About Pretyfunny
A native Southern California chick, Bernadette Bowman was raised in San Diego, lived in Los Angeles for 26 years, and now resides in blissfully mellow Seal Beach.
After years of performing on both stage (her SRO one woman cabaret at the legendary Cinegrill) and screen (still receiving residuals for her riveting - ha - performances on such shows as "The Pretender") and working at Universal for nineteen years (beginning as a tour guide and leaving as a soundtrack producer for all of the Universal Parks, worldwide), it became time for a reinvention in 2001. And that's when she fell into the world of DVD production.
Blessed with this out-of-the-blue, wonderful new career, Bernadette worked as a producer on such classic DVD titles as "The Wizard of Oz," "Gone with the Wind," and "Walt Disney Treasures" just to name a few, as well as many more film and television DVD collections.
While learning the ropes of DVD production, she was given the opportunity to learn many aspects of the world of documentaries including honing her skills as a seasoned interviewer (Favorites: Bob Newhart, Olivia de Havilland, Richard M. Sherman...and anyone on any Disney project) and appreciating the efforts of working as the leader of many creative teams to deliver the best and most authentic product possible.
"It's all about letting people know that they're appreciated by ACKNOWLEDGING their efforts" is Bernadette's mantra.
And this means your editor or the guy giving you the extra foam on your vanilla latte at Starbucks.
One of the most magical projects on which Bernadette had the honor of co-producing is "Poppin' Guitars: A Tuneful of Sherman" - a wonderful album of acoustic guitar versions of the songs which became the soundtrack of every Baby Boomer's life....the classic and cherished tunes written by the magical Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
With DVD production going the way of the Dodo bird, Bernadette looks faithfully forward at this time for yet another opportunity to re-invent herself and is currently developing not only a radio show, "Genderocracy," but also penning a book about her 28 years in show business entitled "Too Old, Too Tired, Too Pretty: My Adventures Through Hollywood and My Detour in to Reality."
Bernadette's goal in life (this one, anyway) is to show up as a positive contributor to the world and its sanity and she is thrilled to be able to contribute to LuxEco Living to set her on a new and exciting path.
Experiencing, at age 48, her own Life Going Retrograde has produced many moments worth sharing with those going through the same uncertainty....and what the hell? That which doesn't kill us gives us some great new material.
Blessed by an abundance of everything good, Bernadette's priorities remain her wonderful (and paaaatient) boyfriend, James, her family, her amazing and loyal friends, her cat, Harry, and using her VitaMix blender daily.
Oh, and staying off of the 405 freeway as often as possible.
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Pretyfunny has written 12 articles so far, you can find them below.
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series
I apologize for my absence the past few weeks, but I was squatting at the Betty Ford Clinic in a serious rehab program.
Unbeknownst to me (that would be called denial) in addition to my toxic, time consuming addiction to Facebook (who, by the way, is okay with our just being “friends”), I also discovered, when I no longer had Facebook to be my “other relationship,” that I had a pretty sick and needy relationship with my cell phone.
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series
To honor and celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 11th, Gay.com is encouraging people who feel like it to write a letter from their older and wiser self to their younger self, way before they understood the word “gay” and all that it means in their respective lives as adults. This endeavor is called “Writes of Passage” and it’s proving to be a way of healing for both writer and reader.
Lifestyle
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. Gosh, I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to write this letter. I was awake all night trying to figure out the best way to do this. Everyone hates break ups, but, deep down, I’ve known that ours was coming for a few [...]
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series.
It all started when I updated my Facebook status this past week.
Bernadette Bowman thinks that children should be carded at Starbucks.
This bold statement after witnessing an nine-year old boy, who I honestly mistook as a “little person” speaking in tongues, spouting the following in rapid-fire speed:
“Venti half-white-mocha-half-caff-vanilla, easy ice, with 3 shots, pour affogato (this means: to drown) with extra whip, and caramel drizzle frappuccino.”
Parents, it’s three o’clock on a Wednesday afternoon:
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE??
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series.
A streak of sheer panic went through my body this morning when I realized that in a mere three weeks, I’ll be schlepping south to San Diego to attend my thirtieth high school reunion. Rock on, Helix High School Class of ’80!!
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. I said “goodbye” to my best pal last Thursday. As you may recall from my second installation, my precious and hilarious eighteen-year old cat, Harry, went through a health scare two and a half months ago. Despite the almost-misdiagnosis of multiple myeloma, my boy [...]
Celebrations
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. Since Father’s Day is this weekend, I thought that it would be a great tribute to my father, John Bowman, to channel my Inner Marcia Brady and to let him (and everyone who reads this) know why I believe he deserves to be nominated [...]
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. UGH. It’s PMS Week. I cannot tell a lie. I have the chocolate smeared keyboard to prove it. To help me (and him) through this challenge, last night my sweet boyfriend, James, suggested that we re-watch Pixar’s wonderful “UP.” He probably [...]
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. My apologies for being a few days late with my third installment. Last week was a doozy. I was told that my precious eighteen-year-old cat, Harry, was most likely suffering from multiple myeloma – in non-veterinary terms: a rare strain of [...]
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. This week marks the one-year mark of my being out of work. Out of work since working pretty much non-stop for the past thirty-two years, when I made my first move into the working world by scooping ice cream at Swensen’s. [...]
Comedy
By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. Fire! Aim! Ready! Or as Willie Wonka would say, “Strike that. Reverse it!” Especially this weekend when, once again, my pretties, Mercury goes Retrograde, for the second time this year. Most of my friends duck and cover for three weeks when [...]
Celebrations
Happy Mother’s Day By Bernadette Bowman, Comedienne and LuxEco Advocate who writes the LIFE GOES RETROGRADE series. Have you ever noticed that the funniest people are the ones who don’t KNOW they’re funny? Seriously. Since this is the weekend we celebrate Mother’s Day, I can’t think of a better way to salute my own mother, [...]
