Improv Weekend

it was a pretty cool weekend albeit extremely busy and lots of driving. Started out off from work friday because of the 'good friday' thing. That morning I was working on the pool. grr. I drove to Hellerstown to get a good deal on a used pump, saved about 200 bucks doing that. Then got home and installed it. Works.

Friday night we went to Philly to see the NCrowd. Good show. It gave us a few ideas for our shows. The next few rehearsals/practices will involve games from there. If we like, and do well, they could appear in new shows.

Saturday we again drove to Philly to see Comedy Sportz. Interesting concept of two teams competing in a friendly fashion to see who can get more laughs and be more creative. Also recommended. Same deal, sharing ideas and incorporating them soon into our presentations.

Then sunday down to Baltimore for Easter/family stuff. Deb's family actually, although I've been goign long enough that I know most folks there (at least recognize them. Names are gradually coming)

This week is busy busy. Practice with DB Monday and the rest of the week at rehearsals for Driving Miss Daisy. I'm working the sound effects for the opening weekend.

Wild Weekend, 3 shows, interviews, taping, production crew

First big round of applause and thanks to WonderBoy Productions, out of NYC! Megan, Andy, Collin and Donna, you guys were great! I really felt like you were part of the process, rather than being in the way as we were working. I had feelings that our regular routine would have really been all wacked out, but it all went well.

That being said it was "way different" having a crew around filming us all weekend. Doing interviews and having to critique performance and stuff was something else. Made me look at the process in a different way. Seeing how the different shots worked and how the cameras were placed gave me an idea of what reality shows must be like, multiplied by ten probably. Having two cameras was enough for this weekend.

Interviewing was actually fun. talking about the paranormal stuff with people who were somewhat unfamiliar (and in some cases {Donna} a bit weirded out by the whole thing. Spooked, if you will. Plus getting to talk about all the different aspects of my life made me realize all the stuff I pack into a day that the average person doesn't.

We found out that the trailer they are going to produce is only going to be about 5 minutes long. That's what the networks will see to decide the fate of the show (and us, at least at this point in time) Seems like they must have shot at least 15 hours worth of video, if not more. How do they decide what stays or goes? They also said if the series doesn't work out they have enough to do a documentary on us, which may be what happens. That could lead to a series later.

On another front, in another month we will be taking part in a comedy festival, I think in Harrisburg. Three troupes will be performing and it's going to be recorded and chopped into segments for MindTV, (the MTV for intelligent people)
More tv exposure, so shows should start to sell more tickets, which would be nice.

Lots more to tell about the weekend, but as always, time is short.

TV Pilot

So newest thing in my life is that we (http://www.DutchBlitzkrieg.com) are going to be getting interviewed and filmed as we are doing our shows next weekend, and for once it's not us filming us.

A company out of Manhattan is interested in doing a bunch of footage for a documentary/pilot of an improv group as they are getting started and doing shows. sort of like a reality show, without the script. The interesting part is that they are planning on shopping this around to various networks and trying to get a deal for a series.

This is still in the rudimentary stages, but wow, pretty cool, I must say. Talk is they want to follow us around individually, work, home,hobbies, etc. we'll see what really happens.

I've never talked about this, but this is the second time I have been through something like this. I made it to the third stage interviews for a show on real estate investing. It was the same sort of thing, follow me around and see how much money I could make following their coaching and mentorship. They ended up going with some other people, but that was also pretty exciting. Some of my film ended up on an infomercial for Robert Allen. (whom I've appeared on stage with, telling stories of investing success)