LAST NIGHT ON TV
A while ago I was out with some people in Toronto which is something I don't really do that much.Go out anymore in Toronto that is,I don't really go down there that much because I live in Burlington and it always seems to be a drag having to get home late ect. ..
Anyways,I was out this one time a while ago and some dude comes up to me and says "so your stealing my timeslot eh" I don't have a clue who he is or what he is talking about until he introduces himself as Kenny from the show Kenny vs Spenny.Or maybe it was Spenny from the show Kenny vs.Spenny I can't remember but I had heard of the show before because it was on the CBC and I really do like TV alot so I pretty much know every show that is on TV, but I digress......
So he kind of persist with regards to me stealing his timeslot and I honestly don't have a clue what he is talking about so I keep telling him "dude I don't have a clue what you are talking about"until he believes me and we eventually moved on to talking about something else, we say see ya around and one of us left,I can't really remember which one of us, but that doesn't really matter does it.....
Where was I going with all of this......
Oh ya,so last night I'm flicking through the channels around 1:00am and I come across this show Kenny vs Spenny on Showcase.I remember someone telling me that Showcase picked up some show which use to be on CBC and its going to be airing after The Trailer Park Boys on Sunday nights this fall which is about as good a timeslot as you can get these days on TV in Canada for a Canadian made show.Anyways, that's when I make the connection.That's what dude was talking about back then when I met him that time.He must have heard that my show was getting picked up by Showcase a while ago which would have totally sucked for him if thats what someone had told him because he must have been pitching his show to Showcase around that same time.
Note:There was a few weeks a while ago when Showcase seemed interested in JR DIGS but I had no idea that they were that interested.When I was contacted out of the blue by them about my show, I guess I didn't really think that much of it. Things were heading in the right direction with Global at that time so I ended up sending them some crappy tape with some rough cut segments on it and that was the end of it.Well to be honest,there was a little bit more to it than that but I shouldn't.....ah why not.....
One of the regulars on the message board after reading a post I had made about sending this tape to Showcase,decided to rally fans together and encouraged people to start emailing one of the people in Programming at Showcase.I never did find out how they got this persons email address but the person who ended up getting flooded with emails about JR DIGS from fans of the show was the Vice President of Programming at that time and they weren't very happy about it.
I was contacted because I guess this person thought it was a stunt I had encouraged and it wasn't appreciated.I quickly got on the message board as some of you will still remember and asked people to stop emailing this person at Showcase but it was a little too late by then.I'm sure that's not the reason Showcase ended up not having any further interest in my show but I suppose it didn't help.I sure would have liked to believe that getting a bunch of emails from viewers saying JR DIGS is awesome,pick it up please would have been a good thing but who knows!
Like I mentioned earlier,at the time I was pretty happy as I still am with being on the Network that I am and always have been on,so it really did have everything to do with the half-assed tape I ended up sending to Showcase I'm sure. It was less than impressive trust me.
Whoever ended up looking at that tape I sent probably couldn't even figure out what my dam show was even about.Hell I'm still trying to figure that out myself half the time!
Now I really don't know where I was going with any of this.....I remember now...
So it was amusing last night to tie everything together and realize that Showcase might have actually been interested in my show after all.Obviously they were looking for a new show to produce and develop for their network and wow,what a nice little timeslot they were looking to fill with it!
As for this Kenny vs Spenny show which is the show I have been talking about all this time,I thought it was a funny episode that I watched last nigth.
It's well produced and I like the concept.I think it will do much better on Showcase than it did on CBC and I hope it does.Although I'm envious of any show with a production budget,I hear these guys are hard working never give up kinds of guys which is something I can definitely relate to.I 100% respect those types of qualities in any person but especially in the people trying to make it in the Canadian entertainment industry.
So Good for Kenny and for Spenny too! I encourage everyone to check out their show sometime.
