Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 40

An expert judges the true value of a 'priceless' tin cup.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 39

Prisoner who thinks the television lies about the possibilities for success in America.

Monday, February 08, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 38

After the Czar's morning bath, it is his habit to meditate an hour before dressing himself.

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 37

Old friend moves to Williamsburg, Virginia, and turns "Colonial"... like Ben Franklin.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 36

Armchair philosopher lays down some cold, blunt truths to his neighbor.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 35

Pharmaceutical company bigwig reveals he sees every little thing that goes on at the office.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 33

Classic movie moment with a certain yellow dog changes a man.

Monologue a Day Project - Day 32

A former code-breaker obsessively analyzes his girlfriend's behavior.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 29

Being in denial, having extra-marital affairs, and incorrect assumptions.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 26

A man discusses many things... including coffee, dogs, his private and inner thoughts, plus second marriages.

Monologue a Day Project - Day 25

A man explains the true damage that has been done.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 24

Remembering the complexities of a grade-school romance.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 23

A guy determines that it's finally time to end it with his girl.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 22

Beirut hostage has sense of humor while remembering a colleague.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 21

A homeless man creates an illusion with heart-wrenching tenderness

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 19

A strange memory from Catholic School.

reBlog from Eric Hellman: Go To Hellman

I found this fascinating quote today:



From what we've been able to piece together, the book "lending" takes place in "libraries". On entering one of these dens, patrons may view a dazzling array of books, periodicals, even CDs and DVDs, all available to anyone willing to disclose valuable personal information in exchange for a "card". But there is an ominous silence pervading these ersatz sanctuaries, enforced by the stern demeanor of staff and the glares of other patrons. Although there's no admission charge and it doesn't cost anything to borrow a book, there's always the threat of an onerous overdue bill for the hapless borrower who forgets to continue the cycle of not paying for copyrighted material.Eric Hellman, Go To Hellman, Jan 2010



You should read the whole article.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 18

A sweet and embarrassing food memory involving Philadelphia Cream Cheese.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 17

An actor is sick of being stereotyped as either a nice Jewish boy, or a flaming Queen.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 16

A young straight man tries to understand lesbians.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 15

The drunken head of a household plans murder, slaughter and revenge.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 10

A young man discovers why they call it a "crush"

Monologue a Day Project article at ShavarRoss.com

My good friend and colleague, Shavar Ross, posted this terrific article about my grandfather, and my latest attempt to record a monologue a day. Give it a read, and then check out the rest of his great website.

Monologue a Day Project - Day 9

A speech from Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare... is anybody hungry?

Friday, January 08, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 8

An essay by Steven Martin on the subject of "Closure"

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 7

A former nuthouse inmate makes an attempt to describe what you might expect if you do a stint in Bellevue's Psycho Ward.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Monologe a Day Project - Day 6

A cubicle dweller has a rather unhealthy obsession with one of his co-workers.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 5

A boxer comes to terms with the real reasons why some men obsess on the gym...

Monday, January 04, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 4

A heroin addict wrestles with his attitude towards the common cockroach.

Hybrid cars poop leaves


Hybrid cars poop leaves, originally uploaded by hollywoodkids.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 3

Dramatic monologue about a racist, and his reaction to a shooting in his town.

Monologue a Day Project - Day 2

Seriocomic monologue about a guy who's having a really bad day.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Monologue a Day Project - Day 1

Monologue a Day Project

Keith Coogan learns and performs a monologue a day as inspired by Julie and Julia. Hope you enjoy. Shot on the Sony HDR-HC1, cut with iMovie on an iMac. Day 1 is a prison monologue, shot and uploaded on January 1st, 2010. Happy New Year, everybody!

Thursday, December 31, 2009

What You See Isn't Always What You Get

The many uses of "Green Screen" also known as "ChromaKey". Personally, I have to say that more and more, special effects in film and television are getting so good, that I get fooled all the time.

At the end of this clip, is a shot from the pilot of "Heroes"... tell me you knew that was an effects shot... I dare you.

