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Rock TV Wierdness...

thomwade — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:34:54 +0000

We've tried this before and it was a bit of...well...fail. It was an experiment that really did not work. And so, of course, what made the most sense was to do it again. It's rather interesting to note that we almost did not do the final sketch. People thought it would be alienating and get a response of "silent confusion". It just seemed too awkward. I was supposed to play the son, Fosby. But the costume shop supplied a shirt for a child, so I could not fit into it. Peter took over the role, and it is comedy gold.

Viewmaster 2

christineone — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:25:15 +0000

Feast on this, the latest Rock TV:

The recurring theme in this video came from some actual conversations with Jordan at a Rock TV writers meeting ("What is a viewmaster, anyway?").

Bill Kaulitz vs Pino Scotto (the retourns!)

il Gossipsta — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:54:54 +0000

Si riapre ancora la diatriba Rock TV contro Tokio Hotel. Ritorna l'ironia di Pino Scotto, questa volta prendendo di mira il "povero" Bill, a quel tempo ancora sotto il bisturi. Fortunatamente Pino Scotto, leggendo il giornale, svela diversi misteri che aleggiavano sul presunto ricovero di Bill per definire il suo carattere sessuale... (devo ancora capire se ora è un uomo e sta diventando donna, o se ora è donna che si converte in uomo)

Amici telespettatori (da dove l'ho tirata fuori? Sicuramente qualcuno lo dice...), ci dispiace di aver illuso le vostre speranze, ma vi assicuriamo una buona degustazione del video qui in basso.

Tutte questioni di cesso allora...

The Dealbreaker List

christineone — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:06:04 +0000

As a nice segue back to my normal blogging schedule, on Friday, in a grand display of church unity, our mission team gathered around my rickety old mac to watch the latest Rock TV: The Dealbreaker List.

Everybody seemed to love it, so you probably will too.

Enjoy!!

The Dealbreaker List

thomwade — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:25:58 +0000

I'd say the creative team really gets women. It's just all about knitting and chocolate...right?

What do you mean that's way off?!

Geez...picky, picky.

Anyways...here we go, once again mining the world of Christian dating. A topic that is endlessly ripe for sending up. But at the same time, the ending is a little sweeter than usual for us. I think it is due to all the married members of Rock TV. Marriage is mellowing you guys!!!!!

My favorite bits are "Check engine Light" and Johnny Bowflex's romantic speech. And Leroy with the fan. The first fan we used got destroyed and a blade narrowly missed Leroy's head and the camera.

The Dealbreaker List

Adam — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:00:25 +0000

Rock TV's latest is a spoof on those silly lists singles are encouraged to make after being instructed in how to properly find a mate/date. In this video I got promoted from writer/actor to editor, so it makes it better.

Leroy's Brownie Adventure

christineone — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:19:18 +0000

This video was meant to be chopped down to a 15-30 second clip to be a part of our next (actually scripted) video, but it turns out Leroy eating brownies is funny enough to suffice for a stand-alone video. So, there we have it.

Leroy's Brownie Adventure: Rock TV's Favorite Mistake.

Leroy's Brownie Adventure!

thomwade — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:15:44 +0000

This seems like the best way to celebrate post 500.

It's worth noting that this is one of the first Rock TV's essentially made without much of a script-mainly because it was meant to be a joke that appeared in an upcoming Rock TV. However, we took a scalpel to it and rebuilt it...better and stronger.

How It Is Done

thomwade — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:27:20 +0000

Recently, we finished a documentary that follows the making of Rock TV's the Hills Have Mimes. As documentaries go, I think this turned out quite well. This is not one of those six minute featurettes you find on a DVD saying "This is just the most awesome movie ever!!!!" This is the kind of documentary you get with the 25th anniversary set. The cast and crew take you through every step of the process. I am not allowed at writer meetings, so it was interesting to see what they do.

Shoot, Edit, Pray: The Making of a Rock TV

christineone — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:33:11 +0000

Last year Rock TV made a documentary following the process of making the Hills Have Mimes video.

If you're interested in watching it, it is now on youtube, divided into 6 parts. As far as film-making documentaries go, I'd say it's a pretty entertaining one (but don't expect the regular humor jokes you find in the normal Rock TVs - it's still a documentary):

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six

Peter has been warning viewers that the first part (showcasing the writers' meetings) is a little uninteresting compared to the remaining parts, but I like that part. So if you watch it, I guess be warned that that part might be boring. Or it might not be boring. Who knows. Am I right?

This year, avoid Leroy.

christineone — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:41:06 +0000

This year Rock TV was asked to create a short promotional video for our church's yearly Faithwalkers conference.

