http://petewadeshow.com/
The Pete Wade Show
Low Budget/High Quality
Well, I saw the low budget part, but they must be keeping the high quality
stuff for the next Oscars.
" 'Pete and Ben Wade' by Ashley Brobecki and William Howard"
"Pete Wade is a high school Calculus teacher who coaches soccer and track.
His primary interest outside of education is to make low budget movies with
the highest possible quality. Pete is an award-winning editor and director
and the driving force behind The Pete Wade Show which airs throughout
America. Despite critical acclaim, he has chosen to remain in the field of
education maintaining his filmmaking only as a hobby."
"He and his brother Ben have lived amazing lives almost too astounding to
believe (read biography below). Both are record-setting world travelers. Ben
is a college soccer coach and symphony conductor and an outdoorsman who
seeks adventure."
"Peter William Wade (born March 24, 1970) and Benjamin James Wade (born
September 18, 1971), also known as The Wade Brothers, are very successful
siblings from Knoxville, Tennessee who are alumni of Knoxville West High
School and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Ben Wade is known as the
conductor of the Susanville Symphony in Northern California and the head
coach of the women's soccer team at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar,
Missouri. In addition, Ben is a record-setting kayaker. Pete Wade is best
known as an award-winning writer, director and editor of independent films,
serving as CEO of OFF Productions based out of Nashville, Tennessee. He is
widely recognized as an actor and director on The Pete Wade Show, a popular
television program airing in Tennessee, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Minnesota
and Colorado. In addition, Pete is an acclaimed high school Calculus teacher
and record-setting American traveler."
"The Wade Brothers are direct descendants of historic figure Pocahontas as
well as Lewis and Clark Expedition veteran Sergeant Charles Floyd." Next
are long descriptions of distant family relatives who were all insanely
talented but lived in poverty, until Pete and Bens father became wealthy
writing college calculus textbooks, among other things.
"Throughout Middle School their personalities began to materialize, both
emerging as highly competitive, athletically and intellectually gifted
students who were even more driven to succeed than their parents. Both were
tested to have an IQ above 140, widely accepted as the level of genius. Both
began exhibiting an obsession for setting and achieving lofty goals in all
areas of their life."
"For Ben, 1996 was a landmark year. He was serving as Vice President of
Sports Leagues of America in Los Angeles while working for his uncle at
California Jig but he wasn't passionate about his career choice. He decided
to do some soul searching in a most unique way. Starting in San Felipe, Baja
California, Mexico, Ben embarked on a kayaking voyage along the Pacific
Coast that would set a Guinness World Record for the longest distance ever
traveled in a kayak at 6,132 miles, fraught with shark and whale encounters,
boredom, loneliness and delirium. The trek ended when Ben was poisoned by
drinking water he had purchased in a village that had apparently been stored
in a gasoline drum. Near death, he was found floating in his kayak off the
coast of South America by relatives of recording artist Linda Ronstadt who
were navigating a yacht in the area."
"His name became synonymous with adventure after significant newspaper
coverage in California and Tennessee told his story and Ben received a
number of invitations to Hollywood parties. At one such get-together, as he
spun tales of his escapades on the high seas, one celebrity partygoer became
a very intrigued eavesdropper. Unbeknownst to the public at that time, Actor
Tom Hanks was gathering ideas with writer William Broyles, Jr. for the
script of the motion picture Cast Away (2000). As Hanks listened intently,
occasionally asking questions, he was apparently inspired by a number of
fascinating details experienced by Ben during his weeks of profound solitude
without human contact during his journeys. Some of these ideas that
eventually made the final movie script included the scene in which Hanks'
character Chuck Noland looks directly into the eye of a whale beneath his
boat, the scene in which Noland sleeps on the floor after returning to
society and the scene in which Noland hears coconuts dropping from trees in
the distance, unsure of the source of the noise."
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So there you have it. Roach Wade is a fricken mirror image Forest Gump.
The movie FG was a modest, sweet, not-to-bright fellow who inadvertently
brought great changes to the world just by existing in it. The mirror image
character, Roach Wade is a arrogant, unpleasant, self-described genius who
claims to bring great changes to the world by being a f***ing 'Nobel
Warrior' who kayaks farther, plays trumpet better, and inspires others (a
girls soccer team) to greatness. Yeah, I'm liking Forest better here.
Nova
"Throughout America", huh?
> Despite critical acclaim, he has chosen to remain in the field of
> education
> maintaining his filmmaking only as a hobby."
What a martyr, _choosing_ to remain a high school math teacher.
> "He and his brother Ben have lived amazing lives almost too astounding to
> believe (read biography below).
Ya got that right!
> "Peter William Wade (born March 24, 1970) and Benjamin James Wade
> (born September 18, 1971), also known as The Wade Brothers,
But more commonly known as Those Delusional Assholes.
> Ben Wade is known as the conductor of the Susanville Symphony in Northern
> California
"Susanville is a city in and the county seat of Lassen County, California,
United States. The population was 13,541 at the 2000 census. Susanville,
a former logging and mining town, is the site of the High Desert State
Prison, California (not to be confused with High Desert State Prison,
Nevada)"
> and the head coach of the women's soccer team at Southwest Baptist
> University
> in Bolivar, Missouri.
"Abner S. Ingman and James R. Maupin founded Southwest Baptist
College in 1878 in Lebanon, Missouri. The Lebanon campus originally
had an enrollment of 60 students and six faculty. The college lasted one
year before the city decided they no longer wanted it.
The college remained closed from 1910-1913due to a fire that destroyed
the entire campus, until Missouri Baptists and area supporters helped it
open again as a two-year junior college.
On June 1, 1910, at 11:00 am., the fire that would destroy the campus
started.The fire broke out under suspect circumstances, leading some to
believe arson was the cause. Bolivar citizen firefighters tried to put out
the fire, but the water supply ran dry and at 2:00 pm the fire engulfed the
whole campus. Losses were estimated at $20,000."
>> Pete is an award-winning editor and director and the driving force behind
>> The Pete Wade Show which airs throughout America.
>
> "Throughout America", huh?
Well, at least in the 6 states or so where it airs. I wonder what netowrk
it airs on, though? Are we talking about a syndicated show or a public
access channel show?
>> Despite critical acclaim, he has chosen to remain in the field of
>> education
>> maintaining his filmmaking only as a hobby."
>
> What a martyr, _choosing_ to remain a high school math teacher.
The work with the triplets is cool, though. Clearly the math treacher job
pays the bills and likely society will be better off if it stays that way.
Math teachers are more important than TV show hosts.
>> Ben Wade is known as the conductor of the Susanville Symphony in Northern
>> California
>
> "Susanville is a city in and the county seat of Lassen County, California,
> United States.
I found it odd that his conductor job and his coaching job took place half
way across the country from each other. The commute must be horrible. ;-)
The article also mentioned that Ben was working at 'California Jig' for his
uncle. With all his commuting is this a real job or just a way to get a big
allowance from the family in a way that also qualifies for Social Security
pay-in and medical benefits/coverage?