Ironman 1978

[WeirdRaptor]

Jun 26, 2018 15:26:47 GMT -6 @jamestkirk said:

Jun 26, 2018 14:31:18 GMT -6 WeirdRaptor said:

And I just found out that public access television is an American invention. Okay, public access television is basically a series of localized non-commercial specialty TV channels that pretty much every region in the U.S. has. What makes them different from regular TV is that anyone can produce programming for it. As in, if you have an idea for a TV show, but you're just a Regular Joe, you can still just drive down to the station after setting up a meeting and pitch it. And reasonably expect them to greenlight it because they'll barely give you any money anyway and it'll only air for locally, anyway. Sometimes they'll put in stuff the Bigwig companies have created just a fill a time slot, though.

Ah, OK. Interesting. No, we don't have anything like that in Ireland.

I think a handful of shows that got picked up and went to the big leagues have come out of public access, but as you can imagine, the majority is stuff like this...



Yes, this is real.

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Jun 26, 2018 15:39:01 GMT -6 WeirdRaptor said:

Jun 26, 2018 15:26:47 GMT -6 @jamestkirk said:

Ah, OK. Interesting. No, we don't have anything like that in Ireland.

I think a handful of shows that got picked up and went to the big leagues have come out of public access, but as you can imagine, the majority is stuff like this...



Yes, this is so unbelievably sad.

True. Very true.

[WeirdRaptor]

Jun 26, 2018 16:03:29 GMT -6 @jamestkirk said:

Jun 26, 2018 15:39:01 GMT -6 WeirdRaptor said:

I think a handful of shows that got picked up and went to the big leagues have come out of public access, but as you can imagine, the majority is stuff like this...



Yes, this is so unbelievably sad.

True. Very true.

It really is.

[taylorfirst1]

The Wayne's World movies were about a public access show making it to the big time.

[WeirdRaptor]

Jun 27, 2018 8:16:41 GMT -6 taylorfirst1 said:

The Wayne's World movies were about a public access show making it to the big time.

And honestly, Wayne's World, despite being a parody, is actually a good example of what public access shows are like.