Same thing for syndicated “The Weakest Link”. I was also a standby guy but I got a flight to LA and two nights hotel in the deal. I was just as interested in the “how it gets made” part of the process so a day at NBC in Burbank watching it all was fine with me.
-Stan On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 5:32:56 PM UTC-5 Jim Ellwanger wrote: > I tried out for "The 1% Club" back in May 2023 - actually, I tried out for > "untitled quiz show for a major streaming service," but based on the > questions that were asked during the Zoom tryout, I figured out what show > it was (and found episodes of the Australian version, which is hosted by > comedian Jim Jeffries, to watch so I knew exactly what it would be like). > > It was originally scheduled to tape in July 2023, but ended up being > pushed back to February 2024 by the strikes. Unfortunately, they ended up > only wanting me as a standby contestant, which would have meant having to > sit around for 8+ hours and getting paid a whole $100, so it wasn't worth > taking a day off from my actual job. (They also gave me less than one day's > notice for wanting me at Television City for a 6:30 A.M. call time.) > > > On Mar 4, 2024, at 1:38 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > *The 1% Club*, Patton Oswalt's first-ever hosting gig, adapting a British > show co-produced by BBC but airing on itv, had been ordered to series by > Prime Video in '23... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/patton-oswalt-1-percent-club-game-show-amazon-fox-1235842137/ > (link) > Elsewhere on the Oswalt front, at the MPSE (film/video editors) awards, he > called himself out as "the a--hole that forced you to take out a second > mortgage on your home" during the strikes, and delivered a zinger about > Daddy Zaslav... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patton-oswalt-david-zaslav-coyote-vs-acme-1235842255/ > (link) > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fcbcd423-dfb8-4bcc-a3db-ba702c0aa08an%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fcbcd423-dfb8-4bcc-a3db-ba702c0aa08an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/86743d58-7cd6-4984-82d4-27a263340fccn%40googlegroups.com.
