While on a crazed hunger-induced search for a pancake place on Melrose Blvd. on Monday morning at about 10:30ish, I was lucky enough to spot Johnny “The wind beneath my wings and implants in my calves” Drama, a.k.a. Kevin Dillon of Entourage, shooting a scene for the series’ upcoming fifth season. The scenes were shot at Earth Cafe in Hollywood.

Although the LAPD were guarding Dillon’s side of the street like hawks, I got a semi-good glimpse of Drama in what appeared to be some sort of pow wow lunch meeting that the Entourage boys know how to do best. He was looking overly-tanned yet toned like always.

For those NOT in the know, Kevin Dillon, real-life brother of Matt Dillon, plays the brother of “Aquaman” star Vincent Chase (played by Adrian Grenier).

Thanks to the 100-day-long writers strike that killed this past TV season last November, this is the first summer in many “Entourage” fans have to suffer through the heat of summer without HBO’s half hour comedy but thankfully, they now look on schedule to return with new episodes in September.

Summer just started for UCLA students (Screw you, quarter system!), but I can’t wait for fall to see what the new season has planned after the fourth season’s cliff hanging finale when Vinnie’s new film “Medellin” crashed and burned at Cannes.