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If we gain a wide audience we'll hijack the IFilm business model, and stream movie trailers in our episodes. That alone would pay for the cost of the whole project many times over. If we did make money from it, we'd probably end up doing at least 100 episodes. Not for greed, but we'd just be able to make more time for it. Episodes 100 to 300, that would be pure greed. mike |
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I finally swallowed my dorkpride and played them in IE, and yeah they made laugh till my tumor hemmorhaged but that's not the point. Efficiency X-pert crashed IE when I tried to play it. Any chance of you guys maybe re-encoding it or something? I know scotch also mentioned he was having trouble playing it. Thanks. |
Thanks for the response Upskii. There seems to be videos available in the sneak preview section that aren't on the main Powerloafing page.
Also, I suppose BUTM does have a tendency to pounce on people who come here solely trying to sell us their comedic stylings. I stand by my 1/3 comment. |
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But seriously: What ever happened with the "talks/rumors' of a Mr. Show sketch-movie? and have you ever seen Craig T. Nelson do stand-up? |
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Mike, what Mr. Show set props do you have in your house and would you be willing to give them away? (All of my questions have already been asked.) |
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I first pitched the idea of Powerloafing in the Summer of 2000 to Pop.com. We shot 6 episodes, but Pop ended up a giant fiasco and never launched. I spent a year trying to get copyrights and raw footage of performances by Brian, Jay, and Ron Lynch. I finally got the project back by slamming a credit card to pay back my fees, ($6,000) to Dreamworks Legal. After searching forever for an office set to shoot in, I ended up recreating the set in my living room by sticking fake florescent lights on my ceiling and putting mirrors on the top two feet of the walls. It actually looks more convincing than the old set, which actually was an office. I am never in a million years getting my deposit back with all the shit I've done to the walls, not to mention the fake blood on the carpet. Originally, there was another actor playing Carl, but he moved to Seattle, so in May of 2003 we recut the Pop.com footage with Paul Greenberg as Carl, and continued shooting. We've completed 13 episodes so far. I also did three versions of the Powerloafing homepage, two utterly horrible ones, and this current one which is getting there, but isn't quite there yet. I've squandered my meager personal fortune, and a whole bunch of time on the project, but I believe in it and it's fun. Consider this a beta version. We hope to get some backing, and then we'll be encoded for all players and have a site that works with Opera and Firefox. m |
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I'd like to start a completely unfounded rumour right now: There will definitely be a Mr. Show reunion in April of 2008 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. (NOTE: I made that up.) I just talked to Bob, and he says they are having a $700 dollar a plate Bald Eagle Barbecue. (true, but unrelated) Quote:
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Mike you guys link to Jonah Ray's site. Are you guys just fans or do you have any sort of working relationship with him? He's funny.
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Mike, if you come up with other sketch ideas that don't involve carl, do you plan on filming them and putting them up on a different section of the site?
you have the cast and equipment, so if you don't plan on doing that, you should now. another thing: Do you mind if i steal powerloafing, change the name to Powerlounging, give all the characters funny accents, drag each episode out to 30 minutes and put it on tv? LOVE TJ |
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I can't tell you whether to go to grad school, but i think it's irrelevant to writing comedy. There weren't many graduate degrees at Mr. Show, just me and Bill Odenkirk (PhD University of Chicago, Chemistry - no shit). While most everyone on the staff attended college at one time or another, few got a degree. That's part of the reason the show was so smart. So, remember kids: stay in school... or not, or whatever you want to do. mike |
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So there's the sneak peak, anyone who goes to that link is a bonified Powerloafing insider. The vast unwashed masses will go to the main URL with the 6 current episodes, and must wait to see them rolled out. Only people interested enough to use a search engine will find that sneak preview site. I'm glad you found it, and I hope it helps folks see where were going with the show. m |
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I charge $20 dollars per look. (a look = 4 seconds) mike |
Eh, I'd give those a half-look. Can you pro-rate it or do I need to bring a friend along with me to finish the rest of my look?
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