"Psych" Director Mel Damski on The Next Double Down Film Show

Wednesday, March 4th - 9pm - On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll have a conversation with Emmy and Academy Award-nominated director, Mel Damski, who has had a very long and prolific career in the director’’s chair of some of the best new and classic tv shows ever including the hit shows:

• Psych
• Charmed
• Boston Legal
• Mash
• Lou Grant
• The Bionic Woman
• Plus more than 60 more tv shows and movies!

We will be discussing the mechanics of putting together a show, the television director's process, how to prepare for a career in tv, the differences between television and film directing and how to navigate the studio system amongst other practical career advice for aspiring film and tv makers.

The Double Down Film Show...Filmmaking Reality Starts Here.

*LIVE*
Wednesday, March 4th @ 9PM EST

Listen in from your computer:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/doubledownfilmshow

or

Listen or call in from your phone:
(646) 929-1956

(*If you miss it live you can still listen to the show later as a podcast at the same web address.)

Hey You Guyyyyyyyys!!!

Okay, this has little to do with filmmaking and I'm definitely, gonna date myself with this entry, but I just read that the classic children's tv show, The Electric Company is returning to PBS. They are currently shooting here in NYC and have updated the show to reflect today's sensibilities.

For those of you who have never heard of the show, it's essentially a funkier, musical and joke-filled cross between Sesame Street, Saturday Night Live and Soul Train. Bill Cosby was also on of the regular cast members. (He's in the green shirt in the picture to the right.)

There's lots of music, dancing and skits and somewhere in between all that, kids are actually tricked into learning to read. We used to watch it all the time when I was in the second and third grades and I always preferred it to Sesame Street, which wasn't nearly as cool or funky.

It was also a major influence on my work when I got my first real job in the industry and moved up to producing children's television for The Education Channel. Of all the various types of projects, films and shows that I've worked on, I still feel that working in kids tv was by far the most rewarding and I hope one day to return to the genre. (Puppets are so much easier to work with than people.)

Anyway, read the NY Times article yourself here and set your DVR's if you have kids. Here's a video clip of the opening from the classic show. I can't believe I still get a little giddy listening to this catchy song..."Hey you guyyyyyyyyyys!!!":