Going On Jerry Springer
One minute, you’re planning on going to Chicago to be on Jerry Springer, and the next minute, you’re figuring out how to shoot your first short film. I guess it’s fair to say that life is as interesting as ever.
Last night, at this time, I was supposed to be on my way to Chicago. And tomorrow night, at this time, I’ll be looking at uncut footage of my first short film. Right now, I’m looking at the same pile of dirty clothes on the floor that were there last weekend.
On Friday, Shane the Camera Man Cunningham turned the TV on just as the phone number for Jerry Springer was being spewed at the viewers who still watch the Jerry Springer show. Although I wasn’t around on Friday, Shane said he picked up the phone and called the number. A few hours later, we were trying to figure out what kind of story to tell the show’s producer so that they would have us on the show – BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY CALLED SHANE BACK! It was the craziest thing. If I hadn’t received a call on Saturday from a producer of The Jerry Springer Show, I never would have believed it. She was calling me to confirm Shane’s story of “gay love triangles, betrayal and cable access television”. A free trip to Chicago would have been pretty sweet, I have to admit, because we could have shot footage down there, just days before the election. It would have been good for a laugh too, I’m sure, if we would have went through with it, but we didn’t.
We could have though, they were going to put us on the show, but then we would have had to completely reschedule Monday’s shooting of our first short film, and the rest of this week was jammed as is, and I guess I’m not so keen anymore to do any stupid thing that I can, just to have a laugh and get some publicity for the show. Plus, deep down, maybe, I’m hoping someday I’ll get to go on shows like Late Night With Conan O’Brien, or maybe even have the opportunity to yuk it up with David Letterman.
Appearing on the Jerry Springer show isn’t exactly something I’m aspiring to do anymore. Let’s be honest; it’s not quite the same kind of quality entertainment that it once was. I didn’t even know that it was still on the air!
But anyways, I better get looking over some of these lines I have to say tomorrow afternoon. I’m sure my next blog will be mostly about how things went. I’ve never done anything like this before.
Yep, life is as interesting as ever.
Last night, at this time, I was supposed to be on my way to Chicago. And tomorrow night, at this time, I’ll be looking at uncut footage of my first short film. Right now, I’m looking at the same pile of dirty clothes on the floor that were there last weekend.
On Friday, Shane the Camera Man Cunningham turned the TV on just as the phone number for Jerry Springer was being spewed at the viewers who still watch the Jerry Springer show. Although I wasn’t around on Friday, Shane said he picked up the phone and called the number. A few hours later, we were trying to figure out what kind of story to tell the show’s producer so that they would have us on the show – BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY CALLED SHANE BACK! It was the craziest thing. If I hadn’t received a call on Saturday from a producer of The Jerry Springer Show, I never would have believed it. She was calling me to confirm Shane’s story of “gay love triangles, betrayal and cable access television”. A free trip to Chicago would have been pretty sweet, I have to admit, because we could have shot footage down there, just days before the election. It would have been good for a laugh too, I’m sure, if we would have went through with it, but we didn’t.
We could have though, they were going to put us on the show, but then we would have had to completely reschedule Monday’s shooting of our first short film, and the rest of this week was jammed as is, and I guess I’m not so keen anymore to do any stupid thing that I can, just to have a laugh and get some publicity for the show. Plus, deep down, maybe, I’m hoping someday I’ll get to go on shows like Late Night With Conan O’Brien, or maybe even have the opportunity to yuk it up with David Letterman.
Appearing on the Jerry Springer show isn’t exactly something I’m aspiring to do anymore. Let’s be honest; it’s not quite the same kind of quality entertainment that it once was. I didn’t even know that it was still on the air!
But anyways, I better get looking over some of these lines I have to say tomorrow afternoon. I’m sure my next blog will be mostly about how things went. I’ve never done anything like this before.
Yep, life is as interesting as ever.
posted by JR DIGS
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