Hudson sprained his ankle this week. Not to worry, only a Level One Sprain. Now, when he sprains his ankle at school, I was kind of hoping, if you’re all not too busy, you would consider calling me…
Earlier this week, a actually worked. Yes, I did a, how you say, job. But, the whole thing could have fallen through at any moment, at the exact moment that I reveal that I don’t really don’t know how to do a damned thing unless I can do it sitting here at my Mac.
Tim Coyne (The Hollywood Podcast) and I video taped and produced an “electronic press kit” for a baby/toddler fashion school. Luckily, it wasn’t as mind-numbing as I’d expected, thanks to the constant distraction:pairs and pairs of salt-water balloons.
Not to give away too much of the story, here’s a link to the resulting video. I’d wait and watch it after listening. It make a lot more sense.
Apparently, the word I butchered is spelled “shadenfraud”
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
This episode was recorded in front of a “live” internet audience. It is currently only available to Premium Pill subscribers. A free, slightly abridged version is expected soon.
Schadenfreude
Hey Dan, do you have an hourly rate for consulting? I need a small problem worked out on the iTunes feed for deependofthecarpool.blogspot.com
Rob
Fantastic story about the tape recorder. It beggars belief that digital isn’t being used these days. I winced when you talked about taping the top 40…been there many times…
Regarding Hudson, I hope he is OK, but I do think you may be suffering a little from first-born-son-itis. If our school called me every time one of my kids had a fall down or minor injury, I may as well just stay at home and quit my job. Let’s just say I am familiar with the accident book!
Kids fall down ALL THE TIME, walk into things, trip up on things etc. I’ll go up against anyone in a who has the clumsiest child contest. But they usually bounce pretty well and usually just get on with things again if you don’t get too excited. All school teachers/classroom assistants are pretty savvy as to whether a child is really badly injured and they know, from bitter experience that, if you immediately jump on the telephone and call a parent, the child and every other child in the class will know that the most effective route to getting a parent to school early, to get some attention, is to “fall down” and be “injured”. Then the school would be full of parents getting too excited, kids playing up minor injuries and teaching time being taken up by all this. In other words, chaos!
And you went to see a doctor WHO YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR HIS SERVICES to ask him if your child has an injury and needs to do anything? Go figure what he will say!! this must be the only sensible explanation as to why many americans are pill popping hypochondriacs. If the doctors were paid out of taxation, guess how many pills they would be prescribing then!
Dan,
A little clarification… BetaCAM SP (which you used for dubbing the EPK) is NOT the same as BetaMAX from the 70s. True, they share a cassette design, half-inch oxide tape, and the beta-shaped tape path. But that’s like saying that because a Yugo has four wheels, an engine, and a steering wheel, that it is a Ferrari. Betacam SP, while still an analog format, is VERY widely used 20+ years after it’s invention, by networks, TV stations, and independent production facilities (like mine.)
BTW, if you ever have questions about ‘old school’ or broadcast production issues, feel free to consult me.
will it change smth in your shows?