Long time no blog...
Holy crap all, sorry for taking so long to post - things have been quite hectic as of late with people in town, a flurry of shows and a pile of work to do.
Today in the office, I was subject to a well executed prank. It goes like this:
The background:
Dana, a producer and friend in Regina had asked the General Fools to be a part of a game show proposal she was submitting. I agreed and gave her the information she needed for the one sheets about 2 months ago. I totally forgot the bulk of the show's details. She is currently at the Banff TV festival pitching broadcasters on a variety of projects as well as the game show. Needless to say, I was told that her pitches have been going well and there is interest in the show from 2 broadcasters. I mentioned this to a colleague at work.
The Prank
I received a call from a Jeff Malek of Fox Television in LA, he had heard a buzz about the show and was interested in getting more information and possibly flying us out to LA to chat next week one he was back from Banff - not an entirely unreasonable request in the industry. But I was caught off guard when he requested more information about the show - I didn't know anything besides vagaries - so I quickly bull shitted some non-specific details and he gave me his email address to fire him a one-sheet. Of course I complied with his request and hung up to call Amy to get Dana's contact info in Banff.
Needless to say, I was totally had and the entire thing was caught on tape - it was even a two camera shoot. I totally fell for it hook-line-and-sinker. But hey, what are yu going to do?
The revenge.
Well, I took great [pains to steal the tapes back from the guys that did it, and I took them in the back and blacked the sections of the tape that included me (as the tapes had other important info on them). Needless to say - they were quite surprised to find them blacked and I felt somewhat vindicated as they were destined to air as part of a Behind the Scenes thread on the show.
The Lesson.
Never trust anyone again. ever.
Today in the office, I was subject to a well executed prank. It goes like this:
The background:
Dana, a producer and friend in Regina had asked the General Fools to be a part of a game show proposal she was submitting. I agreed and gave her the information she needed for the one sheets about 2 months ago. I totally forgot the bulk of the show's details. She is currently at the Banff TV festival pitching broadcasters on a variety of projects as well as the game show. Needless to say, I was told that her pitches have been going well and there is interest in the show from 2 broadcasters. I mentioned this to a colleague at work.
The Prank
I received a call from a Jeff Malek of Fox Television in LA, he had heard a buzz about the show and was interested in getting more information and possibly flying us out to LA to chat next week one he was back from Banff - not an entirely unreasonable request in the industry. But I was caught off guard when he requested more information about the show - I didn't know anything besides vagaries - so I quickly bull shitted some non-specific details and he gave me his email address to fire him a one-sheet. Of course I complied with his request and hung up to call Amy to get Dana's contact info in Banff.
Needless to say, I was totally had and the entire thing was caught on tape - it was even a two camera shoot. I totally fell for it hook-line-and-sinker. But hey, what are yu going to do?
The revenge.
Well, I took great [pains to steal the tapes back from the guys that did it, and I took them in the back and blacked the sections of the tape that included me (as the tapes had other important info on them). Needless to say - they were quite surprised to find them blacked and I felt somewhat vindicated as they were destined to air as part of a Behind the Scenes thread on the show.
The Lesson.
Never trust anyone again. ever.
posted by Mike Fly at 4:33 PM
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