The year(s) of the iPhone


iPhone sketch, originally uploaded by hollywoodkids.

Did you succumb to the pressure yet? Have you tried out this evil piece of technology from Cupertino? Are you forever in the grips of your Blackberry, maybe did some "slide to open" on the side? If you have an iPhone, if you love it, if you hate it... tell everyone how you feel in the comments below...

I love my iPhone... do you love yours?

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

"The Godson" on Hulu

This is my favorite silly movie, next to "Downhill Willie"... Watch for me in the Mafia University scenes... I have some great bits with Kevin McDonald.

Feature Film

1:40:33

When Giuseppe "The Guppy" becomes head of the Calzone Mob family, his father sends him to "Mafia University" to learn the tricks of the trade.

rewind through the Iron Man 2 trailer

http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/14251831/iron-man-2/videos/ironman2_trl1_rewind_120709.html?show=hi

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Sunset Blvd - Take a Ride along the Sunset Strip

A drive along the Sunset Strip and environs... with "Pink Floyd" inspired music... Shot by Keith Coogan with the Sony HDR-HC1, cut with iMovie on an iMac.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Art School Photo of Shoes


Art School Photo of Shoes, originally uploaded by hollywoodkids.

New pic and resume

Keith Coogan's headshot and new resume hosted at Screen Actors Guild.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Simple Analogy

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.

The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.


The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.

What a profound short little paragraph that says it all

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for,that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

~ Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931

Friday, November 13, 2009

Amazing Tech in New Mercedes

Mercedes now have automatic braking and acceleration assist, night vision augmented reality, and maps with directions can be sent from your computer directly to your on-board navigation system.

I also saw an ad on Hulu for cars that have a "dashboard-watchdog system" that checks to make sure you are awake and alert for long, night-time drives. This same ad had steering correction for when you drift over the line. Coupled with the auto braking and acceleration... this could lead to self-driving cars.

I predict within 5 years that you will be able to send directions to your car, get in, and then have your car drive you wherever you want to go automatically... with little or no further input necessary for the "driver"... as long as your destination is on Google maps.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Monday, November 02, 2009

Yes, this is really Los Angeles

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Hills Salaries Exposed - The Daily Beast

As the MTV hit returns, Nicole LaPorte uncovers payday drama: Kristin makes $90k per episode compared to Spencer's $65k and Audrina's $100k. Plus, our gallery of reality TV salaries.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

No Signal (and other cellular drama)

A montage of the most overused horror-cinema plot device, post-2000.

Posse Comitatus Act Violation at G20 Demonstrations, September 24, 2009

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385) passed on June 18, 1878, after the end of Reconstruction, with the intention (in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807) of substantially limiting the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement. The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (today the Army, Air Force, and State National Guard forces when such are called into federal service) from exercising nominally state law enforcement, police, or peace officer powers that maintain "law and order" on non-federal property (states and their counties and municipal divisions) within the United States.
The statute generally prohibits federal military personnel and units of the National Guard under federal authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress. The Coast Guard is exempt from the Act during peacetime.

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009

You go, Marcy!

Congesswoman Marcy Kaptur lays into Henry Paulson.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Holy s*%t, Houston, we are on the F*&%^&g moon!

Slightly not safe for work audio of the real moon landing.

Monday, July 13, 2009

The Colony Experiment

Propaganda from the Discovery Channel

Correcting a few internet inaccuracies

Just a few things I would like to clear up. Most information about me on the internet is OK, but there remains some bad details that I'd like to clarify.

My professional and legal name has never been anything other than Keith Mitchell/Keith Coogan. Regardless of how many times or who my mother married, I never changed my last name to anything other than Mitchell or Coogan.

I have never been credited as "B. B. Beamon"

I did not write the screenplay for "Eddie".

For the Disney Television Series "Gun Shy" which was based on the made for tv movie, "The Apple Dumpling Gang", I actually was in the last 4 episodes, not the first. Adam Rich did replace me, but only from the pilot for the first two episodes of the series... after two episodes, they cast me back in the role, where I finished the order for the network. Disney, however, aired the series episodes out of order, so it looked like I was replaced by Adam Rich after completing four episodes. Not the case. I was replaced after the pilot, but then I re-replaced Adam for whatever reason.

