A few months ago, a buddy tipped me off about another buddy, one that I had long lost track off. Well, technically I moved away, so maybe it was the other way around...but now we're just quibbling.

Anyhow, turns out this guy I knew way back when has had a recent run of good fortune in his acting endeavors. Mrs. That Dan Guy and I were watching a movie called "The Big White", starring Robin Williams, and at one point there appeared to be a familiar face. Sure enough, the credits confirmed my suspicions - Stephen Eric McIntyre.

Now, I knew him when he was only Steve McIntyre, so this is all new to me. However, ending up in a feature film with Robin Williams can't be all that shabby. Add Eric, heck I'd add Captain Plymouth Toboggan for that matter...

Back when I knew him, McIntyre was part of a long-running troupe called Theatre X.

No, not that kind of troupe, you sick puppy!! Theatre X was one of the best improv troupes in Winnipeg, decades before Whose Line Is It Anyway. And I was their groupie... For years.

I couldn't afford cable...

At any rate, another buddy mentioned that Mr. Stephen Eric McIntyre was now a member of the cast of Falcon Beach, a hip show for even hipper young folk. That last sentence exposes me as well out of that age bracket...

The point is, I taped a couple of episodes to my Hi-Fi Betamax, and lo and behold - there he was - Steve McIntyre!! Playing a dastardly villian named Mook. Or Moop. Maybe Moot, the sound isn't so good on that old Beta machine...

However, just as I was (virtually) reunited with my old pal, he was whacked!! Extinguished! Moy-da'd!!

(If you watch the show, you already know this, as it happened several weeks back. Sorry, things just get jammed up in the hopper, here at Such Is Life...)

So, there you have it. If you happen to be at some future cocktail party, and hear some balding old fool in the corner dropping a name like Stephen Eric McIntyre, you could very well be in the presence of That Dan Guy...

Hey, I also heard that The Flames won a shootout last night. Quiver, mortal Canucks!!! The end is nigh!!!!

Chow for now!!