How’s Lock N’ Load with R. Lee Ermey on The History Channel going?
Well, we finished the 13 episodes. It took five months, and I had only nine days off. It was day on, stay on, stay busy, and have fun! I think in our last count we shot in 29 different states. So it kept us really moving. We were on Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force bases. We did them all. TW: Is there a lot of preparation, writing and stuff? There’s not a whole lot of writing, because we come up with much of it on the spot. But, there is a lot of research that goes into the process and we still have to make logistical arrangements. You can’t just take a film crew, and waltz onto the base, expecting the military to meet your schedule. Take the 155 Howitzer, for example. We can’t get shots of the 155 unless they’ve got a schedule for shooting the 155. They won’t set it up specifically for us. That costs a lot of money. We have to find out when they’ll be shooting the 155s and be able to get there at that time. TW: Can you tell us about some of the equipment you’ve run into that you