I am nowhere near the 5'7" that IMDB says I am.

My favorite color is red...

...and I like puppies.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Sarah Palin represents all that is anti-American

Sarah Palin has finally convinced me that she may very well be the anti-christ. At least she has shown some of the most anti-American traits I have ever seen in a public figure. Let me break it down:

1. Breaking your word and quitting. When she ran for Governor of Alaska, she made a commitment to serve as a public figure for a determined amount of time. Once she stepped down as Governor for apparently no reason, she broke that oath of office and broke one of the basic principles of the founding fathers of this country. You can never give up, especially in the face of opposition. If Sarah Palin were somehow a part of the American Revolution, we'd all be drinking tea in the afternoons.

2. Being a good Mother. She failed to keep her own daughter from becoming pregnant while living under her own roof. It is as if she suddenly became the liberal stereotype of what can happen when a family doesn't pray to god every single day. Praying to god does not work as a contraceptive. Trust me. If you can't keep your household in order, how can you expect me to believe that you can run this country, or a state? And yes, having your under-age daughter become pregnant out of wedlock is the benchmark of a mother who apparently didn't teach her children the truth or consequences of having pre-marital sex. If she did, then her daughter didn't listen. Or, perhaps she never told her daughter the truth about where babies come from. They come from God, and that's that. God says don't have sex before you are married. Guess what? Palin's daughter had sex before getting married, and then she had a baby. So either her daughter is rebellious, or ignorant of the outcome of couch sex.

3. Wrecking the environment. Building a multi-million dollar home on the shores of a lake doesn't exactly sound like an environmentally friendly move. But then again, this is the one who says it's OK for folks to shoot wolves from a helicopter. So go ahead Sarah, build your pipelines, wreck the environment... have you not been watching the news? Green energy is all the rage... if you wanted to do things differently, then I would think you would help move the country off of fossil fuels, and into alternative energies, but by blindly destroying the environment and slavishly sticking with oil as the status quo, aren't you just demonstrating business as usual?

4. Being accountable. Sarah Palin has threatened to sue bloggers and any newspaper that re-prints anything from those blogs with defamation of character. You have to have character in order to have someone be able to decimate it... moot point. Why isn't Palin being held accountable for her remarks about Obama being a terrorist? Isn't that considered slander and libel? In her book, I guess not.

5. Being honest. Taking per diem money for travel to work, when in fact you don't deserve it is considered fraud. Confess your error, and pay back the cash. That is the American thing to do. Ignoring the problem, or resigning in grace, (since you didn't resign in disgrace, this is what I am left with) won't change the fact that you are not telling us the real reason you are stepping down. You are simply not telling us the whole story.

6. Having candor. Falwell, Clinton, and Sarkozy, these are all men that fessed up and yet continued to have a seat of power in the theater of the political world. You just seem full of shit. I don't believe for a second any of the things you have to say. There is some sort of agenda to which you are not letting me be privy to... so I have to come to the conclusion that what you are hiding could destroy us all. If you want to push the button and start WWIII, then please just say so... If you want to return this country to a collection of cave-dwelling primitives who club the next fertile female then keep it up... you're doing just great!

One thing I can't stand in politicians is the lying. I have much more respect when you simply tell me the truth. This was the one great thing about George Bush, no spin, he just said it like it was... "Yep, gonna git their oil, simple as that.... what? Is there anything wrong with that?" Nothing, George... nothing at all. Thanks for being honest.

So I feel that these traits demonstrate the possibility that Sarah Palin couldn't possibly be anything but a big, fat, lying politician. And that is pretty much the most anti-American thing I can think of one to be.

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Sunday, July 05, 2009

Amber Alert!

Amber Alert!

