Xochi Blymyer:
My Life as an A.D.

I was called about a show that needed a 2nd A.D. for a television show shooting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I'm not even sure who gave my name out but off I went for 5 months of Santa Fe winter to shoot on "The Lazarus Man" with Robert Urich. The 1st A.D.s were all new to me. It was great to shoot a western again and once again the locations were beautiful despite the cold and wind!

The next summer I was called to replace a 2nd A.D. on "Anaconda". I met a great 1st A.D. named KC Colwell. We spent time in the Arboretum outside of Los Angeles that was supposed to be Brazil. One of the stars of the show was one of the biggest I had worked with, the animatronic snake.

After "Anaconda", KC Colwell asked me to work on "George of the Jungle" with him. This was my first comedy! And it was a lot of fun. Brendan Fraser was a delight and Thai the elephant was as sweet as could be. We spent a couple of weeks in San Francisco, then returned to Los Angeles to George's jungle. At the end of the show we went on location to Hawaii to roam the jungles there. Yet, another wonderful experience.

I was invited back to "Melrose Place" for a few months as a 2nd A.D. to take the place of the regular for a while. It was like visiting a family that I hadn't seen in awhile.

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