Archive for October, 2008
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Television is furniture.
I’ve been walking around with this post sort of slowly coming together in my head, formed from a few different elements I’ve picked up from here and there. Basically it’s about the ups and downs of stagehand life as a whole, how we’re viewed by the rest of the crew and the world, and how [...]
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Great Moments in Television, Episode II
The show is live. News. The times are somber, the day was dark, matters stormy and uncertain. The national mood is dreary, everyone is in the doldrums. The news is bad, the newsroom feels tense. The stories are of everyday people having lost their jobs, their savings. Unemployment is up. The market is down, and [...]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
You can take the stagehand outta the studio…
Recently the Mrs and I travelled some distance to attend a friend’s wedding. As if the long drive weren’t enough, she was sick and I was in the process of catching what she had. Grumpiness abounded. It bled into the next day as well. An hour before the ceremony, as we were getting dressed, the [...]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Life in the dark
Anyone who reads this blog with any regularity – and I thank all four of you – knows that some stagehands have early calls. It’s not unusual for us to be up at 3 or even 2 am to go to (or be at) work. When you have to get up that early, you tend [...]