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Bob Gebert guest starring on “The Office” tomorrow

April 15, 2009  | Comments? | Filed under News, The Office

bobgebertFilmmaker One podcast co-host Bob Gebert will appear on the hit NBC show The Office tomorrow night (Season 5, episode 22).

We don’t mention it much on the podcast, but Bob is quite an accomplished actor with dozens of stage productions under his belt in New York and Houston. Lately his acting career has taken off in Los Angeles with several television appearances on shows such as Monk, Criminal Minds, Leverage, and Two and 1/2 Men.

I can’t reveal anything about tomorrow’s plot, but I can say that Bob plays a Dunder Mifflin customer, and he has a funny scene with Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson (former Scranton branch regional manager Michael Scott and the ever-obsequious Dwight Shrute). The episode is titled “Heavy Competition” and the NBC website describes it as “Michael and Dwight in a high-stakes battle.” I wonder what, or whom, they might be battling over? Hmmmm…

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FWLIG and FilmmakerOne update

April 10, 2009  | Comments? | Filed under Podcasts

work_life_balance_signAs I look back with embarrassment over the last two FilmmakerOne “coming soon” posts, I learn a new lesson about personal podcasting; “Don’t make scheduling promises.”

I won’t bore you with sob stories about how FWLIG (family, work and life in general) get in the way of producing episodes. I’m sure you have heard them all before, and experience your own limitation on how you allot what creative energy you have left after dealing with FWLIG.

There are some podcast I listen to that literally open every episode with one to five minutes of apologies for the lateness of that particular episode. When I started FilmmakerOne I vowed never to do this because I thought it was bad form. Upon further reflection I now understand it better. Podcasting is a passion. A true labor of love, usually a love of a particular niche genre of information. These producers feel guilt about their slipping schedules, and you can tell it really bugs them. I know that feeling and not a week goes by that I don’t feel the pangs regarding FilmmakerOne.

Anyway enough mea culpa, here is the status of the show. The main sections of episodes 11 and 12 are recorded. They are currently in post production and will be released soon. How soon? See paragraph one.

In the mean time, I will be posting some quick articles on some industry related projects that Bob and I have been up that should be of interest to our listeners. Watch for these. They will be coming up right after FWLIG.

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