Have You Ever Seen Me? Would You Want To?
Jul. 12th, 2012 01:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotAt the latest "Build Day" at Paul Francis' shop a few weeks ago, one of the usual gang told me that there is a trend of home-brewed movie host shows over the Internet. He said, "There's no money in it, of course," but since when has that stopped anybody who yearns to be a TV star?
The other day, I got a circular from Oldies.com with their latest offerings of antique movies on DVD and I was flabbergasted with how many old aviation movies--some I never heard of before!--that are available. Titles like Atlantic Flight, Mercy Plane, Lost In The Stratosphere, Navy Born and The Flying Fool...and suddenly I was thinking, "There has to be enough content here between this and old aviation promo and training films to make up a TV series!"
Maybe I'm not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to see hosting a TV show. Thing is, I wouldn't do it ALONE. I'd get a "crew" together, just like they did with Mystery Science Theater 3000 and they still do with Wolfman Mac's Thriller Drive-In and Off-Beat Cinema, just to name a few. Yes, this pipe dream has me on a set, which I'd call the "Doofer Room", with posters on the walls and aviation props and old airliner seats and who knows what else bric-a-brac-wise. I'd have a set of costumes, from the basic airline Captain to bush pilot to military fatigues to space gear. Maybe, on occasion (if I could swing it), I'd shoot an episode at one of the airports in the area, or at the Museum of Aviation in Sevierville.
The chances of me actually doing something like this is miniscule. I wonder if somebody beat me to it, tho'.
The other day, I got a circular from Oldies.com with their latest offerings of antique movies on DVD and I was flabbergasted with how many old aviation movies--some I never heard of before!--that are available. Titles like Atlantic Flight, Mercy Plane, Lost In The Stratosphere, Navy Born and The Flying Fool...and suddenly I was thinking, "There has to be enough content here between this and old aviation promo and training films to make up a TV series!"
Maybe I'm not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to see hosting a TV show. Thing is, I wouldn't do it ALONE. I'd get a "crew" together, just like they did with Mystery Science Theater 3000 and they still do with Wolfman Mac's Thriller Drive-In and Off-Beat Cinema, just to name a few. Yes, this pipe dream has me on a set, which I'd call the "Doofer Room", with posters on the walls and aviation props and old airliner seats and who knows what else bric-a-brac-wise. I'd have a set of costumes, from the basic airline Captain to bush pilot to military fatigues to space gear. Maybe, on occasion (if I could swing it), I'd shoot an episode at one of the airports in the area, or at the Museum of Aviation in Sevierville.
The chances of me actually doing something like this is miniscule. I wonder if somebody beat me to it, tho'.
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