"Coming Soon"
1999 TV - Character "Ross"

The show is about an experimental theater group who is getting ready for a show called "Blood And Oatmeal" that became more popular than expected because one of the cast is a famous jazz singer and nobody told the group about it. So the director runs around trying to get everything to work out, while the actors suffer from beneath her crushing fist. It has an entire British and Scottish cast. "Graham" and "Fiona" are both managers/runners, and "Jen" is the director.

Billy plays a lighting technicians' son who joins the theater group to help with lighting, curtain calls, and run-around jobs, so you see him ALOT. "Ross" is alot like the LotR character "Pippin", he seems to be sort of a dim-witted and energetic guy who loves to talk about Theaters Of The Future. He always comes in at the right moment and knows how to keep the cast focused, like a combination of Pippin and "Radar O'Reilly" from M*A*S*H. "Coming Soon" is hilarious and I recommend it to anyone over 18. There is some swearing, graphic nudity. (neither from Bill though.) Some pictures didn't turn out, so you are missing a look at some great Bill scenes!

Don't try to adjust your computer screen or begin to think this is a Photoshopped image! It's completely natural, and completely scary. He's happy because the entire theatre was sold out and they may need a bigger theatre. Hence, the look. His hair looked like a river of gold, so i took a picture of it. This is how Bill looks when he's thinking reaaally hard.. a pic of him saying ..
kissable the concerned expression is because he wonders if he's getting paid fairly on weekends, and the guy said he may not be. He's so angelic His da tells him about a girl he loves, while sitting in his taxi.
Cheers! Like!.. Don't Like!.. Don't Like! Don't Like! Like! Like! Like! THAT's digital! after telling them about the digital theatre, Fiona understands it and explains it to Graham, and when everyone finally understands the idea, Bill proudly smirks in silence at his wonderful analogy. testing the lighting onstage from the lighting box.
The show got really bad reviews and they try to tell Jen, the director, but Fiona's not going about it the right way.. Graham shoves Fiona out into the middle of the street and takes her cellphone from her and Bill is watching Fiona yell angrily. writing light direction notes  


Here's a scene.. (hold your mouse over the pics to read)

The scene is a bit perverted, warning you...

Fiona driving the car, Graham in the passenger, and Bill in the back. Graham... 'we could invite Jen to dinner and break the news to her that way. Yes. You..and me..alone. With Jen.' he says getting turned on by the 'alone' part. Graham moans and begins kissing Fiona, she stops the car somewhere, and they begin necking in the front seat, while Billy is trapped in the back. - Bill says sheepishly 'Excuse me.. Graham, if you would just unlock the door.. No.. nevermind..' Trying to distract himself from the goings on in the front seats, Bill's character (mind dedicated to his work), he begins to think outloud of mathematical equations, adding numbers for something or other, attempting to be oblivious.

Quotes from "Ross" blabbering on about Digital Theater (?)

he really gets into this idea, very excited about telling people his point of view.

"My theory is that a theater of the future won't take place in a theater, it'll be a conceptual space! Not a real space. This is where digital comes into it. I mean, if you think about it, live performance is digital! I mean, your audience member either likes or doesn't like something at any given moment in time, that's your Ones, and your Not's. Likes, Don't Like.. Like, Don't Like. Don't Like! Don't Like! Like! Like! Like! ...That's digital!"

"With two basic building blocks, you can build an experience of anythin' of complexity, and that is comparable to watchin a production of 'Blood And Oatmeal' or Julia Roth, but digital!"


I can't make tapes, so this is about as close to seeing the episodes as you'll get, by me. Sorry everyone!
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