It's not so much the call time itself as it is the fact that the call time is so early because 1) there are 100 contestants, and 2) they're taking a full day to produce one hour's worth of game show.
> On Mar 4, 2024, at 7:53 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A 6:30 a.m. call time for contestants for a game show. > > Mark Goodson, Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley, Stefan Hatos, Monty Hall and > Chuck Barris are all doing the Lambada in their graves. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > spotligh...@gmail.com <mailto:spotligh...@gmail.com> > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv > <mailto:train...@ellwanger.tv>> 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 >>> <tvornottv@googlegroups.com <mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com>> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F339FE46-AA51-44E3-84E5-908213AA4B89%40ellwanger.tv >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F339FE46-AA51-44E3-84E5-908213AA4B89%40ellwanger.tv?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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_CS%2BYQ_kGP9wZtvZQP79xwEV6rr8PQL-qy_yMXGBe8MQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_CS%2BYQ_kGP9wZtvZQP79xwEV6rr8PQL-qy_yMXGBe8MQ%40mail.gmail.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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/EF346FC1-A7DA-4EAC-9211-C1101A7E7B39%40ellwanger.tv.
