The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 42 - The Moment Before Zero
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
From: David Chen
Length: 00:52:54
What does a bad first date, a fist fight with Mel Gibson, and the beginning of all space and time have in common? Well…
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Timing and Cues
00:00:00 – “Times of Our Lives” by Cheap Trick
00:00:40 – Intro by David Chen, introduces Stephen by referencing his role as Mr. Brinkman in the television series “Any Day Now”
00:01:14 – David references the film “Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party”
00:02:46 – Stephen references Tobolowsky Files Episode 13, “Conference Hour”
00:05:44 – Story 1 in-cue: “Several years ago, I was asked by one of the powers that be…”
00:05:56 – Stephen references the film “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
00:23:15 - Story 1 out-cue: “It’s the starting point of the soul.” Music fades up, “Times of Our Lives” by Cheap Trick
00:23:48 – Story 2 in-cue, music fades down: “Interestingly enough, my former acting guru…”
00:27:18 – Stephen references the television series “Mad About You”
00:29:00 – Stephen references the film “Bird on a Wire”
00:29:14 – Stephen mentions, “Eleven hours of punching, kicking, eye poking…”
00:29:59 – Stephen mentions, “…and be eaten alive.”
00:30:26 – Stephen mentions, “…get shot or get electrocuted…”
00:31:47 – Stephen mentions, “Then I punched Mel in the gut…”
00:32:00 – Stephen mentions, “…were fighting over a gun…”
00:32:56 – Stephen mentions, “…threw him six feet into the air into a rock wall.”
00:33:56 – Story 2 out-cue: “…when my salvation or demise would come down to a belief in something completely nonexistent, completely speculative… the moment before zero.” Music fades up, "Bird on a Wire" by John Bergeron.
00:34:26 – Story 3 in-cue, music fades down: “It was my first day on the movie ‘Bird on a Wire’…”
00:42:59 – Story 3 out-cue: “I was about to meet the stranger.” Music fades up, "Bird on a Wire" by John Bergeron
00:43:59 – Outro by David Chen: “That was ‘The Moment Before Zero’…”
00:48:21 – Stephen mentions, “How do you play drunk?”
00:48:49 – Stephen mentions, “What would you do you if you had to be drunk in a scene?”
00:49:00 – Stephen mentions, “You don’t play drunk. When people are drunk they always try to appear sober.”
00:49:19 – Stephen mentions, “…think back to other times in which they were drunk […] observe other people drinking.”
00:49:37 – Stephen mentions, “…could simulate drunkenness…”
00:50:12 – Stephen mentions, “They drink to celebrate, they drink to mourn the loss of someone or something, they get drunk out of habit, or they get drunk by accident.”
00:52:17 – Music fades up, "Bird on a Wire" by John Bergeron.
00:52:53 – End.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of Our Lives | Cheap Trick | The Latest. | Cheap Trick Unlimited | 2009 | 03:59 |
| Bird on a Wire | John Bergeron | In the House of Mystery. | Musicaldreams.com | 2002 | 04:38 |
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