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TOTALLY AMERICA
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LOGLINE
TOTALLY AMERICA celebrates what the U.S. has in spades -- strangeshit.This is a showabout Americans and their passions, as bizarre as they both may be.It's like a date betweenBORAT and JACKASS on the Travel Channelserved with deep-fried animal entrails.
OVERVIEW
Travel shows are always so serious.They're like vacationing with your parents.You end upseeing a church honoring a religion you're not in, a place where a bunch of people diedor 500-year old paintings of naked, fat women.Bor-ing.TOTALLY AMERICA highlights the places you'd want to go and the people you'd want to see, if you only knew they existed.Sureyou can visit Old Fort Worth or the Texas School Book Depository & Museum in Dallas, butwouldn't you rather see the Cockroach Hall of Fame in Plano or watch mattress tossing at theTexas Redneck Festival.Me too.
FORMAT
Each half-hour episode will focus on one region (e.g., SF Bay area, Southwest Texas, etc.)and offer 4-6 segments that look at the eccentrics and odd events that each region offers.Like any travel program, TOTALLY AMERICA will let the viewer experience the sights,sounds, tastes and exciting moments of any vacation, it's just these moments might involvethrowing fish for distance or marching in the World's Smallest St. Patrick's Day Parade.TOTALLY AMERICA will be hosted by a young comic -- someone who's a goodinterviewer and improv-er and willing to take part in activities(e.g., dining at the RoadkillCook-off or painting cement chickens at the Wayne, Nebraska Chicken Show).The keything is that the host not overshadow the absurdity of the people around him/her but facilitatethe inherent humor.In addition to traveling to "exotic" destinations, TOTALLY AMERICA will dedicate part of the show to local eccentrics and conversing with them about their town and their "cause."For example, TOTALLY AMERICA would spend an afternoon with someone like Frank Chu (a San Francisco "celebrity" and believer in interplanetary conspiracies involvingBenjamin Franklin) who wanders all over town.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IL3SYDDoa4] He's such a local hit that people dress as him for Halloween andthere was even a popular bar named after his cause -- 12 Galaxies.The host will drive from destination to destination in car known simply as "The Americar" --an audacious white Cadillac convertible with a cattle horns on the grill and a horn that playsthe National Anthem.As the host drives along, he will provide a commentary on where he just was, things along the road or feeling about the next destination.It's the moment of sanity before the craziness begins again.This show will be shot with variety of cameras -- in-car, hand held, helmet cam (if required).The look should be comparable to that of any travel show but have a more rapid pace withclever/humorous inter-cuts and visuals.Keep in mind that these events draw hundreds of enthusiasts, so no need to limit it to just one or two interviews.
TOTALLY AMERICA
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SAMPLE SHOW FORMAT
ACT 1
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Introduction about the region they’re in (e.g., Southwest Texas).
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Show what the area is best known for, national parks, historic buildings, etc."We're not going to any of these."
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Road trip to location
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Event/Festival #1 (e.g., Texas Mosquito Festival)
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Tour the event
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Interview contestants, event judges, cooks, protesters, previous winners
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Meet with registered dietitian/discuss nutritional value of a deep fried cowtesticle, etc.
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Learn the proper technique for competing in event (e.g., Mosquito calling)
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Participate in event.ACT 2
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Meet local "celebrities"(e.g., Mr. Leslie Cochran, a famed Austin resident whowears a thong, high heels and a camisole. Ran for mayor of Austin three times.)
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Combine a broad-ranging interview with a walking tour of that city.
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Practice/participate in their daily routine
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Road trip to next location
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Collector/Inventor/Museum (e.g., Museum of Toilet Seat Art)
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Interview curator/founder/neighbors/patrons (What's the history of toilet seatart?What makes for good art? )
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Host participates (e.g., painting a toilet seat, testing out the Toilet Snorkel,etc.)ACT 3
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Visit a roadstop along the way that's peculiar or odd. (the Cathedral of Junk inAustin, TX, Stonehenge II in Kerrville, TX).
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Stop to get necessary supplies for next activity (e.g., go to sporting good store andask "What's the best thing to wear when throwing mattresses for distance?")
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Road trip to next location
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Event/Festival #2 (e.g., Texas Redneck Festival)
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Meet with locals who are preparing for the event/tailgating/etc.
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Interview attendees, founder, police, sociologists, previous winners
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Participate in signature event of festival (e.g., cow chip throwing)
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