Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Have Your People Call My People

Had Took a meeting with the Hollywood guys today. They just finished cutting the promo for the reality show and wanted to screen it for my buddy and I.

I'm stoked!

The promo (and the show) mostly centers around Rob, my long-time friend and partner in crime, but I guess it would be fair to say I'm the #2 guy in it -- Glover to his Gibson, Elwood to his Jake, Patrick to his Spongebob, Riker to his Picard -- albeit I get less screen time than those other #2's usually got, leastwise, in the short promo.

The Hollywood guys shot about 15 hours of footage and boiled it down to a 10-minute promo. They told us it killed them to cut so much great stuff out. They probably could have cut a couple of 1-hour episodes or more out of all they shot but they explained that potential cable and/or subscription channels don't like it when you put the style, content, and direction of the show in concrete: They want to be able to screw it up have their own creative input into the show.

I have one word to say about the promo: It rocks! (Okay, that was two words but I exaggerate a lot.)

It's funny, it's, uhh... funny, and it's freakin' funny! It blows the lid off one of the most tightly held secrets in the entertainment biz, i.e., that the adult industry portion of the entertainment biz, the "other Hollywood," is glamorous, wildly exciting, constantly fun-filled, and populated with tons of people making mega-bucks, driving stupidly expensive cars, living in big upscale houses, and having non-stop orgies. Yep, it's a bubble-buster. But a funny-as-hell bubble-buster!

Personally, I think this show is a slam-dunk.

But then, I am a bit biased.

I can't tell you too much more. Believe it or not, we had to agree to some confidentiality stuff. And I'm talking agreeing with paperwork to back up those agreements. Wish I could rip the DVD copy of the promo they gave me and post it on the web. But if something like that happens, it's for them to do, not me.

So, we'll see what comes of it. I'm more than ready for something really cool to happen in my so-called career.

The pretty girl at the top is another snap of Cytherea from the same set as my last update's snap. In fact, it was the very next snap after snapping that last snap that I posted in my last update. (Whew! That was 4 "snaps" and a "snapping" in two sentences!)

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great to read that you are super jazzed after having seen your promo. That definitely bodes well for the future. This positive development couldn't happen to a nicer, more deserving guy.

Kudos Jimmy!

Lin said...

Congrats! Fortune and glory kid, fortune and glory!

Warfizzle said...

Looks like somebody's all giddy! Is there an ETA for the premier?

Anonymous said...

Jimmy, that's too cool. Make sure you keep us in the loop when the pilot airs.

Anonymous said...

That's AWESOME!! congrats I really hope we can see the show really soon :)! please keep us posted as this project progresses!!! :D

Eduar

jimmyd said...

@everyone

Thanks for the well wishes but lets remember its only in short form at this point. These guys have to make a deal with a cablecaster or subscription provider and, according to the deal, they have 6 months to do that. In fact, if they enter negotiations within 6 mos, they get an extra 3 to finalize it. personally, i think this thing is eiter gonna be in serious negotiations with someone in the next month or so or it aint gonna happen. just my opinion on that.

Anonymous said...

As someone who has a few videos online, and gets stoked to see that there are people watching them, I can imagine how I'd feel in your shoes, so let me add my good vibes to the happy karma show, and wish you lots of luck.

I hestitate to introduce luck, because I realize that it's not luck but talent and creativity that will win the day, but I'm sure there is some amount of luck involved in getting all the players to set their egos aside and evaluate anything on the merits.

From what I've seen on the blog, the show will be a hit, and the only thing bad I see is that I won't be involved. :-)

I know how it feels to 'throw away' all the great stuff that didn't make it to the promo, but if they're smart, they'll save it for the DVD after the show becomes a hit.

Congrats, and best wishes!

Anonymous said...

Hey, you won't forget us, will ya?

Unknown said...

Cytherea? sigh...

If you start shooting with Katie Morgan next, I'm moving to LA to be your permanent gopher!

jimmyd said...

@Ed, Cytherea is outa the biz... married and a mom if I'm not mistaken. I've shot Katie before but I think she's also, mostly, outa the biz and pursuing a mainstream career. She had a decent-sized role in a recent feature film, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." Katie is really fun and cool! And that voice!

joshua said...

Good to hear this is rolling along.