Jack Baker:  

r of life. I didn't come to L.A. to get into the movies. Did you know that you have to be on location b4 the sun comes up, and maybe work until the wee hours of der morning? Not 4 me. Yah, I like to do movies 4 fun, mostly with my kids. I became a teacher. It's great fun and the students and teachers and staff that I work with are terrific. (3 ands in a row, no comma) I teach kids how to use technology effectively. During junior high quarters, I teach graphic design and video production. This is kinda cool, because I remember being in the a/v club at PCJH. Boy, we had it good at that school! During lunch recess we could see movies in the little theater (and make out) or go to the gym to dance or play ping pong or do gymnastics. That was AWESOME! In case you were wondering about what I did when I left Michigan... I went to NYC and studied for a year at the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, and got very bored just performing in class, fencing, and doing mime--which I detested. Then, I went to Louisiana (my mother and sister landed there after my parents' second divorce from each other). I tried Dallas around the bi-centennial, bought a house and sold the house shortly thereafter to pay for my first year of college at Northwestern. (Not Chicago, Natchitoches--which I used as a location in a screenplay I wrote based on the Washington Irving story, ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT. I was at NSU for a couple of years, got into radio. Centenary followed and it is there that I graduated. Around that time, I was a singer in a rock and roll band. We had patrons and incorporated. I formed Jaxalon Music with Alan Bernhoft. We were the songwriting team for the "act" known as The Mice! Yes, there was an ! in the name. We are not from Cleveland. It was a wild and crazy ride for a short while, b4 I walked away. Many, many moons later, I reunited with Alan to form Jaxalon Records. We made a few dollars. Seriously. A dollar a day. I walked. I feel a lot of creative energy these days. It's good, very good.