?He?s cute,
why?? I asked. ?Cause he?s gonna be in the commercials.? He said deadpan. ?But I?ve
already cast a boy through the talent agency who?s perfect! He?s coming in
tomorrow to do the radio spot and he?s contracted to do the TV shoot the following
day.? I replied. ?Don?t care?. He said. ?This here boy is my grandson and if he isn?t in
the commercials there ain?t going to be any commercials.? I looked at the picture
again and looked back at my redneck crazy man client and shrugged. How bad
could he be? I was about to find out.
The next day at our recording studio the ?cute? grandson I?ll call Jake in this article
to protect all concerned, came in with his mother to do the radio commercials I had
originally scheduled with the professional child actor. I gave Jake the script and
because he had never been near a microphone, I began to coach him as to how
close he should get to it, how to be careful about pronunciation, etc. ?Let?s try a few
lines? I said, and that?s when the fun began.
Jake I quickly learned, had speech problems.
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