I miss the laughter, Lee Van Cleef used to make me feel so good about making up stage names, I really need to get back to that feeling again. He used to say, “People are crazy, you say your name is Sam Dishwatta in the credits of a film, people will search out a Dishwatta they will prove the name is actually a name, they will make up a life and a death, and they will track down a Dishwatta and ask them about their films.” He could really make me laugh with that. When you think about all the Hell created just because John Hallam took the “H” off of the word Brandish for a last name for my stage name, you really have to laugh at it. Course that wasn’t what caused it, what caused it was America, in America if you are in a sitcom or soap opera, even if only in one episode, even if you don’t have lines, suddenly you are more famous and more talked about than “Brittney Spears” ROFLMAO! Every time someone talks to me about Punky Brewster I want to look strait at them and say, “You do realize that you are talking to an actor with 19 international Oscars and Stars in 5 countries right?” LOL And then they bring up whatever was invented about him, to that I just say “Nik Off!” lol. I was remembering the other day when I looked at Lee and said “I want to be a John Smith!” he threw a shuriken at my head and said “Now Stop That!” lol. I don’t mind my past, and I feel like threatening to repeat it, but the truth is if I really used my name in everything I did back then, I’d be more famous the world over than any actor ever in history, and famous not for my award winning roles, famous as an extra, and a b movie star, because America would classify it that way. I’m happier the way it all turned out, and I’m still going, looking for that director that will put me in “Sharknado” and that director that will have me do voice in an animation so I can again put “Jonathan Brandis” in the credits. This is me in the TV series “The Master Ninja” #Johnhallam #punkybrewster #brittneyspears #sharknado #stagenames #actorswithstagenames #leevancleef #shokosugi #timvanpattan #themasterninja #ninjatvshows #christopherstewart #jonathanbrandis #alexhydewhite #shanebriant #nikoff https://www.instagram.com/p/BtulexCDnNX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nxb37ozdhay2
