAAV7c/yNmcxo5xlsw/s1600-h/criminal+minds.jpg
kerinda said,
March 26, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Cant wait to see CM next wed and thanks for the blood on the Hightway thing on youtube I love youtube and I find any video of nick on there. And the Pics are good thanks.
CarlaK said,
March 27, 2008 at 7:26 am
Holaaaaa!!! Soy Carla de Argentina!!! soy fan de Buffy y fan tuya. No se inlges. Perdon. Aso que escribo en castellano…
Vi las fotos de la convencion y me encantaron, tambien los videos. Es muy lindo volver a verlos. Por suerte estan los comics!.
Nick quiero desearte todo lo mejor, te admiro mucho. Te felicito por todos tus logros y te quiero mucho!!!
Muchos Exito!!
jez said,
March 27, 2008 at 7:53 pm
hello nick and lauren graet to hear from you both i m looking forword to the new myspace link i ve seen the video of supercat on youtube looks graet cant wait to see you on CM hope you both enjoyed the reunion it was graet to see you back with the cast again love to you both PS come on you DODGERS TAKE CARE
Teresa said,
March 28, 2008 at 6:41 am
Hey Nick,
Love your autoblogs, keep them comming!
Teresa
CEREN said,
March 31, 2008 at 5:29 am
I LOVE YOU N?CK I LOVE YOU BUFFY=)))YOU ARE VERY SWEET.GOOD LUNCK!TO CARE I COM?NG HERE SOO=))BYE BYE!!!
CEREN said,
March 31, 2008 at 5:31 am
OH I LOVE YOU XANDER!!!!
Baby Blue said,
March 31, 2008 at 2:41 pm
A little oddity here. Tomorrow night at 11 pm, Nick’s ex-wife Tressa DiFiglia will guest star on Monk on USA. Then the next night at 9 pm, you know where Nick will be on.
http://imdb.com/name/nm0226447/
Carl said,
April 3, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Thanks for the update.
Look forward to hearing about the Buffy reunion.
I’ve had http://www.myspace.com/nickybrendon added on MySpace for a while and whilst some of the photos are believable, it’s filled with spam comments and stuff so assumed it was fake.
I also sent a message to Nick and managed to get a reply, so if it’s genuine, a big woohoo!
Jenny said,
April 7, 2008 at 4:44 am
Hi Nicholas,
Here in Sweden Buffy and the vamire slayer show is a big program on tv.
Can’t they make more seasons, I really want to know what happends after sunnydale. I think everyone agree with me!
Would you like to do more shows? Or do you thik it’s to late.
A big swedish fan!
Natalie said,
April 9, 2008 at 2:33 am
Hi Nicholas,
i just wanted to say hi and that i miss Xander you were my favorite i am an original buffy fan i watched you guys from get go . every thrusday night for 7 years lol you guys became like a family to me and i never watch shows for that long just this one …oh and angel lol , i know buffy is over but i have all the seasons so it never dies. ive even made my husband into a buffy fan and he didnt start watching it untill this year and my nine month old son Harrison dances too the intro of buffy LOL if you ever have time go to my website http://www.myspace.com/ndeangel
and you can see my little guy .
Take care
Love
Natalie
Melbourne Australia
Natalie said,
April 9, 2008 at 2:42 am
P.S , just curious … is it true that they are going to make a buffy movie??
Xanderlicious said,
May 20, 2008 at 5:27 am
Nicky and Lauren, whatever happened with the MySpace page? I sent a message over to both of you to follow up with something mentioned a while back, but you haven’t been around. I sure miss seeing you there, and am looking forward to seeing what all you do there.
I hope this finds YOU doing well and hope to touch base soon. Great work on Criminal Minds, as always. Though I wish it had been on the big screen and not edited. -grin- Have a great week and hope to hear from you soon!
mark said,
May 23, 2008 at 8:56 am
Way to go, Jacqui. I wouldn’t have been sure about the second “r” without a spellcheck feature.
Jan Smolderen said,
June 9, 2008 at 2:08 am
Mr. brendon : The man , The legend!
greedz from belgium.
Rafaela said,
June 27, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Hi Nick, Lauren and Jacki!
I’m new here, and wanting to kick myself for not finding this awesome site before.
I’m gonna go and lurk around a while more, but just wanted to say hi first.
Like everyone says, and obviously, I’m here cause I really like Nick’s work, I’m a huge Buffy fan, since the beginning and I just can’t imagine Buffy without Nick there!
I grew up watching the show, so I’m pretty excited to hear about the Paley, and how was it for you Nick? Since you were a lil nervous and all. Hope you had great fun there.
Guess this is it for now.. hope you move forward with the MySpace and webisode idea! It’s really rare to see someone connect with the fans this way. Thank you for doing this.
Love
Rafaela
Brazil
martyn said,
August 18, 2008 at 1:37 pm
hi,
just like to say Xander is my favourite character in buffy, and im so glad we have season 8, even though its not quite the same as a series/film the comic will do. and really xander in charge of that many slayers where the heck is he gonna get his demon thrills hehe poor guy. anyway thanks for playing that character and making my tv viewing so much better.
martyn
p.s what was your favourite episode???