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Caroline Manring's avatar

The cigar-smoking sun turned sprinter : chef’s kiss. And bad-mamma-jamma-donkey-dicks are my new favorite anything. If I came across any of your product names in a freezer section I’d buy the box on sight and feel my life was improved.

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Steve Skrovan's avatar

Ha! Love that. Thank you! And maybe I should copyright bad-mamma-jamma-donkey dicks. Don't know what that would be yet, but I'm pretty sure it will involve nougat.

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Caroline Manring's avatar

dipped in chocolate and nuts, obvs

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Steve Skrovan's avatar

You must have related to this in the thick of raising young kids yourself.

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Caroline Manring's avatar

Very much / I considered getting in the car to go to a commercial audition forthwith

but there were none for two 6yos who won’t wear clothes or eat food

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Sarah Rush's avatar

This is so funny Steve! I love it! You’re such a wonderful, original writer! You’re so writey! I laughed so much since I’ve gone on a zillion commercial auditions. Gosh, I hope you’re getting big bucks because you deserve it. ❤️

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Judy Schaffert's avatar

It's a good life that progresses from this grind to what you have achieved. Bravo. And thanks for bringing this bit alive.

In our family, we call the first period of raising children The Blurry Years.

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Scott stewart's avatar

So when they hire for these commercials, what percentage of the decision is “he looks to be 28 years old” versus “this is the next Laurence Olivier?”

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Steve Skrovan's avatar

The former.

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Scott stewart's avatar

What did Julia hawk? And was she brilliant?

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Steve Skrovan's avatar

I think it was diapers.

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Judy Schaffert's avatar

I'm president of the diaper club for tots--and a customer, too.

I can just see the Hair Club guy's face beaming at her.

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Sally Easter's avatar

I love it! A producer once asked me to bring Nick and Matt to audition. They actually filmed Nick, and the moment the camera was on, he stopped smiling and bouncing around, and looked terrified. So much for his acting career! Mary, you know, from Star, brought her gorgeous toddler daughters to an audition, and in the middle of it, one girl called the other a butt head. That was the end of that!

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Lara Olsen's avatar

Delightful, as always.

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