You, the Producer? WHAT?!?!?!
// By Steve // March 9th, 2009 // Show Updates
Check this. Our show is called Going My Way because Donovan and I are showcasing travel from each of our very divergent viewpoints. But, wo, has anybody stopped to consider how many ways there are to “go”? Probably at least five, or six, or maybe even as many as four.
Well, because Donovan and I have difficulty contemplating answers to open-ended questions, but we are great at counting, we are opening up the website to hear every travel story, read every comment, and hold back tears through every suggestion you have for our show. We want you to tell us where you have been. Where you want to go. What was the most memorable. Whom we absolutely must meet. And, the more you tell us, the bigger the chance is that we will have a television show that you can call your own.
Here is the deal: somehow the stars aligned into a cosmically ironic Machiavellian machine that has put us in the good books with a very innovative production company that wants to back our show. But the catch is, in order to do so, Going My Way has to be marketable to a wide enough audience to convince broadcasters to buy. Donovan and I have had some great experiences travelling, but so have you…you’ve probably had more, probably crazier, probably gotten shot at or saved a life, or swam with pirates, or swam with dolphins, or swam with dolphin pirates. Plus, you know what you like to watch on TV. You know what you like to see online. You know how you want to interact with two jet-setters who are half-way around the world.
So, become a VIRTUAL PRODUCER. SIGN UP. LOG ON. POST. Talk to us. Tell us. Criticize. Challenge us. Help us make Going My Way a reality.
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What is Donovan doing?
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That was nifty. @UnrealTyWilson agrees.
What is Steve doing?
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@donovandeschner does this joke make me look fat?
Just a few hours into the launch and we already have some Virtual Producer posts… you can see what people are saying online here: http://goingmyway.ca/category/vp-posts/
Looks like a great idea for a show! Now, Steve, I would have thought one of the best advantages of your way of travel is that you do it on a budget. You can be out there for longer and get further. How will you travel with Donovan with out loosing every penny you have? Or do you even have any pennies? What will Donovan do with bedbugs? Hmmmmm…..
Hopefully Dono will do the same thing with bedbugs that the rest of us do, and try desperately not to scratch. The idea of differing budgets has been something that we have played with. Perhaps in any destination I will only have a fraction of the budget of Donovan, and we will explore the differences in travel that such a thing would make. Rock on for the input. Keep it coming.
Sweet! The promo interview was a good laugh - Steve you’re amazing and wow this is a long way from Cabaret, eh?
My favourite episode that I haven’t seen yet is where you go somewhere and rent boats. Super sketchy old Laser II’s and bail really hard, offset by a really nice yacht. Maybe in Auckland? Somewhere Carribean?
Anyways this looks awesome keep me posted!
Heather, you and I are definitely going to have to have another “step-up fest” about sailing after finding each other in another random city. And, yes, it is a bit of a distance from Cabaret, but who knows, I might get to dance and sing half-clothed in a dirty basement again because of it. So, New Zealand and the Caribbean, eh? Any specific spots?
This one time, I got stranded at Newark Airport OVERNIGHT. It was awful and also harrowing. This other time, I got stranded overnight in Ottawa. It was ALMOST AS BAD.
Now work those stories into your show or I will resign as volunteer producer!
@claireosaur: Deal… we will set at least one scene of us trying to sleep awkwardly in an airport. Steve will have to sleep on the benches, and I’ll be in the first-class lounge. “Stuck in an airport” doesn’t sound so bad my way!
#*$& YEAH!
i thought i was the smarter sibling! How did I not think of this first..? I guess the one lucky brain cell decided to work as of a few weeks ago. Lets just say Edison his invention worked!
But good job bro! Sounds kick ass! And you’ve got atleast the town of Kingston on your side!
@Kristin Nagy: Don’t worry… I’m doing all the heavy lifting when it comes to the smarts. You’re still #1.
@Kristin Nagy: K-Dawg, glad to hear you are pulling for us. But, if you have all of Kingston on our side, are the OPP going to show up in riot gear? Yo, how about that, since homecoming has been canceled forever at Queen’s, you could reappropriate the parties as a Going My Way celebration. Keep kickin’ the books. And get all those other scholarly folks to come visit the site. Catch ya.
Hey, Guys! Wakey, wakey! What would inspire you?
@ HUN Rosa: anything that you can imagine would inspire us. Both of us have an insatiable thirst for knowledge and experience. So, if you have ideas for places to send us or specific challenges for us to undertake, let us know. I would especially like to hear what you have done in the past and try some of those things–it would be interesting to see how each of us would differ in action in the same situations.
Sorry! I don’t have a Twitter Account…but I would like to help You, Steve! So! Stop and have a drink. Happy Nameday, Donovan! Salute!
Whatever you need from me, Steve! I am in.
Bonnie, you rock my world, Dono’s world, and the world of every person who has ever wanted to see a monkey dance in a tuxedo.
Right now I do need something from you: tell all your friends to visit the site, read the posts, sign on as Virtual Producers and start shelling out hype about the show. The more input the better the show will be and, ergo, the more chance of getting it on TV (and, ergo, the more chance I get to say “ergo” on the air).