Thanks. I’ll check it out. From the outside, this weird WB show being in the top ten tv shows of all time by episodes produced is super super odd but I’ll review a few with an open mind before I suggest it to him
Eh, I don’t think it was laziness. When I asked if I could speak up if I saw something wrong, I also asked if there was a poker advisor on set. I was told there was. When I was on set before filming, I found her. She seemed very nice and attentive, but I don’t think she was quite an expert. I think she was someone who worked for one of those corporate poker night companies, though I could be wrong. While she was attentive, I just don’t think she knew enough and therefore didn’t notice some easy flaws in the setup.
Production was probably relying on her and if she didn’t point something out, they didn’t know.
As I said, everybody involved still did a wonderful job. The scene turned out great and most of my “complaints” were just nit-picking unimportant things.
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That reminds me, production really is at the mercy of any advisor they hire.
CASE IN POINT:
Last summer, I submitted to be a “featured” high school science teacher in an episode of a TV show. There was some science experiment/demo that I would need to know how to do, so I made sure I could do it (didn’t have to prove I could - just wanted to make sure I could so I wouldn’t look foolish). I was contacted by casting and told I got the part. Great!
But then I was texted by the extras casting director and was told that I would be contacted by the props supervisor. Ok? I don’t know why?
The props guy called me. Very nice guy - sounds like he would be great to work with every day. He asked if he could send me the script for the scene and a list of questions for me to answer. O…k…? That’s never happened to me as an extra before.
I got the e-mail and it was literally asking me about what props should be in the scene, what specific equipment would be in the classroom, would students wear latex or some other type of glove, etc. Did the dialogue make sense? What?
At the same time, the science teacher had lines in the scene. I was really confused. Why did I have lines and why was I being asked all these questions?
I eventually realized that the prop guy thought I was hired to be an expert advisor for the scene. I called him back and explained that I had just submitted to be an extra, but I could still do some research and help him to the best of my ability.
I contacted extras casting to find out what was going on. Asked if I actually had lines, if I was actually supposed to advising on the scene, etc. Turned out it was all a mistake. The casting call was supposed to be for an advisor, not an extra. There was already an actor in place as the teacher. They felt really bad that I was misled and ended up spending time over a couple days talking to props and doing homework. They tried to cast me the following day, but I declined because I was busy.
The prop master told me that if I ever ended up on one of his sets that should find him and we’d get a bite to eat or something.
Moral of the story is that the show would have been fucked if I ended up as the advisor (or not because I have a big brain).
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Well, except for forgetting a Starbucks cup on a table in GoT. 
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I remember one of the first sets I was on for some sitcom, they told us not to lean on the walls. I didn’t understand why until later when I touched a realistic-looking stone wall. It was painted foam.
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Have you tried any of the CW superhero shows on Netflix?
I worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival a hundred years ago and it is very impressive what they can do with scenery these days, and that’s a regional rep company (the largest with million $ plus budgets per show, but still) and that stuff had to be moved 2 or 3 times a day and look good for 100+ performances.
BlackAF kinda like Curb
should’ve called it CurbAF. or maybe Blurb Your Blenthusiblasm
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Genuinely believe you would have been like top 10% advisor just because you care enough to do a good job and it’s not like this is an impossible task if you do the research.
Could definitely see a dicey question coming up on set that you have to completely fudge the answer for though.
Just started Bojack with the girlfriend, largely due to people here speaking so highly of it. I think it’s great, the right combination of cynicism and humor. The characters are absurd yet relatable. Good stuff, will keep going.
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Finally watched Schitt’s Creek. A-fucking-plus. Seriously funny and heartwarming at the same time. It was totally not what I expected (in a good way).
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Agree. One of my favourite shows in a long time. I’m genuinely sad I’m done it.
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Oh, I forgot with that science (chemistry) class advisor thing: the props master actually asked me how much I charged for the service. I never came up with a number because I was honest and let them figure out that it was all a mistake before it got to far, but boy, was I sweating about trying to come up with some billing rate.
My Google foo wasn’t very good, saw 100K mentioned but that was a yearly number not hourly, so start in the 50 and hour range or do they pay daily?
I told my wife I should start a consulting business for subject matter about which I know very little.
I look at that SAG rates and it’s doubtful it would be as high as a stunt coordinator (one assumes but it’s all pretty speculative) so under a grand a day someplace… I need a better hobby…
WW S3E5 on and man if you don’t like this show, idk what you’re looking for. Inject this straight into me veins.
This is just a consulting business.
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CW is the network. Basically there’s a whole bunch of very goofy shows with DC superheroes. Flash, Supergirl, Green Arrow, etc. Way more fun than any of the DC movies. I would have been way into it as a 12-year-old.
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