Paris Hilton Needs A New Best Friend

Today, bored at work like usual, I managed to come across the website for Paris Hilton’s new reality TV show. It seems she is in need of a new best friend, and MTV is going to help her find one with a show entitled “Paris Hilton’s My New Best Friend”.

When I first saw this, I must admit, I laughed about as hard as anyone possibly could. If I would of had milk in my mouth, it would have flown out both nostrils.

Is this what television has come to? Seriously, has television gotten so bad that now we have to watch average people compete to become celebrities best friends?

I am pretty sure Paris Hilton should not have any trouble finding a new best friend. Come find me Paris, I will be your new best friend. Obviously the only reason she is doing this show is to get back on television, and I cannot blame here.

Anyways, as much as I hate the entire plot for this new show, I figured what the heck? I might as well setup a profile for it. If this show is going to be on television, they might as well throw someone crazy on it like me. Maybe I can make the show interesting by blowing everyone else’s minds with my outlook on life, jobs, and everything in between. Besides, I would make a great celebrity BFF, wouldn’t I?

So today, I would like to officially announce my candidacy to run to become Paris Hilton’s new best friend. My goal of this blog was to blog my way to fame, so I figured I might as well give this a shot. Besides, MTV needs something different, and I am the difference (at least I like to think so, lol).

It seems that the casting is based on a voting game where the more votes you get, the more likely you are to get casted. However, I have already noticed that it looks like some candidates are finding ways to get tons of votes.

One of the requirements for becoming a possible cast member, was answering a few questions provided by MTV. I did not feel like spending a lot of time on them, so here are some of the answers I threw together when I was filling out the application:

Do you consider yourself fabulous? How so?

Yes, I would say I consider myself fabulous and it is for many reasons. I am a very intelligent and outgoing person that enjoys taking risks. I am not the average Joe who sits back and lets things happen to them instead of making them happen to you. I try everything, and often work as hard as I can to accomplish everything I hope to accomplish.

What qualities make you the perfect celebrity BFF?

I think the number one quality that makes me a great celebrity BFF is my personality. I have stories I could tell forever and they would never grow old or stop laughing. I live a not so ordinary life and it makes me a unique person. I am also very energetic and not afraid to be around lots of people, even strangers.

It’s hard to stay in the public eye. How would you maintain the limelight?

I would have no problems whatsoever maintaining the limelight. I pretty much put everything out there for everyone to see. I have been approached a few times about my blog and I enjoy the attention. Being in front of cameras and tons of people is what I live for, so bring it on.

So everyone that is willing, please vote for me by visiting my profile here. All you have to do is click on the vote for me button and then you are allowed to vote once a day so I would be very appreciative if anyone is willing to vote for me as much as they can. I placed a button on my right sidebar which should make it real easy. I plan to give out some rewards to those that vote for me the most (Entrrcards perhaps?).

I promise, if I somehow get on this show, this blog will become even more entertaining. Just imagine what my posts would be like if I am hanging out with Paris Hilton. I’d have even more time to come up with ideas like the Bathroom Stall Hammock and Why You Should Party on Weekdays.

Wish me luck!

The Start of Acting: Being An Extra

First, let me start by saying yesterday’s video was a success. I heard tons of good feedback and everyone said it was hilarious. I even managed to have a girl come up to me at ASU and ask if I was in a YouTube video about a hammock. Not bad for throwing a video together in such a short notice. I even received a few phone calls from back home in Wisconsin and one from Hawaii about it.

Anyways, last night I had another interesting experience with acting. I was an extra for an infomercial for some health cleansing product. In other words, I was one of those people hanging out at the “Party” while the hosts give there pitch for the product. It sort of reminded me of the infomercial for the Magic Bullet blender that used to be on TV all the time.

You really do realize how fake television is when you are on set of an actual show. For example, during a pool party scene I had to hold a plate with a hamburger bun on it and a half full glass of apple juice. It was supposed to look like I was eating and having a good time drinking some beer.

We had our pool party attire on but we were all freezing since it was only 55 degrees last night when we shot the scene. I wanted to dive in the pool but it was not heated so that was not going to happen. Maybe in a few months when it is 100 degrees outside.

The best part about being an extra is that you are always on set with a lot of people around. I met a lot of nice people in the industry last night and hope to stay in contact with some of them. It is a great place to hear about future openings and casting calls as well. I am hoping to be in a few more shoots very soon.

As an extra, you also start to learn the ropes about film and television. You start to learn when to be quiet, when to speak up, and when to act. Some of the terms used by directors and other members of the film crew start to make sense. Best of all, it helps you get used to being in front of a camera all the time. It also helps you get used to shooting retakes over and over again.

In conclusion, being an extra is actually a lot of fun. Plus it pays good for the amount of work you have to do. It was not as fun as The Weekenders Golf Tour but it was still a great time. Plus it really helps network with others in the field and can really help to open a few doors in the industry.

I have been managing to get myself on camera quite a bit lately and my only hope is to get on it even more. I really want to get back on reality television because it is so much fun to shoot. So if anyone out there is currently casting for a television show, please let me know.

In the mean time, keep an eye out for a some new YouTube videos. Greg and I plan on shooting a few this weekend and will be posting them as soon as we can. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for some short videos, please comment on this post or send me an E-Mail.

How to Get on a Reality TV Show

So you want to be one television? Most people dream of being on television in front of a large audience. There are tons of shows, especially reality television shows. However, there are also a ton of people that want to get on these shows. So the question is, how do I get on television?

I recently filmed for a up and coming reality television show here in Scottsdale and I can tell you the best shot you have at getting on one, is to Know someone working on the show!

The only reason I landed a spot on this show was because one of my awesome friends just happened to be part of the production team. Thanks again!

Knowing someone on a television show crew can help your chances of getting casted tremendously. Sometimes people drop out at the last minute and the producer will ask his employees if they know anyone that could fill the spot. This is the perfect in to getting casted because you can skip the whole audition process and save a lot of time. This happens more than you think and I hope to get on another show in the near future.

It all comes back to networking, which seems to be the common theme to get anything done nowadays. The more people you know, the better your chances for success, whether its in a career or simply getting on television.

The hard, but more common way to get on television, is by using casting websites such as TalenHunter.com. TalentHunter offers a lot of open casting calls in the majority of large cities in the United States. The only downside is a lot of the casting calls require a gold account in order to view the details. This will cost you somewhere around 20 dollars a month to subscribe.

Well, I hope this small tip helps you fulfill your dreams of getting on television. It did for me Feel free to leave any comments or add me as a friend using the links found to the right.

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