Show 5 Completed
Chris and I spent all day and night to get it done so that we could turn it into the cable office by Friday. By the time it was all over the both of us had managed to stay up 24 hours. The day was an accomplishment in the sheer amount of stuff that we managed to get done. Basically we shot a whole 7 minutes of the show which is the whole introduction before we even get into the much maligned Summer Project '95.
The reason we were able to get so much done I think is because this is about the most simplistic we have ever gotten with our stuff. The first three minutes is basically us just sitting in front of the camera reading some viewer mail. There's not really a whole lot going on there. I usually feel guilty whenever we cut corners like that, but it does fill up show time and if the result actually works on some level than it's not too bad.
We spent all night working on the final edit because Chris insisted that he have his own private personal copy to take home with him when we were done. I kept telling him that he was going to have to wait for his copy because it was not absolutely necessary that he have it that day. But he kept insisting and so it all got done, even Summer Project '95 which I thought would never be completed. I just knew that something was going to break down before the night was over or even later during the week before I would be able to get an S-VHS tape to make the copy for public access.
Luckily none of that happened and I got it in on time. Now I'm bracing myself for what could possibly be some serious consequences as a result of this episode. I'm just sure that someone is going to have a problem with it considering the nature of what happens in the program.