Ps: I just got back from my meeting about the radio show I want to start producing but there isn't much more to mention about it right now.I'll keep you guys posted. It's starting to rain out.I like it when it rains.Later,
JR
Anyways,I was out this one time a while ago and some dude comes up to me and says "so your stealing my timeslot eh" I don't have a clue who he is or what he is talking about until he introduces himself as Kenny from the show Kenny vs Spenny.Or maybe it was Spenny from the show Kenny vs.Spenny I can't remember but I had heard of the show before because it was on the CBC and I really do like TV alot so I pretty much know every show that is on TV, but I digress......
So he kind of persist with regards to me stealing his timeslot and I honestly don't have a clue what he is talking about so I keep telling him "dude I don't have a clue what you are talking about"until he believes me and we eventually moved on to talking about something else, we say see ya around and one of us left,I can't really remember which one of us, but that doesn't really matter does it.....
Where was I going with all of this......
Oh ya,so last night I'm flicking through the channels around 1:00am and I come across this show Kenny vs Spenny on Showcase.I remember someone telling me that Showcase picked up some show which use to be on CBC and its going to be airing after The Trailer Park Boys on Sunday nights this fall which is about as good a timeslot as you can get these days on TV in Canada for a Canadian made show.Anyways, that's when I make the connection.That's what dude was talking about back then when I met him that time.He must have heard that my show was getting picked up by Showcase a while ago which would have totally sucked for him if thats what someone had told him because he must have been pitching his show to Showcase around that same time.
Note:There was a few weeks a while ago when Showcase seemed interested in JR DIGS but I had no idea that they were that interested.When I was contacted out of the blue by them about my show, I guess I didn't really think that much of it. Things were heading in the right direction with Global at that time so I ended up sending them some crappy tape with some rough cut segments on it and that was the end of it.Well to be honest,there was a little bit more to it than that but I shouldn't.....ah why not.....
One of the regulars on the message board after reading a post I had made about sending this tape to Showcase,decided to rally fans together and encouraged people to start emailing one of the people in Programming at Showcase.I never did find out how they got this persons email address but the person who ended up getting flooded with emails about JR DIGS from fans of the show was the Vice President of Programming at that time and they weren't very happy about it.
I was contacted because I guess this person thought it was a stunt I had encouraged and it wasn't appreciated.I quickly got on the message board as some of you will still remember and asked people to stop emailing this person at Showcase but it was a little too late by then.I'm sure that's not the reason Showcase ended up not having any further interest in my show but I suppose it didn't help.I sure would have liked to believe that getting a bunch of emails from viewers saying JR DIGS is awesome,pick it up please would have been a good thing but who knows!
Like I mentioned earlier,at the time I was pretty happy as I still am with being on the Network that I am and always have been on,so it really did have everything to do with the half-assed tape I ended up sending to Showcase I'm sure. It was less than impressive trust me.
Whoever ended up looking at that tape I sent probably couldn't even figure out what my dam show was even about.Hell I'm still trying to figure that out myself half the time!
Now I really don't know where I was going with any of this.....I remember now...
So it was amusing last night to tie everything together and realize that Showcase might have actually been interested in my show after all.Obviously they were looking for a new show to produce and develop for their network and wow,what a nice little timeslot they were looking to fill with it!
As for this Kenny vs Spenny show which is the show I have been talking about all this time,I thought it was a funny episode that I watched last nigth.
It's well produced and I like the concept.I think it will do much better on Showcase than it did on CBC and I hope it does.Although I'm envious of any show with a production budget,I hear these guys are hard working never give up kinds of guys which is something I can definitely relate to.I 100% respect those types of qualities in any person but especially in the people trying to make it in the Canadian entertainment industry.
So Good for Kenny and for Spenny too! I encourage everyone to check out their show sometime.
Ps: I just got back from my meeting about the radio show I want to start producing but there isn't much more to mention about it right now.I'll keep you guys posted. It's starting to rain out.I like it when it rains.Later,
JR
posted by JR DIGS
at 10:54 PM
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