So cool. Not only can you be internet famous, you can be Hollywood famous.
;) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Digital" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jerry and Orrin just forwarded this to me.. Congrats guys, this is > awesome! > > ------------ > > News Release > > For Immediate Release > April 11, 2006 > > ?IT?S JERRYTIME!? RECEIVES 2006 EMMY NOMINATION > > BOSTON, MA April 11, 2006? It?s JerryTime!, (www.itsjerrytime.com), > the quirky animated web micro-series produced by two brothers, Orrin > and Jerry Zucker, is on the verge of forging television history. > > The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced > that the hit animated website It?s JerryTime! has captured one of six > nominations for the first Emmy Award to be presented for original > entertainment programming created specifically for non-traditional > viewing platforms, including computers, mobile phones, iPods, PDAs and > similar devices. > > The new Emmy Award will first be presented at the 33rd Annual Creative > Arts Daytime Emmy Awards, hosted by Meredith Vieira, on Saturday, > April 22 at New York City?s Marriott Marquis. > > It?s JerryTime!, featuring the wonky animated ?true tales from the > life of Jerry?, debuted in November 2005 and become a cult hit, > getting rave reviews from such international venues > as Business Week, The Boston Globe, Boing Boing and the UK Guardian > Ltd. In its short time online, ?the homemade cult hit vlog epitomizes > what people's video is all about.? (IEEE Spectrum) > > The hilariously downbeat photo collage animation, produced by > award-winning Graphic Designer Orrin Zucker, dramatizes the hard-luck > tales of his brother Jerry, using only the > most basic tools of a digital camera, Adobe After-Effects and clip > art. Jerry writes, edits and performs the original stories and ragtime > piano music. > > In the first episode, ?Who?s That Guy??, Jerry goes to a bar, and is > accused of stealing popcorn by the manager. He inexplicably stays for > lunch, endures hostile service, and then finally debates how much of > a tip he should leave. In the current episode called ?The Karate > Date?, Jerry?s painful date with a Karate instructor is highlighted, > where Jerry learns the ?Rules of the Dojo??the hard way. > > The 2006 Emmy Awards will mark the first time the National Television > Academy has recognized original programming first distributed on new > media platforms. In a little more than two months time, from the call > for entries to the deadline, 74 entries were submitted ? more than any > other Emmy Award category. > > ---------- > > - Ted > > Universus Networks LLC works with select Media Producers, Brand > Marketers and Agencies to deliver Next Generation Entertainment. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/