How to Get Your Hand Aired on Mtv and Christian Television, Respectively
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by dewde in General
Why is it that when I get an email from an Mtv show producer, like I did this spring, about airing a prank video my friends and I created, where my left hand is visible in one scene for 2 seconds, I get all excited and I email people and I bring it up in conversation. But when I get an email from a Christian television show producer, like I did last week, about airing a 4 minute expose on my spiritual life story, where nearly every scene is filled with various photographs of me, all of me, and only me, and that was produced by a world class team of professionals, I’m all like “Neat! I should tell my bible study group!”
Internet at large… meet my soul. My soul… meet the Internet. You two will get along famously.
In fact, I think the only time I twittered about the Christian show was when I re-mentioned the Mtv one. I still think this tweet sums up my feelings nicely.
I already wrote about my experience with making the Christian video in my post How My Brain Was Washed by Christians. So I won’t rehash that here. The segment is part of the program Northpoint.tv and you can watch it online the day it airs, Sunday August 30th, if you don’t have FamilyNet.
I don’t know much about the Mtv show. I know it’s called Pranked and here is what Mashable had to say about it. Apparently it will be hosted by the guys from College Humor which, you should know, is not really safe for work most days and may or may not trip your family’s Internet content filter.
Here is the suck part. They haven’t been forthcoming with information about my segment. So while the show debuts Thursday, August 27th, I don’t really know if my clip will be in that episode. In fact, according to the paperwork I signed… it may not be featured at all. I know I made the first cut, and I know I got them the footage early, but that’s it. Oh, and even if I do make the grade, I could be mocked heavily. The show format indicates that 2 smartass types will be commentating over the videos as they play, so it stands within reason that my video could very well be so lame that the only way to salvage “the funny” is ridicule.
I just want to make people laugh and I’m not all that particular about how it happens. I don’t mind being the butt of someone’s joke.
But you don’t have to wait until Thursday or possibly forever! Here is the video.
So there you have it. My hand may or may not be visible on Mtv and/or Christian television within 2 days of each other! And while I’m not sure whether or not God still wears trucker hats, ahem Archie, I cannot deny the possibility that he is punking me.
Archiemck
Aug 26th, 2009
Haha, "I should tell my bible study group!"
Since God recently unfollowed @aplusk I think it's safe to say the trucker hats have been closeted.
Glenn
Aug 26th, 2009
I know I laughed. The way I figure it is that if you can't make someone laugh and someone else's harmless expense then you got no sense of humor.
Jim
Aug 27th, 2009
i want to broadcast it via feed
{ken i gets an auto graf?}
dewde
Aug 27th, 2009
1. No.
2. You were supposed to be at the unConference! Where was ya?
peace | dewde
Jim
Aug 27th, 2009
What unconference? I'm on the west coast…was it online?Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
From: IntenseDebate Notifications
dewde
Aug 27th, 2009
For NPOnline. It was an offline deal. Here in ATL. You were in the Yes! list for attendance on the twitvite.
Monger of War
Aug 28th, 2009
Why? It's way easier to know MTV than God. And MTV may not be cooler (I don't know how cool God is), but MTV sure *seems* cooler, at least superficially.
dewde
Aug 28th, 2009
Quit yappin, the show is about to start. Your hand has a stake in this too! At least we didn't show our faces if they mock us…
peace | dewde
dewde
Aug 28th, 2009
Quit yappin, the show is about to start. Your hand has a stake in this too! At least we didn't show our faces if they mock us…
peace | dewde
Graham Brenna
Aug 28th, 2009
that's EPIC
dewde
Aug 28th, 2009
Aaaaaaaand… didn't make ep #1.
peace | dewde
Archiemck
Aug 28th, 2009
Sadness, it all went downhill when Carson left (read: sarcasm)
But still sad it never got it's chance
Jason Elkins
Sep 4th, 2009
Any update on this?
Kyle Reed
Oct 14th, 2009
Thats a lot of freakin wrapping paper.
I see what you do now at work.