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War of the Worlds, Old Fogies vs. Young Idiots
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Well…Did you?
Steve Wargo
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[Steve Wargo] “Well…Did you?”
I probably should have… However, being a silly stereotypical red-blooded male, my ego, now dashed on the rocks, made it a matter of pride that I hold out for the affection of the halter-topped daughter. Needless to say, I’m still waiting…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY
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[George Socka] “5) Don’t get me started on union job divisions. What makes a person operating a camera incapable of plugging in the power cord?”
Because he’s wearing a Steadicam rig and can’t bend over too easily?
🙂Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii
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Dean,
I am sitting in my hotel room at The Maui Prince, in Maui of course, and just saw a promo for Hawaii Goes Fishing on OC16.Funny how that happens.
I am here shooting a conference for my biggest corporate client. We spent Friday ay the home of Joe Sugarman who brought us Blu-Blocker sunglasses and he is also know as the man who started 800 numbers for ordering toll free.
Steve Wargo
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Steve…
If you get a chance and you like Japanese food, try Sansei restaurant in Kihei. If manager Tom Alejado is there, that’s my cousin. Tell him Dean and Mary said “hi”.
Our fishing show, by the way, is getting a makeover. We’re getting a new host lined up and we’ll be working a bit more on pacing as well as overall quality.
We don’t have the budget to go HD quite yet. But a lot of the pieces are already in place.
BTW, both Bob Pritchard (the other co-producer of the show) and I are over 50 and we both left steady jobs to take a major gamble on going independent. It’s been a rough road but a great education. Despite some setbacks there’s no regrets. I’m meeting some wonderful people along the way and have expanded my skill set considerably.
Enjoy Maui! Aloha!
Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii
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Well Dean, we’re back home in Arizona but I will keep this info for next time.
A couple that we had dinner with last night, told us how they spent the day at the nude beach. It puts pictures in your head. When we were getting on the plane today in Honolulu, we saw a gal that had fallen asleep in the sun on the beach and she had second and possibly third degree burns on her face. I couldn’t imagine how painful it must have been. And, the people next to us on the plane had two babies that screamed from Hawaii to Arizona. We didn’t travel till the kids were old enough to behave or we just beat the crap out of them. None of them died from the beatings contrary to current beliefs.
Anyway, we are looking at producing an aviation TV show. I’ve done sports shows and QVC type shows in the past but I was not in the driver’s seat on those. We are headed to Oshkosh for the fly-in during the last week of July. I’m shooting some stuff for an aviation client and we’re hunting for sponsors. Is your show sponsored?
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Don’t fall for the nude beach hype. We went to South Beach Miami last month and I promise, there was nothin’ in it for me! Everything topless shouldn’t have been, and let’s just say that if I was looking for a great interior designer, I was in the right spot :-).
John Davidson____ writer | producer | director____https://www.magicfeather.tv
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[Steve Wargo] “We are headed to Oshkosh for the fly-in during the last week of July. I’m shooting some stuff for an aviation client and we’re hunting for sponsors. Is your show sponsored?”
Hi Steve…
The intensity of the sun is something that a lot of people underestimate here. I usually cover up as much as possible. Someone spotted me coming back from fishing one day and told a friend that I dress nicely — with a long sleeved shirt. It’s one of those shirts from REI that’s supposed to provide sun protection and my usual attire on boats, etc.
Our show is sponsored and one of the difficult tasks is finding people willing to use our show to promote their products. Budgets are tight with everyone and while the total number of dollars spent on advertising hasn’t changed, the pie keeps getting cut into smaller pieces as more independent producers spring up. We have to go out and chase down sponsors again as we get started. But without new material we can’t show them what we’re up to. One of the chicken-and-egg quandries of the business.
The one time I visited Arizona was to see a distributor for home built airplanes. It was in Eloy and the company, Viking Aircraft, had neat little airplane called the Dragonfly. I went up for a test flight and the pilot seldom got more than 50 feet off the ground. Was fun. I have a friend in Los Angeles who flies his Rutan-designed Long EZ to Oshkosh about every year. It’s an amazing event from what I’ve read. There was even a guy here who attempted to fly his Long EZ from Hawaii to Oshkosh but only made it to the West Coast due to leg cramps.
Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii
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[John Davidson] “We went to South Beach Miami last month and I promise, there was nothin’ in it for me!”
With so much talk about skin cancer I can’t see the benefits of just laying around in the sand, much less buck naked. And I would certainly be concerned about getting sunburned THERE!
Often the ones who shed their togs for obscure health benefits aren’t cheesecake types. If there were laws that spelled out aesthetic standards for public nudity then perhaps I’d appreciate it more.
There’s a nude beach here on Oahu at the base of Diamond Head, and yes, it’s THAT kind of nude beach. Ironically, when they do sunbathe nude they often do so along the cliffline at the edge of the sand. Unfortunately that exposes them to the occasional falling rock. That just doesn’t sound like it would make for a fun-filled afternoon.
Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii
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