So the show is
officially: "Adam & The Egos". Believe it or not,
this was in doubt up until yesterday. I kinda liked
the idea of having the show within the show called:
"Up & Adam", and the entire thing called "Adam
& The Egos"... but it got too bulky in my head.
Bottom line is, for branding alone, there needs to be
"Adam & The Egos" all OVA tha place.
Then of course the
question became the song. Brand new? I really liked
the "Up & Adam" hook and the minimal a
capella is a quirky way to introduce you to their
music...but "Adam & The Egos" is a mouthful.
I tried to slam that title in the same space as
the previous chorus, but finally settled on "& The
Egos" while the announcer says "ADAM!". Very happy
with that. It's like they're fighting even in the
credits.
As I worked
on this it occured to me that there's a very good
chance, if picked up, this IS the open. Could it be
done better? Of course. But where the hell is the
budget for that even if it IS picked up? And as I've
felt all along, there's something kinda special about
me physically doing SOME of the editing - just from a
marketing stand-point for the network. It's bizarre
and I know of no other performer that does it.
So as you can
tell, I'm acting like this is FOR-AIR. All the bits
will have the Comedy Central watermark, I'm even gonna
have promos going into and out of my "breaks" during
the show. Literally every second I control, is gonna
look as professional as humanly possible - even though
I don't believe there's any chance anything "taped" on
the 12th will ever air. At best, they would love it -
and have me re-do it somewhere for the first episode.
In the initial meeting, I misenterpreted
"straight to air" as meaning - what we taped at the
development space could be episode one. Wrong.
The concept could go straight to air. Either
way - I've gotten a good idea at what other people
have done in this space, and simply put - no one has
done it this "anal" before. Timing it all the way down
to the breaks and doing everything to make the people
inside feel like they were at a taping. I want
Jim Sharp to come up to me and say: "How on earth can
we not try this?".
I called this
entry "Official Announcement" because it marks 3 1/2
weeks of a "push" to get people to this show and I'm
also finally unlocking sooooooo many entries
surrounding this entire story. All of 2009 to be
exact. Long story short, there was a falling out with
Weller/Grossman (that I still don't really understand)
and I've since partnered up with 3 Arts and in all
honesty am just producing everything myself. I didn't
want to make all of this public for fear of some form
of retribution from W/G, but at this point - they've
shown zero interest in even contacting me - so it's a
moot point. Bizarre. They seemed so excited about this
project and then completely ignored it. Either way -
it's happening and I have to get the word out. If they
dropped it thinking nothing was gonna happen, and then
call me all pissed because I got it done without them,
I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there... but
they left me no other choice. And a quick scan
of a certain 10 year long "project" might have told
them I wasn't dropping this opportunity. As you can
see from the unlocked entries (beginning of August
specifically) I labored over the decision. In the end,
it really didn't mean much because 3 Arts isn't really
involved, no one is but me - but if this gets picked
up they will reap the benefits, not W/G.
I simply can't afford to hand them my entire
career with what they showed me. I've worked
waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too hard.
So, any of you
reading this, SPREAD THE WORD!!! The
official information is as follows:
ADAM & THE EGOS
LIVE
Comedy
Central Stage at the Hudson
6539 Santa
Monica Boulevard
cross street
Hudson Avenue between Highland and Vine
Thursday,
November 12, 2009
Show begins
at 8:00pm
Absolutely
Free
Reservations
Required
To RSVP,
please call 323.960.5519
Street and
Lot Parking Available
Link people to
this entry's video - and please do not ask me to "put
you on the list". I cannot. Because this is a
free show, they told me everyone needs to call
personally - 'cause if they can't make the time to
call? They're probably not making the time to come.
Seats are infamously limited for this stage so reserve
your seats immediately.
And as many of you
know, this is a remarkably special date for me. It's
the date of what was the biggest moment of The Journey
for sooooooooooooooooo many years, November 12th, 2001
- The Comedy Store. Over 800 entries ago, and
seemingly a lifetime, I have one last shot to
break my career WIDE open before the 10 year
anniversary and I'm honored that it can be done in
front of a live audience of friends and family. So
from this point on - it is no longer a secret. It is
official, it's happening, and it's time to tell the
world.
