i was a movie projectionist for many, many years. it was my first job when i got out of high school, it paid my way through college, and it saved my butt when i moved to la and realized that working as an extra was not going to cut it.

the first question i get when people hear that i was a projectionist is “did you do that thing like in fight club?”. the second is, “you know in gremlins, where the movie burns up…does that happen a lot?”

i’m not going to answer that first question but the answer to the second is: if you have gremlins in your booth, they are most likely not going to receive the proper training to run 16 mm projectors…so yes, that’s going to happen a lot. if you want to hire me to train your gremlins in how to thread and clean a projector to prevent film wraps, i’m available. then you won’t have to bug hulk hogan next time.