Instead of outlining the many spiritual reasons to attend such a conference, we went another route: plugging it as an opportunity to avoid that which frightens us in our own home towns.

Namely, Leroy.

Enjoy!

The Hills Have Mimes

christineone — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:57:44 +0000

Now available for your viewing pleasure, the Halloween 2007 edition of Rock TV:

People seem to really be liking this one, so I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice to not hit play.

If you're interested, some pictures from the shoot can be found here or here.

The Hills Have Mimes (Rock TV)

thomwade — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:34:13 +0000

So, the tactic was a little different this time. This was not a "message" video, it's just made to be entertaining. So we decided to do a "Halloween" video. It's been years since Rock TV touched horror movie themes. And really, this idea of a scripted horror parody is a first for the Rock TV team.


Some of my favorite moments?


Kevin channeling a desperate William Hurt towards the end.

"We don't got time for plot development!"

The "thousands of mimes".

Peter's story while Adam goes off to bed.

The ending.
I feel we captured the typical horror cliches.  This is something I feel most "Parody Movies"  such as the Scary Movie Franchise,  Date Movie, Epic Movie, etc. all fail at.  They spoof specific scenes from specific movies, even lifting dialog whole hog, while throwing in bodily fluid "jokes" and T&A as substitutes for actual...well... jokes.  Yes.  I am actually suggesting our seven minute movie is a better film parody than Scary Movie (1-4), Epic Movie and Date movie.  But maybe not Full Moon High, starring Adam Arkin.
Our Mimes were great, and the human actors did a great job (Ted and Kevin really stood out for me).  I also felt the crew did a great job. The lighting is effective and moody, making for some genuinely creepy shots.  The Mimes have an unsettling look to them.
As an aside, I have two roles in this Rock TV.  Any idea what they were?



Yet another Rock TV on YouTube
christineone — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:29:30 +0000
For those of you who love online videos, Rock TV just put an old one up on their website.  Check it out:

Leroy had someone shave the top of his head for this one.



New Rock TV!  America's Next Top Pastor
christineone — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:41:29 +0000
If Fox were to make a reality show in which America (or 3 unqualified judges) would choose a pastor for a mega-church in Florida from a pool of undesirable candidates, I think it might look a little bit like this:






This one was interesting to watch on Friday and then discuss with people afterwards. I really enjoyed Todd's funeral scene (walking that wonderful line between humorous and horrifying), Beaker's tithing message, and Leroy's commercial - so basically what everybody else liked.  So, I liked the video, but was pretty surprised to hear how much everybody else loved it:  a few of my friends, after the service, told me that it was one of the best they've ever seen.  Woah and Hooray!  That is cause for celebration!





A youtube celebration.  The kind where you let go of all your fears and inhibitions, hit play on that video up above, and enjoy some pure "comic copper"!







Post Script:  If you'd like to throw a Rock TV themed computer party, or if your desire is to simply watch more videos, you'd probably be interested in knowing that more Rock TVs can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/users/RockTV.



New Rock TV...
thomwade — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:15:50 +0000
This one is a parody of reality competitions. 
I confess, I am not sure this is one of our strongest videos, though I do like the basic concept, and the theme is a worthwhile one. I just don't know if it quite reaches Revelation 9/11 for the marriage of humor and message. But come on...Beaker? That's pure comedy gold. At least comedy copper.
My favorite moment was Todd's "drive-by" (which Todd noticed the Simpson's movie had a similair moment). "LIFE AND DEATH, PEOPLE!!!!"
Plus, the Beaker puppet was amazing expressive for having static features outside the moving mouth. Somehow, just dropping the jaw made Beaker "come alive".
The Ad for Sleep was great as well, especially Leroy's ad-lib.



Rock TV Outtakes
christineone — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:32:32 +0000

Because everybody loooooooooves an outtake.



Outtakes...
thomwade — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:26:25 +0000
Or, you know, the easy way to make an extra video without having to write a script.





The North American Geek:  "Sometimes I like to try it on and pretend I'm a princess too"
christineone — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:30:03 +0000
Check out the latest Rock TV, everybody!  This is definitely one of my favorites.




New Rock TV!
christineone — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:51:48 +0000

Recently the Rock TV team gave me permission to hang out with them during their writing meetings (thanks again, you guys!).  The result of some of those meetings was "103.7 - WWJD Christian Radio!" 
It pokes solid fun at some of the strange directions our culture has gone in the name of Christianity, but I think even more it was an excuse to get two otherwise rational people into bee costumes.
Read Peter's blog for more explication!