Andrew (Television Executive)

Turns out Friday is TV day.

We have the first episode of #sitv Shouting into the Void, a new episode of Dark Mistresses' Midnight Movie *AND* a new guided meditation series from Bubba.

And if you're very lucky, tomorrow we'll have a new episode of Drivin'! (I forgot to press "upload" before I left the fast internet today."

Jan 21, 2023 at 3:22amWeb
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023

Also, our #NETV #NewEllijayTV roku app was removed from devices because it had been too long since we created it without publishing it.

If you were using the Roku app, the new vanity code is here:

https://my.roku.com/account/add/HVJH695

Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023

I mentioned elsewhere, but want to reiterate here, I am looking for someone to help bring our roku app up over the finish line.

If you're interested n learning roku development, please reach out!

You need roku hardware (there is no emulator) but otherwise, development is pretty easy. The device uses an in house language. It's very simple, and not especially powerful.

The changes we need to make are not huge, but they would require more uninterrupted coding time than I often have.

On the other hand, I'm pretty good at helping folks unblock themselves. I can't hold your hand through the dev, but I can keep you on the track.

Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023

Sometimes it feels like I'm moving in slow motion, because I want New Ellijay Television to be releasing 30+ hours of original material every week, and we can barely manage 3 hours of original material every week right now but...

It's important for me to take a step back and remember that we are in fact making a ton of stuff, and the work that we're doing is very hard.

Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023

In the last 20 days, we have:

- released Giant Robot Jetpack from Hurly Burly and the Volcanic Fallout on cassette
- Finished the masters and artwork for the LP release of the Hurly Burly and the Volcanic Fallout / New Clear Lawn Chairs split LP.
- Release an episode of the Long Awaited Jupiter's Ghost Podcast
- Produced a Jupiter's Ghost cartoon
- Re-scored a laurel and Hardy picture
- Booked a concert
- Released the first episode of our Road Trip Mix Tape series and our guided meditation series.
- Finished editing the second and third episodes of same
- wrote a bunch of new television material
- built several props and started work on sets
- Made dozens of toys including many Bigfoot, Nosferatu, Fantomah, Microface, evil robots, commando codys, and new and improved Silent helpers.
- Made lunch boxes and thermoses for Jupiter's Ghost, Expedition Sasquatch, Space Hawk, and Micro Face
- Built the outline and initial framework for a Jupiter's Ghost text adventure game
- Started the outline for an eventual Jupiter's Ghost novelization.

Probably also other things!

We are not producing footage as fast as I'd like, but we're not sitting still.

Show threadSteven SavageJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 you and your crew are an inspiration.
Show threadDoctor DeathrayJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 we kinda do a lot. Yea?
Show threadDoctor DeathrayJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 oh yea, we released a Doctor Deathray single. And booked March, too.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023
@DoctorDeathray And I'm seriously underselling the amount of work that Jess and Em and Will have done on toys, it's so many.
Show threadDoctor DeathrayJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 SO SO MANY.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023
@DoctorDeathray We gotta do more if it's going to become self sustaining, but yes, we a lot.
Show threadDoctor DeathrayJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 just gotta grind enough to leave the day job, then grind more, but in a more fulfilling way.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023
@DoctorDeathray I'm trying to get us to the point that the things we're doing are profitable enough that we can hire people, and not have to grind nearly as hard.
Show threadDoctor DeathrayJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 I am in favor of this idea.
Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 It's probably worth remembering that in the old days, even the big three television networks signed off at night. Even with all the money and personnel at their discretion, they couldn't offer 24-hour programming. And you're trying to do all this homebrew style, without all their resources. Frankly, you're doing great.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023

@Soozcat Oh certainly, and they were working Live most of the time, depending on the Magic and Allure of TV to paper over the fact that they were not treating people well.

It was a harsh industry, even compared to the usual hollywood stuff.

But it feels so attainable.

Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 I kinda feel like you're living the Weird Al dream TBH.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023
@Soozcat That's what Ernie said in his piece about us https://tedium.co/2022/10/21/new-ellijay-tv-diy-tv-network/
New Ellijay TV: Making Local TV Awesome Again

In a world of media conglomerates, do regular folks have a shot at building TV for themselves anymore? In one rural Georgia mountain town, the answer is yes.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 I just barely finished reading that!
Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 It reminds me of some of the homegrown SF Bay Area stations I used to watch as a kid in the '70s and early '80s. Things like KTVU 2 in Oakland and KBHK 44 in San Francisco were quirky local stations with quirky local programming. IIRC the evening weatherman was also the costumed host of "Captain Cosmic," an afternoon show full of anime, short-form sci-fi and rubbersuit movies for pupating nerds and geeks. It was great.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023

@Soozcat Thanks.

We're shooting for "DuMont Affiliate that somehow survived the death of DuMont"

or "queer leftist media collective"

I'll take what I can get.

Show threadBrood TeaJan 21, 2023

@Soozcat @ajroach42 I watched him too when I was a kid. I searched for a couple of images of him and, omg, I just realized the the lightning bolt on his chest was a '2' for KTVU-2 I thought it was just a bolt.

I love watching Bob Wilkins as Cpt. Cosmic then catching him at night on Creature Features

Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@hinano @ajroach42 He was so fun. All the media, whether it was science fiction, anime, horror or weird little shorts, it was obvious he had a huge passion for it. My brothers used to race each other home to watch Captain Cosmic, and a lot of their current taste in movies stems from that show.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Jan 21, 2023
@Soozcat @hinano any surviving footage?
Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 @hinano YT probably has some. I'll take a peek.
Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 @hinano https://youtu.be/5uNjdVP-R-w
Captain Cosmic Wed 10 25 78

YouTube
Show threadSoozcatJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 @hinano they also have a few Creature Features shows, some Dialing for Dollars hosted by Pat McCormick, and also some of his PSA in-betweeners featuring puppets Charley and Humphrey.
Show threadBrood TeaJan 21, 2023
@Soozcat @ajroach42 100%
Show threadalcinnzJan 21, 2023
@ajroach42 Definitely be proud of what you accomplished. If you don't start there you'll burn yourself out!