My credentials as a Philly zombie extra
Did you read in Shawn Vestal’s piece this morning that Spokane is a stand-in for the post-apocalypse Philadelphia in “Z Nation”?
Well, I don’t know why the producers haven’t contacted me about being an extra. Perhaps they are unaware of my connections to the City of Brotherly Love.
So I’ll list just a few.
My mother was born in Philadelphia.
My Aunt Helen took me to the Philadelphia Zoo when I was about 7.
Have been to Independence Hall, seen the Liberty Bell, the Rocky statue, had a cheese steak, et cetera.
At the height of my NFL fandom, when I was a kid in the 1960s, my favorite player was a running back/flanker for the Eagles named Tim Brown. No. 22.
When, John LeClair, a guy from near where I had lived in Vermont, was starring for Philadelphia, I was a big Flyers fan. No. 10.
Long ago, I used to randomly toss out quotes from the movie “Rocky.”
“Cut me, Mick. C’mon, cut me. Gotta open my eyes. I can’t see.”
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