Author Topic: Price Director Leaves Show (Read 18317 times)

BrandonFG · « **Reply #30 on:** January 15, 2009, 10:46:23 PM »

[quote name=\'alex99\' post=\'206382\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 09:58 PM\']
Has anyone on this board ever actually directed a gameshow? Or any show for that matter?
You sure are good at criticizing other director's work.
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Wow...so defensive over nothing. This is a message board, opinions are discussed, and guess what? Some of those opinions you may not agree with. I only played one year of Pee Wee football, but it doesn't stop me from criticizing my favorite team. Every opinion I've seen was for the most part, reasonable, and not in the "h8r" territory that you're implying.

BTW, you'll find that many of us (myself included), have extensive directing and other behind-the-camera experience, so your efforts at snark could very well backfire on you.

clemon79 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:03:03 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'206387\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 07:46 PM\']
BTW, you'll find that many of us (myself included), have extensive directing and other behind-the-camera experience, so your efforts at snark could very well backfire on you.[/quote]
Yeah, I was gonna say, I've never directed anything more complicated than a :30 news promo, but I've damn well worked the other crew jobs long enough to know a bad one when I see one.

CarShark · « **Reply #32 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:14:45 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'206373\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:29 PM\']"Every" article. That means all. Words Have Meanings.[/quote]Fine, then. I misspoke. Big deal. It still doesn't warrant an attack. Then again, I wouldn't expect you to not completely miss that and defend Lemon.

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #33 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:21:48 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'206376\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:40 PM\']
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'206374\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:32 PM\']
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'206373\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:29 PM\']Words Have Meanings.[/quote]Contemplated filing a trademark or a copyright so you can profit off of that?
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He's Matt Ottinger. The trademark is implied.

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The word "copyright" has actually been Matt Ottingered.

TLEberle · « **Reply #34 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:38:08 PM »

[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'206396\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:21 PM\']After all, why make conversation when you can make jokes?[/quote]Ok. Here's goes. Have your tickets ready, friends...

[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'206394\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:14 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'206373\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:29 PM\']"Every" article. That means all. Words Have Meanings.[/quote]Fine, then. I misspoke. Big deal. It still doesn't warrant an attack. Then again, I wouldn't expect you to not completely miss that and defend Lemon.[/quote]It wouldn't be a big deal except you have shown a propensity to say whatever comes to your mind first, and then after your argument, syntax and even your word choice are made more hole-ridden than Swiss cheese, you retreat to "Bah, I misspoke!" "I wouldn't expect anything less!" and so on, rather than acknowledging our (very valid points} and trying to become a better member of our Forum, because you'd rather just continue on your merry way.

I now await your reply, to compare it with the control group.

chris319 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:39:00 PM »

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Who can they bring in that would do a better job as a rookie at a show with as many moving parts as Price?

Andy Felsher. He would have the shortest learning curve of anyone besides perhaps Fred Witten.

chris319 · « **Reply #36 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:47:34 PM »

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wondering when all these recent firings will stop

Why do you care? Your job's not at stake. What is your job, BTW?

If RBDP gets the reveals he'll be an improvement over Bart. Never mind that it might take 2 1/2 hours to tape a show that now takes 1 1/4.

CarShark · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:47:43 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'206398\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 11:38 PM\']It wouldn't be a big deal except you have shown a propensity to say whatever comes to your mind first, and then after your argument, syntax and even your word choice are made more hole-ridden than Swiss cheese, you retreat to "Bah, I misspoke!" "I wouldn't expect anything less!" and so on, rather than acknowledging our (very valid points} and trying to become a better member of our Forum, because you'd rather just continue on your merry way.[/quote]Are you still on that "line-up"/"roster" thread? I explained my error and explained my opinion in full and tried to make amends. Of course, none of that matters, apparently. Feel free to restart the dogpile.

clemon79 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:53:44 PM »

[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'206401\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:47 PM\']
Feel free to restart the dogpile.[/quote]
If you don't want to be at the bottom of a dogpile, you should stop rubbing steak all over yourself.

bscripps · « **Reply #39 on:** January 16, 2009, 01:50:00 AM »

[quote name=\'alex99\' post=\'206382\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 09:58 PM\']
Has anyone on this board ever actually directed a gameshow? Or any show for that matter?
You sure are good at criticizing other director's work.
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As chance would have it, I've been directing television for 18 years, including the past ten as the director of the highest-rated television program in my market, and the two Emmy Awards sitting above my monitor as I type this should count for at least a little street cred. (Not a lot, but at least a little.) Speaking in my official capacity as an Emmy Award winning director, Mr. Eskander's directing sucks.

IMHO, of course.

[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'206346\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 06:31 PM\']
I just never understood how he could have so many effects and transitions and other tools (especially with computer technology being so much better) at his disposal, and he chose to use so few. [/quote]
Lisa: "Dad, there are other wipes besides star wipes."
Homer: "Why have hamburger when you can have steak?"

inturnaround · « **Reply #40 on:** January 16, 2009, 02:15:27 AM »

[quote name=\'alex99\' post=\'206382\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 09:58 PM\']
Has anyone on this board ever actually directed a gameshow? Or any show for that matter?
You sure are good at criticizing other director's work.
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Are you saying that the only people truly qualified to judge the quality of something are people of the same profession? I mean, I don't know how to boil water, but I know the difference between chicken salad and chicken shinola.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 16, 2009, 02:24:44 AM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'206374\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:32 PM\']
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'206373\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 08:29 PM\']Words Have Meanings.[/quote]Contemplated filing a trademark or a copyright so you can profit off of that?
[/quote]<computerized voice>In Soviet Russia, Ottinger copyrights you</cv>

As for the comment by our "new poster", directors, hosts, and emcees are often criticized (and praised) on these boards. Nothing wrong with having an opinion, is there?

NickintheATL · « **Reply #42 on:** January 16, 2009, 04:36:42 AM »

Speaking as someone who has directed a game show, no less, his directing blows. See all the aforementioned references to missing game winning reveals, etc.

Need I say more?

/Maybe, but I'm tired.

TheLastResort · « **Reply #43 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:49:06 AM »

[quote name=\'CarShark\' post=\'206408\' date=\'Jan 16 2009, 12:17 AM\']

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Posting messages which are harrassing, insulting, belittling or derisive to other board member(s)

...is basically all you do. All the gazpacho jokes in the whole don't take away from the fact that you get away with anything you want.[/quote]

An excellent point, and thanks for having the guts to say it.

TheLastResort · « **Reply #44 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:55:07 AM »

[quote name=\'alex99\' post=\'206382\' date=\'Jan 15 2009, 09:58 PM\'] Has anyone on this board ever actually directed a gameshow? Or any show for that matter?
You sure are good at criticizing other director's work. [/quote]

I was a director in local TV for around 15 years, and that's precisely why I've never commented on Bart's work: I know it's much harder than it looks to the average viewer. Having said that, I think constructive criticism is fine as long as isn't the "I can do better" nonsense.