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About Me

How does one really describe oneself? Is it based on what you do? Is based on what you feel? Where you live? What you eat? Your favorite things? How? While I'm not sure the answer, I'll do my best. Here it goes... I am a young televsion producer/director (and I occasitionally write). I recently directed the pilot episode of "Hardly Working". I also recently co-produced/dircted segments covering the LA Film Festival (including red carpet for "The Devil Wears Prada" and interviews with Sally Kellerman and William Feidkin). I am still working on "Hardly Working", and I am teaming up with producer Joe Carrier on several other television projects. I can't really say I'm from one area of the country since so many places influenced who I am today. Originally, I am from New York. (Go Mets!) I have the New York sense of humor and loyalty, and I tend to swear a lot (despite trying not to). Then I moved to Texas and I ended up liking it there. I have the wild and sometimes confrontational spirit of a Texas cowboy. (Even though I try to pretend I don't.) I went to college in San Francisco where I ended up taking away a strage sense of art and culture. Now, here in L.A. I've developed a sense of wheeling and dealing that a love for all things flashy. So, when people ask where I'm from there is no real answer. I will do my best to log in and update all of this info, but really the best way to see what's going on with me is to check out http://www.1210productions.com/. (My blog reposted there with pictures, and you can see what I'm working on now.)I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

My Interests

Television, Movies, DVDs, Hockey, Track & Field, College Football (Ohio State, Army, Texas, William & Mary), good books, the occastional video game, and working.

I'd like to meet:

This is difficult, because I live and work in the L.A. entertainment industy so I often end up meeting the people that I really want to eventually. It also depends on if they are living or dead. Living people I'd have to say: Thomas Schlamme, Aaron Sorkin, David E. Kelley, Jeffery Katzenberg, and Peter O'Toole. If we're talking about historical people I'd say: Walt Disney, David Lean, Gene Roddenbury, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Alexandre Dumas, Chareles Dickens, and Sir Aurthur Cohnen Doyal. Then there's always fictional character like Sherlock Holmes, Edmund Dantes, Jean-Luc Picard, Adrian Monk, etc. That said, I assume this actually means who I'd like to meet on MySpace. So I'd say anyone from my past, anyone who is opart of my present, and anyone who wants to be part of my future.

Music:

Trance (Paul Van Dyk) and Jazz (Brain Culbertson & Dave Koz) EMME (the cool tunes you hear playing) and Paris Green (check them out under my friends). Occationally I'll listen to other stuff.

Movies:

Lawrence of Arabia, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Top Gun, Big, Star Wars, Chariots of Fire, Clerks, Alex & Emma (seriously), The Last Emperor, Network, Secret of My Success, L.A. Story and Spaceballs.

Television:

CURRENT SHOWS: Boston Legal, Rescue Me, Monk, Rome, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, Eureka, Big Love, Psych, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Footballer$ Wives, 30 Rock and Hardly Working (of course). PAST SHOWS: Dallas, Mork & Mindy, Taxi, Star Trek (TNG & DS9), The West Wing, Quantum Leap, Bewitched, Mr. Ed, The Dick Van Dyk Show, Ducktales, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Beverly Hills 90210, Saved By the Bell, Family Ties, Golden Girls and Frasier.

Books:

The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers (all five books), Walt Disney: An American Original, His Excellency, Benedict Arnold's Navy, Founding Brothers, The Glorious Cause, Democracy In America, Augustus, Trump: The Art of the Deal, Slaying the Dragon, The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The Kid Stays in the Picture, The Vampire Lestat and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Heroes:

Walt Disney, Ruseell Grey, Thomas Schlamme, Aaron Sorkin, David E Kelley, Andy Breckman, Ronald D Moore, David Lean, Steven Spielberg, Kevin Smith, Jeffery Katzenberg Caesar Augustus (Octavian), Agrippa, George Washington, Alexander Dumas, Gary Carter, Larry Bird and my father.

My Blog

Sweet Rivalry (or More on Football)...

There are few things as exciting and emotional to our national conscience than college football rivalries. They create a partisanship stronger than any political issue. In some cases the create what b...
Posted by Jonathan David on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:54:00 PST

We Thank You For Your Service

Today is Veteran's Day. For most people it is a day of work when on a Monday and not much more. (The U.S. Postal Service decided to take Monday off even without the holiday.) There is more to this day...
Posted by Jonathan David on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:19:00 PST

STRIKE!

Those who have known me for a long time know that I was once very vocal about my political beliefs, but over the past few years I have endeavored to keep my strange political beliefs to myself. (As a ...
Posted by Jonathan David on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:17:00 PST

Across the Field!

There is something about this time of year. Even being laid up in bed, I can still enjoy it to some extent. It all has do with the sport they may even be more important to our national identity than b...
Posted by Jonathan David on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:19:00 PST

Only Place to Get the Blog - 1210 Set Down

Since I first started using MySpace, I have always rebublished "J.D.'s Personal Blog" from the 1210 Productions site here. There was an issue with the Program on which all of my site (there are actual...
Posted by Jonathan David on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:16:00 PST

Slowly Recovering

For those of you who have kept up with what has been going on with me personally I wanted to let you know that I recently returned from the Mayo Clinic, and following their advise and with a little re...
Posted by Jonathan David on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:43:00 PST

We’re Adding Ads

It's true. We are finally adding ads to the 1210 Productions and Hardly Working sites. While we have been reluctant to do so before now the incorporation of Google's AdSense to the latest version of A...
Posted by Jonathan David on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:40:00 PST

Happy Birthday Suzanne!

I'd like to wish a quick happy birthday to the love of my life, my fiancé Suzanne Jacobs.
Posted by Jonathan David on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:37:00 PST

Where is House when you need him!

Just as things seem to start going my way the tide changes and I'm set off sailing straight into another storm. Last Thursday (4/12), I was put in the hospital. The doctors, while all trying very h...
Posted by Jonathan David on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:15:00 PST

A Very Personal Entry - Answers to Everyone's Recent Questions

Many of you have wondered why there has been very little posting on this blog in the past several months. Others have wondered why 1210 has not produced any new projects for you to watch. Yet still ot...
Posted by Jonathan David on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:48:00 PST