tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441882467431112276.post8769171740413787916..comments2023-04-26T07:34:42.821-07:00Comments on The Story of Millie: In which the Enterprise is ChristenedThe Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04322048779156560794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441882467431112276.post-87752216668189720972009-02-17T11:30:00.000-08:002009-02-17T11:30:00.000-08:00In the immortal words of Porky Pig: "Shucks, folk...In the immortal words of Porky Pig: "Shucks, folks, it wasn't hard, 'cause we're a-a-a-artists."The Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322048779156560794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441882467431112276.post-48526863126721992852009-02-15T14:25:00.000-08:002009-02-15T14:25:00.000-08:00That feeling definitely shone through. It's part ...That feeling definitely shone through. It's part of the reason my brothers and I would stay up so late to watch (because, let's admit it, SNL and GLOW weren't exactly hooking committed viewers back then). Even at that young age, I was more than a Friday the 13th freak... I'd already read the Psychotronic Encyclopedia cover-to-cover, followed Famous Monsters to its end, had the first-issue-Godzilla-cover of Fangoria... I was ripe for a horror host show. The fact that we got people who understood what made it work is what made me a fanatic.Tabkendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431369911171369557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441882467431112276.post-84431817686858297242009-02-15T13:30:00.000-08:002009-02-15T13:30:00.000-08:00The way we looked at it was $50 per show was good ...The way we looked at it was $50 per show was good money compared to our frames of reference: IATSE show scale was, as I recall at that time and in that market, something like $30; and only two or three acting companies paid actors at all. I guess if we tried to prorate it out, that would probably be around $300/400 a show in pre-meltdown dollars. So, for the time it seemed decent PT money.<BR/><BR/>But the whole epic story comes down to: we never did this as a job, never did it for money beyond the principle of getting compensated. We did it for fun: we had fun once we figured out what the show wanted to be, our studio guys had fun doing the show, the WLEX suits seemed to have fun with the outcome of our little guerilla operation -- that's why Brian Collins came on, because he was a fan -- and whoever our audience was had fun watching. We were blessed to have that opportunity.The Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322048779156560794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441882467431112276.post-6238686829532982162009-02-15T08:40:00.000-08:002009-02-15T08:40:00.000-08:00What really gets me is how little you guys were pa...What really gets me is how little you guys were paid, but honestly, being part of radio for so long, I'm shocked you were offered that much. Teevee and radio people are notoriously cheap; if my bosses thought they could get somebody sensible for fifty bucks a week, you better believe they'd go for it. I have to say, WLEX got their money's worth.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292215192443014922noreply@blogger.com