A PILOT FOR THE NETWORK TO BE CREATED AND PRODUCED BY HAROLD RAMIS
NEW YORK--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Mar 11, 2002--Students Can Log On To www.comedycentral.com For Complete Details Of Assignments And Entry Information
All Submissions Must Be Received By Friday, April 19
Popular, funny, 24-hour cable network known for pushing the envelope and trying new things, seeks outgoing, clever, witty college students. Must have access to video camera and must be willing to accept specific assignments from legendary writer/director/producer/actor to create the pilot for aforementioned network. Not looking for long-term relationship. Serious inquiries only.
Harold Ramis (``Animal House,`` ``Ghostbusters,`` ``Stripes``) has teamed up with COMEDY CENTRAL to produce a half-hour pilot called ``The College Show`` best described as ``Animal House`` meets ``America`s Funniest Videos.`` The pilot will be based on unique and challenging video assignments issued by Ramis to college students across the country.
The assignments, currently available on comedycentral.com, are intended to document all the inane aspects of campus living and range in content from academia and athletics to sex and sororities. Examples of the assignments include: find the nuttiest professor and document their weirdness; find the funniest person on campus and capture him/her in action; show the most interesting place students go to ``hook up`` or interview people making their way back to the dorms from their ``walk of shame.`` All submissions must be received by April 19.
``The College Show`` pilot will feature a host (TBD) who will present the best and worst of the collegiate clips in front of a live studio audience. The host will also be joined by an in-studio guest sharing his/her most memorable moments from college. At the end of the show, the host will arbitrarily choose a favorite clip and reward one lucky student with prizes and a fraternal pat on the back.
Harold Ramis was born in Chicago and received a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and returned there in 1993 to receive an honorary Doctorate Of Arts. He got his start in comedy in 1969 at Chicago’s famed Second City improvisational theater troupe while still employed as associate editor at Playboy. In 1974, he moved to New York to co-write and perform in “The National Lampoon Show” with fellow Second City graduates John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray. By 1976, Ramis was the head writer and a regular performer on ``SCTV,`` Second City’s much acclaimed television series.
Ramis’ Hollywood breakthrough came in 1978 when he co-wrote the blockbuster comedy “National Lampoon’s Animal House” with Doug Kenny and Chris Miller. His other films include ``Analyze This,`` ``Multiplicity,`` “Groundhog Day,” “Ghostbusters I and II,” ``Caddyshack,`` and ``Bedazzled.``
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