On the tape, my dad said it December 5th, 1980, but it has to be in April where it's Grandma Testa, Anna and Cynthias' birthdays. Nonetheless, it's been a staple in our house to remember that group which got together routinely at Bleecker for most of my childhood.

Tight Shots! Tight Shots! Tight Shots! That is how you create 24 scenes from 6 walls. That and an exercise machine that got more use as a hospital bed than it did as an all in one work out station.

Getting a groove going, the routine began to form. Write the show on Tuesday into Wednesday, setup shoot schedule for Thurs-Saturday, put together and create the show on Sunday-Monday, repeat.

News of a hit soap opera spread through the Amari clan pretty quickly, and the 9 person cast became a 20 person production overnight!

You never know when an idea is going to present itself, and this one, was during an early morning... Yes, in the bathroom. It is what it is. The thought of it though came from Olivia screaming at the top of her lungs the day before at Katz' Deli. We're at the table and she's screaming, "go go Thomas, go!"