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Jim Intravia
8/11/2010
02:14:47
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Okay. Here's the story. My son, Timothy Intravia, is a street performer/mime/living statue/actor. He makes a living in NY city doing all these things. He was on an episode of Rescue me a year or so ago (as a statue in a park) and a few other things that most of us don't even see. Well, right now, if you happen to be a NY Mets fan (very tough to be though Pelfrey finally pitched a good game last night) and you watch SNY, about every other game will show a commercial where Mr. Met meets up with a Silver living statue and tries to get him to move. My son is the statue. After mr. Met gives him a dollar, than he moves, which is how these things work.
Also, he worked for me part time, as a shipping clerk 10 years ago,(my son, not Mr. met) and I trained him on copiers just in case so, technically, that makes it OK to post here!
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DOCTOR COPY
8/11/2010
07:11:25
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HE SHOULDA CROSS TRAINED US TO BE STATUES.PAYS BETTER.
UNKLE DOKK SLOPPY
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Black Cloud
8/11/2010
15:45:44
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Today was a really tough day. Heck... I'd even be a fire hydrant. lol
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Cope
8/11/2010
16:21:50
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Glad to hear he's finally getting paid for standing
around Jim. Anything ever come of that Butterfinger
commercial a while back? Keep him focused...he'll be
paying for your retirement before long. -Cope
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Jim Intravia
8/11/2010
17:42:58
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The butterfinger commercial: They came in 2nd out of about 1000 entrys. Prize was something like $500 and 1000 butterfingers, which was reported to the IRS as income!! He doesn't eat junk food so got stuck with giving out candy bars that he has to pay taxes on!!!
He just finished a movie called "Dead by Friday" which may or may not hit theaters in a few months. He's making a living and he's not in a dying business like his old man! He's also an exceptionally good son.
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DOCTOR COPY
8/11/2010
18:18:02
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DON'T TAKE JIM'S WORD THAT TIM IS A GOOD KID. EVEN MY FOLKS SAID THEY WERE PROUD OF ME. GO FIGURE IT, PARENTS WOULD HATE THEIR KIDS IF THEY WEREN'T RELATED.
NOW, TAKE MY WORD. TIM IS A GREAT KID. JIM SHOULD BE PROUD OF ALL THE KIDS. I AM PROUD TO CALL THEM ALL MY FRIENDS.
MARK (DOCTOR COPY)
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joel
8/12/2010
05:07:27
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I would have taken the box of Butterfingers and sold them for cash. More than what they are valued at and not reported it :)
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tonerjockey
8/12/2010
14:57:50
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has he ever done the "statue of liberty" man that dresses up with a green suit and that pointed visor with a big American flag and people pay to get their picture taken?. sounds like a good line of work. no inventory to keep, his job wont go to India or China, and he is outside. except for the cold winters. maybe he should consider going to Venice beach CA. weather never to bad and always tourists wanting to see that stuff. and you get to watch all those pretty girls. also not far from Hollywood so he might get spotted. Jim
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Keith
8/12/2010
16:52:21
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Maybe he can get a gig with the Naked Cowboy.
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Jim Intravia
8/13/2010
09:42:34
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He despises the naked cowboy. Too easy a gig, he says. But you gotta respect the naked guy's business-he makes money at it. But "artists" have different rules.
He makes pretty good $$ doing his statue act at South Street Seaport. He also did an umpire/statue thing at Major League Baseball's fanfest two years ago. He stood like a statue of a 1920's umpire at a home plate. People would stand and get their picture taken and then when they swung the bat, he would come alive, call "Steerike" with appropriate body language (he has also been a professional umpire) and they would jump 10 feet. It was hysterical to watch. He was hired by the MLB for that at the Jvits center in NYC.
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Desert Tech
8/13/2010
09:46:01
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Back in May there was a guy on the pier in San Diego covered in silver doing a robotic statue routine. It was cool to watch
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tonerjockey
8/13/2010
10:36:37
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that "silver dude" must do OK. a few years ago he would do his thing in Santa Monica. then i went to San Fransisco, and there was the same guy. that's like 500 miles i think.so with a Hyundai i guess it can pay?
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DOCTOR COPY
8/13/2010
11:16:21
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THAT SILVER DUDE HAS NOTHING ON ORANGE-MAN. WE SHOULD GET ORANGE HIT-MIME TO PUT HIS SILENCER ON AND RUB THE IMPOSTER OUT.
DOKK SLOPPY
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Jim Intravia
8/14/2010
05:24:37
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I have to translate. Doc Copy/sloppy is referring to my son Tim's previous outfit (all orange) and his orangemime title combined with t fact that he plays a mob enforcer in a movie. Doc says he should be the silent kller; kills but doesn't move or talk and of course, uses a silencer. Inthe Met commercial, he is in silver, not orange. He also does the robot thing.
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Steve
8/24/2010
06:42:34
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This is a funny thread. Cracks me up...especially the Butterfinger taxes! Who writes this stuff? :-P
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tim mintravia
9/24/2010
20:59:38
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i dont know where to start. Dad, thanks for being proud of me and for bragging about me. Everyone else, thanks for listening and responding. To answer a few questions/clear some things up, I have never been a statue of liberty, those people are just making money off wearing a costume, and most of em, are foreign and don't care that it is a symbol of america, just see it as a way to make money. what i do, requires patience and discipline, although being a statue of liberty person is more lucrative, i have something called Pride that my wonderful dad instilled in me
While my job won't be sent to china or india, it is not easy and there are definitely bad days, like tonight when i made peanuts. I do work in the winter, i layer up and actually keep pretty warm, i do not work Jan-March as tourism dies in NY, so instead I live off what I made in december (cause it is the best month due to Christmas stuff) and for a month i live well, then i start realizing i haven't made any money in a month, it's a tough life to explain, but all actors and artists i know are used to living in poverty essentially...we never know when or if another job will come, but i think you guys seem to know that also due to the technology of today.
the santa monica guy who is no w in San diego or vice versa, is probably NOT the same guy, people tend to assume when they see a silver guy in two places, it's the same guy, but there are a lot o fus...silver is popular cause it really shines, but ya never know, some guys move all around the country. For me, I am NY based, i am here to make a living as an actor and this is my survival job till that happens, hopefully soon, so i can pay back my dad for all he has given me by letting him retire and not ever worry about another bill, but for now......back to doing nothing...i mean work!
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tim intravia
9/24/2010
21:01:06
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oh and it was $1,000 and a year long supply of butterfingers, (365) which i did have to pay taxes on, boo.
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DOCTOR COPY
9/24/2010
23:54:06
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TIM
MAN, AM I PROUD OF YOU.YOU ARE GONNA GET A BREAK AND BECOME A FAMOUS TV ACCTOR.(LIKE MR.T). WHEN YOU WANT TO SET UP YOUR DAD FOR RETIREMENT, WE CAN ORDER HIM A NEW DOUBLE-WIDE UP HERE IN WESTBY,MT. YOUR FOLKS LOVED IT UP HERE AND I MISS THEM A LOT.
WE CAN TEACH HIM TO HUNT AND FISH. HE ALREADY LOVES BEER.
MARK (DOCTOR COPY
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