tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98055622009-02-21T04:39:58.376-08:00Opinions, positions, points-of-view on "reality television."...and other stuff.Stephen Pullinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883240654636608776noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9805562.post-56878226401323054512008-06-23T08:14:00.000-07:002008-06-24T10:04:34.539-07:00

A short story about one producer’s first steps in a life long quest to get on television.Everyone has a story about how they got started in the business. However when you are new in town, an unknown quantity, no one knows you and you don’t know anyone who knows someone who can hire you, necessity becomes the mother of invention. The dream of producing television was deeply ingrained in me from a

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“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."Winston ChurchillThis will be the best time in history to be an independent producer, writer or director if we resolve to stop living in the past and realize that we have to find new ways to work and make money. The consumer now has complete control and will get what they want, when

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In a flash it's September! There have been so many towns, airports, hotel rooms and drag strips sometimes it is hard to keep it all in perspective. Being a great Dad, great husband, great boss, great friend, great collaborator all while producing and directing about 25 hours of location based television in one year is quite a challenge. Sometimes it all runs together and I am learning that

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People ask me "why dont you write more blogs!" Well, this year there has not been enough hours in the day sit down and pontificate on a regular basis and I apologize. Our series PINKS on Speed has morphed into a second one hour show called PINKS All Out and we have been flat out producing episodes. A total of about 50 episodes of PINKS and two of All Out over the past two years! The PINKS

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Nothing pisses me off more, than to see immigrants trying to preserve their cultural identity at the expense of their host country. If you choose to immigrate to another country you have made a decision to blend your cultural identity with the new country. No one expects anyone to abandon their home land and culture however I believe that at minimum you should accept the laws, customs and

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Lets Race! Why do people want to race? I don’t know the history about when the first human decided to race another human, but the idea is as basic to human nature as anything else we do. Whether it’s kids racing each other on the beach, sprinters in a track meet or racers on PINKS putting it all on the line, we are all naturally intrigued with the idea of racing and beating someone else.

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One thing that foreigners notice about Americans is their love affair with the "illusion of reality." The semi - scripted "reality" shows on television are only a symptom of what's going on in this society. Everywhere you look you can find people turning away from what is truly real in favor of some other fantasy.Today we have a grand illusion undone and brought to our living rooms by way of

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When you have the number one television show on a network like PINKS you are bound to get a few idiots taking shots at you. Since we are reaching over 1,000,000 viewers each week we are recieving thousands of emails. Only a tiny percentage are like the one below and I am pleased to recieve them because they only confirm what PINKS is really all about. Its about character and standing up and doing

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Have you ever noticed that truly talent people never stop creating and most often can perform brilliantly in any era. There is no age limit on creativity. The best are never spent. George Burns was always booked five years ahead even when he died at 100. Musicians like Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, BB King..still going well into their senior years. Choose any one of the arts and you

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The premier episode of Mark Burnet’s much anticipated, and albeit beautifully made “The Contender” flopped like George Forman hitting the canvas from a Muhammad Ali left hook in the Rumble in the Jungle. The line up however was truly impressive, Burnet teamed with Dream Work’s, Jeffery Katzenberg, original music score by Jan Hammer, hosted by Sly Stalone and Sugar Ray Leonard, Toyota, Home Depot,

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Whether its a politician telling carefully crafted campaign lies, tabloid journalism, professional wrestling or a "reality" producer selling a show as "real" when its obviously fake there is an insatiable appetite out there for make-believe. Any good producer knows that the public generaly shruggs their shoulders, yawns and buys it anyway. Its "entertainment," which is all well and good exept

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“Somersault” is an Australian independent film that has won a dozen or more awards in Australia and in Cannes. I attended this film’s US premiere this week here in Los Angeles during the Australian Week festivities. Eveyone was touting it as a "fine example" of what the Australian government subsidized film industry can produce...It's a nice film, but come on! ...I was only mildly impressed....If

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CNN’s newly appointed President Jonathan Klein deserves a medal for his decision to can Cross Fire after 23 years! “Theatrical” news as Jon Stewart called it …makes a lot of money for other network executives who have no real journalistic skills and who rely on cheap tricks that push the audience’s buttons and manipulate them into watching the shouting matches, keeping them tuned in all the way

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Landing at LAX Christmas Eve after a 14 hour flight from Melbourne, Australia was a sureal experience. The contrast between the two cities was instantly illuminated by the total insanity of the Christmas rush that seemed to buzz in the air the moment I walked off the plane. People were shouting at each other getting through the terminal at 8 in the morning. Later, I fought my way through crowds

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