Who is interviewer on Jittlov Demo Reel?
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mi...@wizworld.com (Mike Jittlov) wrote in
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> David Bloom <dmbr...@n0spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Mike Jittlov included segments of several TV interviews in
>> his 30-minute demo reel.
>
> A reel, I should mention, that I kludged together in 33
> continuous sleepless hours in 1980, on a very cranky U-Matic
> 3/4" editing deck that a friend had borrowed from 20th Fox,
> and using tapes of greatly varying sound & video qualities.
>
> Demo Reels, at that time, could often go on for more than
> 20-30 minutes. Nowadays, it's more like 20-30 seconds of
> DVD or QuickTime. Modern reels necessarily have to be
> shorter than a Producer's attention span.
>
> I've still got the originals, so might make a new "Demo
> Reel", if I ever get that new Mac G4 and Final Cut Pro.
> And the oxide hasn't fallen off the old tapes, by then.
>
>
>> Does anyone know who are the interviewers and what shows
>> they are? The first interviewer is someone named John (who,
>> unless it's a special effect, shakes Mike's hand twice).
>
> JOHN ROVICK -- aka Los Angeles TV legend "Sheriff John":
> http://partigirl.www1.50megs.com/SheriffJohn/sheriffjohn.html
>
> I was supposed to be interviewed by Tom Frandsen, but he
> was on vacation, so John subbed for him. It was a great
> meeting, I'd seen a lot of his shows when I was a kidling.
>
> Besides "Crusader Rabbit" (precursor to Rocky & Bullwinkle),
> his show included wonderful animations by Lotte Reiniger
> ( http://www.bijoucafe.com/realaudio/lotte_reiniger.htm )
> and lots more from all over the USA, as well as countries
> unmentionable during the Cold War but nonetheless possessing
> artists of stunning and often-unsung/forgotten genius.
>
> John's a genuinely kind and caring interviewer. Nobody had
> prepared him for my appearance (or filmclip), though. It
> became 15 minutes of wide-eyed improv. My full sequence
> is one of the few extant John Rovick interviews.
>
> But it almost never saw the light of screen again.
>
> Before the show, I verified with its producer that, in
> return for the free airing of my animation work, I would
> get a perfect U-matic tape of the show, directly from the
> station's video bay. She agreed, no problem. After the
> show, big problem, "Oh we NEVER give out free airchecks,
> you'll have to go through blah-blah-blah." -- Understood.
> I went down to the video bay to get my filmprint, the
> guys were still raving, I asked for my aircheck. -- Yeah!
> Here-ya-go! Great stuff!! -- I went home, and got a very
> angry call. -- The producer fumed that I had HER copy of
> HER show, and Legal Action was imminent! -- 1000 pardons,
> I returned to the TV station...with a detour to a video
> duping facility to make a *perfect* copy. ;-)
>
> Another perfect copy from my tape was reportedly entered
> by the irrepressible Sam Frank into UCLA's Video Archives.
> (Haven't heard from Sam in years, though...)
>
> And for anyone seeing that tape.. Watch my lips and you'll
> see me "saying" much of John's dialog at the same time he
> speaks it. Very eerie, sometimes I'm virtually psychic.
> Or we were really in-synch.
>
> Oh -- on that note: I shake hands on-camera (I'm "putting
> out" vibes, then), or when it's too embarrassing to another
> if I deline. John's handshake was emotionally balanced,
> no fears. Same as Ray Bradbury's, and ex-Disney chieftain
> Ron Miller. The sense of a total hero. It's a chemistry
> thing, and hard to explain. You just know.
>
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