Seeing how The Movie Blog is primarily a BLOG about our thoughts, opinions and EXPERIENCES with movies and the movie world, I thought I would share this with you guys so you can laugh along with me at how much I seemed to be destined for failure in the TV world.
Some of you longer Movie Blog readers will know some of this back story, but for those of you who may not, here it is. A while ago Doug and I got contacted by the producers of a couple of very popular TV shows on TLC… they were interested in developing a new Movie TV show with us. We were pretty excited, we talked about it, went back and forth with them… and then we even signed development contracts with them. We were SURE that within 8 months we’d be TV stars. Yeah…. well nothing ever came of it. STRIKE 1.
Then some time later, we got contacted about a new Movie show on VH1. They were interested in looking at us for the show… they even flew us down to New York to film some audition tapes. It went great and I even eventually found out I had been selected to be a host on the new show. Yay! They just told me to wait as they worked out the filming schedule… so I waited… and waited… and waited… about 4 months later we found out they decided not to do the show. STRIKE 2.
Now, just last week I got contacted by another US network. Like the others they were looking at doing a new Movie themed TV show and they were interested in looking at me to host it. Great. Fantastic. We went back and forth a little (although I didn’t know too much about the show) and then booked me to go and meet with them tomorrow here in Los Angeles to do some read throughs and screen tests. They still couldn’t tell me much about the show itself… but they did email me some things they wanted me to read during the screen test. Here’s what they sent me:
Hey everybody I’m _________ and welcome to (I removed the name of the show) on (I removed the name of the network)
Some movies are memorable because of the acting, some for the story, but some are best remembered for their pitch-perfect soundtracks…Our feature tonight “Almost Famous” is maybe the best example of that EVER
Not only is this THE movie about rock life in the 70’s, but the soundtrack features the biggest and most influential artists of the decade – Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder – just to name a few.
Now, If you’re a music-freak, and I know you are, you probably think you know this movie inside and out – but wait til you see it (Name of show) style.
Check out the cool info about the movie that pops up at the bottom of the screen, and you will learn some awesome new stuff that you can text to your friends, put on your facebook page and generally show off with.
So sit back, crank up and tune in for the (Name of show) presentation of “Almost Famous”
Dear sweet Texas virgins… how TERRIBLE does that show sound??? Can you imagine someone saying that fluff? I especially wanted to hurl when reading “Check out the cool info about the movie that pops up at the bottom of the screen, and you will learn some awesome new stuff that you can text to your friends, put on your facebook page and generally show off with.”
So needless to say, I’m canceling my audition/meeting/screen test tomorrow. Yes I’m a media whore and would love to be on TV. Yes I want to increase The Movie Blog’s profile… but there are things even a whore won’t do. Some will say no to double anal, and that’s pretty much how I’d rate doing a show like this one. No thanks.
So mark this one down as STRIKE 3. I’m such a frigging loser. Everything (tv wise) that comes my way that I get excited about seems destined to end up not happening or being total crap. Guess mom was right… I have a face destined for radio. :P
