Word: channelling
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...Five years and about 29 VH1 presidents ago, someone at the channel approached me about creating a show. So I pitched an animated sitcom in which I would interview two celebrities an episode and then build a flimsy plot around them involving a guy named Joel Stein who works at a magazine. If VH1 had wanted imagination, it would have gone to David Lynch...
...channel got Robert Risko, who does all those Vanity Fair drawings, to draw the characters, and a Grammy-nominated band, Fountains of Wayne, to write two original songs an episode about the plot. They also composed what may be the best theme song ever written, which I would play whenever anyone came into my office, as if I had my own talk show. Then I'd say, "Can I hear your theme song?" and act really sad that the person didn't have one. The end of my theme song went, "Hey, Joel, what do you know?/You...
...liked the pilot I wrote for Hey Joel and ordered 13 episodes at about $450,000 each - the most money the channel had ever spent on a series. The only reason VH1 could afford it was that the station hired Canadian animators and a Canadian supporting actor, which brought in Canadian government funding in what may be the most wasteful use of Canadian tax dollars since the country went bilingual...
...powering the growth? In the U.S., "baby boomers are attracted to the allure of Harley-Davidson," says Ed Aaron, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets. "And the company's supply constraints have benefited the competitors." Hot reality shows like Motorcycle Mania and American Chopper, both on the Discovery Channel, help. Among the 2004 models getting early buzz are Harley's updated Sportster and new four-cylinder-engine models from Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha, along with Ducati's 1970s-theme retro bikes...
...News Corp., turned its first profit last year, thanks largely to revenue from selling ads and content in India. Guthrie, 38, who took Star Group's helm in November after heading regional distribution and business development, aims to continue that momentum. In China, she's seeking to expand channel distribution and break even by 2005. Guthrie will also guide the launch of a pay-TV service in India later this year...