[hallmark toyota - 2004]
 

While I was in a play with my infamous Baton Rouge actor friend Ray Gaspard, he approached me with a unique opportunity. Seems he worked for a local ad agency, and they were filming a commercial where a pinhead beancounter gets hell kicked out of him by a pro wrestler, played by Mr. Gaspard himself, and would I please stretch well before I showed up on set?
 
What he didn't know is that I had studied aikijutsu for several years, the art of putting yourself on the floor at fantastic speed, and so I was reasonably comfortable with all levels of whoop-ass that he threw at me.
 
But he truly was a fearsome sight in those tights.
 
Oh yeah, that is a real chair he hits me with. Stagecraft can do wonders, but there's really only one way to hit someone with a chair. He was merciful; had he hit me as hard as the sound effects would have you believe, I would probably be dead. But anything for the amusement of millions of screaming wrestling fans.
 
I still can't feel my right leg.