DILLON’S DIRTY WILD ROAD DIARIES
A long weekend. A wild party. That’s what everyone remembered.
Well… almost everyone.
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For most of the crew, it simply took a little longer to recover. Exhaustion, triple-digit desert heat, dehydration, and a little too much alcohol eventually wore off. They bounced back.
Except for one.
In all his glory stood the Captain the man in charge, the one with all the answers convinced he knew exactly where he was. Looking at me with complete confidence, he declared:
> “You’re living in fantasyland if you think you created this.”
As his loyal first mate, Gilligan, I couldn’t help but smile. And chuckle inside. I thought to myself.
When I think of fantasy, I think of fantasy island and now Gilligan’s Island-that tropical paradise somewhere in the Bahamas.
Of course, in reality, it wasn’t filmed on an island at all. It was filmed on a studio lot in Burbank.
Somewhere along the way, our Captain got fantasy and reality mixed together. He believed he was still stranded on Gilligan’s Island.
The irony?
We weren’t on an island. We were standing in the middle of the California desert-a place I’ve known well and returned to for years.
I looked over at the crew and said, “Captain… drinking too much alcohol can stop your brain from making new memories.”
A few of the guys laughed. Then they wanted to know more.
I explained that alcohol interferes with a part of the brain called the hippocampus, which is responsible for turning short-term experiences into long-term memories.
When blood alcohol levels rise too quickly, the brain simply stops recording events. That’s what causes a blackout. Fast drinking makes it worse. An empty stomach makes alcohol absorb alcohol even faster.
Many of you hadn’t eaten. Most of you hadn’t been drinking enough water. You were exhausted from the desert heat. Sleep-deprived. Some may have mixed alcohol with other substances, increasing the effects even more.
A few of you experienced partial blackouts. Sometimes bits and pieces return when someone reminds you of what happened.
And for others…
There was no memory to recover because the brain never stored it in the first place. The crew grew quiet. Hydration helps. Rest helps. Good nutrition helps.
However, once a true blackout occurs, those missing hours often never come back because they were never recorded. I looked back at the Captain and couldn’t resist one final thought.
“Well, Captain… Now we’re here.
And somehow you’ve become stranded inside your own creation.”
Funny how that works. Sometimes the greatest fantasy isn’t the island. It’s believing the story our own mind creates after the memory is gone.
As for our own little adventure, we’re now heading into Episode 3, “ Doctor, help is on the way” which we’ll be filming this weekend. If all goes according to plan, the entire series with 8 episodes should be wrapped sometime in September.
I have to tell you, this project has been an absolute blast. Even with extreme heat the models/actors hung in there, so grateful.
Thank you!
What I’ve enjoyed most isn’t simply creating something. It’s creating something with other men who bring their own personalities, talents, humor, and ideas to the table. Every scene becomes a collaboration. Every laugh, every suggestion, every unexpected moment makes the story better then if it was just my way. I learned that skill set decades ago.
Collaboration is the act of two or more people, groups, or companies working together to create, build, or achieve a shared goal. Sharing ideas, skills, work to make something better than one person alone. This has never been about one man trying to do it all. It’s a “we” program. Community matters where everyone contributes not just Gilligan. And in the end, I know that makes the journey every bit as memorable as the destination. 🛸🌵🤠🎥 Subscribe-