I auditioned for a McDonald’s spot today, and couldn’t help but feel a little torn about the whole thing. It all started back when I was a little kid listening to interviews with celebrities like Weird Al Yankovic and Mean Joe Green (who incidentally, are touring together under the moniker “Weird Al Green”) where they talked about making a conscious decision not to hawk alcohol or tobacco products. It wasn’t that they didn’t drink or smoke, they just didn’t want to sell that image to the impressionable youth of America. And for some reason, I thought that was commendable.

Now I could care less about America’s youth, but I always held on to the sage-like wisdom of Mean Joe and Weird Al, and when I got my first commercial agent so many moons ago, I made it very clear that I did NOT want to go out for alcohol or tobacco spots. If you know anything about commercial agentry, you know that booze is where the big money’s at, so this ridiculous stance of mine has never really gone over well with anyone who’s ever been duped into representing me. Still, I assert that a man’s gotta have his convictions, even if they’re borne in the impressionable mind of an American youth. And here’s where I start feeling torn… (Read the Rest…)