Missing From: Los Angeles, CA
Missing Date: 7/4/2009 12:00 AM

Contact: Los Angeles Police Department
877-527-3247

Circumstances: The four children were abducted by the suspect. It is believed they are traveling in the listed vehicle.


Missing Children:

Name: Matthew Samos
Hair Color: Br Eye Color: Br
Skin Color: Bl Age: 1yo
Height: 2' Weight: 20lb
Gender: Male
Description: White t-shirt,jeans,black shoes

Name: Ariana Wade
Hair Color: Blk Eye Color: Brn
Skin Color: Bl Age: 6yo
Height: 4'1" Weight: 40lb
Gender: Female
Description: Wearing white shirt,black pants,pink braids/barretts

Name: Ashley Tathkran
Hair Color: Brn Eye Color: Brn
Skin Color: Bl Age: 11yo
Height: 4'4 Weight: 50lb
Gender: Female
Description: Wearing brown shorts and green shirt

Name: Jose Diaz
Hair Color: Blk Eye Color: Brn
Skin Color: Bl Age: 5yo
Height: 4'6 Weight: 45lb
Gender: Male
Description: Wearing white shirt,jeans,brown Echo sweater

Suspect
Name: Angel Samos
Hair Color: Blk Eye Color: Brn
Skin Color: Hisp Age: 29yo
Height: 5'11 Weight: 220lb
Gender: Male
Description: Multiple tattoos

Vehicle Information
Make: Toyota Model: Previa
Color: Gold/Brown
License State: CA License Text: 5SEF614

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Totally innapropriate guerilla marketing

Dali poster on a public utility box

Where the wild things are


Where the wild things are, originally uploaded by hollywoodkids.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Helen Hunt + PCP + Keyboard Cat

Just follow the link, press the button, and enjoy 5 minutes of pure bliss.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

My Galaga high score of 185,570 - beat that!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Pride Festival and Parade 2009 West Hollywood Part 2

The 2009 Pride Festival and Parade in West Hollywood, CA. Featuring Gloria Allred, Democratic Party Members who support the repeal of Prop 8, Gelson's Market, Fairfax High School Marching Band, Micky's Flaming Gay Bar, Red Bull, Evian, and New Zealand Air. Shot by Keith Coogan on June 14, 2009 with the Sony HDR-HC1, edited on an iMac with iMovie. Part 2 of 2.

Pride Festival and Parade 2009 West Hollywood Part 1

The 2009 Pride Festival and Parade in West Hollywood, CA. Featuring Gloria Allred, Democratic Party Members who support the repeal of Prop 8, Gelson's Market, Fairfax High School Marching Band, Micky's Flaming Gay Bar, Red Bull, Evian, and New Zealand Air. Shot by Keith Coogan on June 14, 2009 with the Sony HDR-HC1, edited on an iMac with iMovie. Part 1 of 2.

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Times and dates when I'll be on the television

Sat. June 6, 8:00 PM - E! - Adventures in Babysitting
Sun. June 7, 12:00 PM - E! - Adventures in Babysitting
Mon. June 8, 4:30 PM - COMEDY - Book of Love
Tue. June 9, 8:00 AM - COMEDY - Book of Love
Wed. June 10, 1:00 PM - E! - Adventures in Babysitting
Thur. June 11, 9:00 AM - E! - Adventures in Babysitting

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Stuffed squirrels

Squirrel taxidermy by Rick Nadeau, 51, of Mitchell, Ill.

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S.A.G. members please vote NO on this new media deal!



Vote NO on the SAG Contract. Actors, Stunt Men, & Crew rally their support to turn down the current SAG theatrical/television/new medial contract. It results in a near 90% reduction in our residual rates. More and more television will be watched online, and this contract would pay hard working actors less and less for their work. Vote NO DEAL

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Monday, May 18, 2009

"The Keith Coogan Experience" - TKCE - InternetCopyTKCE



The full-length version of, "The Keith Coogan Experience". Grab some popcorn, kick your shoes off, and let this funny short wipe your brain of all its worries. *Not actually guaranteed to wipe your brain of all its worries.

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