Paul Isakson: Heartthrob in Residence

CMU- meet the television world

airski193:

hizzobizzo:

My conversation today with Dave Barsky - field producer of “dirty jobs”

Ryan: Hey dave, what does it take to get me behind a camera shooting?

Dave: well….. hard work, time. How long have you been here for? did you just graduate?…

Ryan: two weeks and yeah I just gradutated but I shot a lot of stuff throughout college which ——

Dave: …that means nothing. no one will care what you shot in college. you have to put in your time. everyone moves out here thinking that they are the next steven spielberg. you have to put in your time and you will get there. just be smart and work hard.

Moral of the story- CMU has thier head up thier ass on those stuiped awards that they are striving to win instead of actually teaching the students. I think I am going to ask Dave to shoot Corbett an e-mail saying exactly what he said to me. Maybe then something will change around that university…wait no. that’s a big waste of my time.

Wait!? So you mean my MAB, CBI, Telly and MHTV awards aren’t going to mean anything in LA? Do you understand that MHTV has gotten Station of the Year EIGHT times in a roll? Do you understand that MHTV produces 3 hours of original, award-winning content every semester? Do you understand that MHTV broadcasts to tens of people throughout Isabella County? I find it hard to believe that the Los Angeles TV/film industry will not recognize quality, student produced programming like Central View and MHTV Live. And how dare this “guy” suggest that my participation on those shows will not demonstrate the merit necessary to work effectively in the LA entertainment industry. I say to both of you “Shame!”, because I have been convinced, meeting after meeting, critique after critique, that MHTV is no different than what I will face in the industry. And I think its about time Hollywood recognizes the significance of awards given by academia; these are scholars who have read everything there is to know about Hollywood. To know more would require them to actually work in Hollywood. Who needs practical experience, when you can study and be tested?

I think Hollywood should take its ugly head out its ugly ass and realize every college graduate has a natural birthright to be the next steven speilberg. And that birthright starts in college…

Sing it!

Bo Diddley died today.

“I am owed. I’ve never got paid,” he said. “A dude with a pencil is worse than a cat with a machine gun.”

DUN DA-DUN DUN-DUN, DUN DUN.