All right people, if you ever thought that you would love to travel, try new things and have an entertaining travel companion, then all your dreams could come true.
Anthony Bourdain is looking for a fan who will spice-up his culinary adventures. Now, get your head out of the gutter. The execs will cast Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations Fan-atic Special” co-star by April 4th. Submissions have to reach them my March 14, 2008.
The Casting Call Guidelines are note-worthy:
Qualifications: To be cast for the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations FAN-atic Special you must be a legal resident of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older and unaffiliated with the Travel Channel, its parent, subsidiaries or affiliated companies. No more than one video per person can be submitted.
Content:
* Videos should be 3 minutes or less and created from footage shot by you or your family and friends.
* Your video must show you discussing on camera where you would want to go with Anthony Bourdain, why he should go there and what you would show him once there.
* Footage cannot come from any other source, such as a broadcast television show or Internet broadcast.
* Still images included in your video must follow the same rules.
* Soundtracks cannot contain any music unless created by you or by someone who has given you written permission to use their music. You must be certain that the person giving permission to use their music owns the rights to that music. It’s not uncommon for artists to sell those rights to whoever is producing or publishing their recording. PLEASE DO NOT use any music in your video unless you are CERTAIN you have the rights to use the music.
* You will not be considered for casting and your video will not be posted to our Web site if your video contains:
1. Copyrighted material for which you do not have written permission to use;
2. Pornographic or obscene material of any kind;
3. Profanity, whether spoken or written; or
4. Subject matter unrelated to travel.
Submission Deadline: Videos must be received or postmarked on or before March 15, 2008. Videos received or postmarked after March 15, 2008 will not be considered.
Casting Selection: The casting selection shall be made by us based on such criteria as we shall determine in our sole discretion, which may be subjective. We are not obligated to select anyone, even if someone meets all eligibility requirements and all criteria for selection. Our decisions regarding the casting selection are final and not subject to challenge or appeal. We are not obligated to have any person appear on the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations FAN-atic Special and we shall have the right at all times and in our sole discretion to remove or replace any person for any reason. Even if you participate in the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations FAN-atic Special or any part thereof, we are not obligated to broadcast or otherwise use or exploit the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations FAN-atic Special, your participation therein or any part thereof.
Announcement and Participant Release: We will cast one person for the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations FAN-atic Special on or around April 4, 2008. If you are cast, you must enter into a written participant release with us, providing, among other things, that you will be available for shooting for 10 days during May, 2008 (or other dates to be determined by us), that we will pay your travel expenses during the shooting of the program, but that you will not be paid for your performance in the program, and that you agree to certain waivers and releases. Any person cast who refuses to sign the participant release requested by us shall be ineligible to participate on the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations FAN-atic Special.
What?!?! No profanity?!?! NO Nudity?!?!? I guess the next thing they will say is NO Smoking?!?!?! So, they are doing a Casting Call for a show that they may or may not cast, that they may or may not film, that they may or may not air. What would the world be without lawyers? Hey, this may be Bourdain’s way of saying, “hold on a minute people! I sure as f*#*#ing hell ain’t going to meander around the world with some “fan” that probably ate their last meal at Chili’s!!”
I know, “meander?”, “ain’t going?”…not very “Bourdain”. Oh, and just in case you missed the point…make absolutely, positively without quarrel certain that the music on the video is Y-O-U-R-S….if you use any.
Read more about the application and video submission process and take a look at the LA Times. Jen Leo writes that the submissions are boring and uninspiring. I would say that the key is to show some personality, think of a great place of interest for him, let the guy know the trip wont’ be a chore and for the sake of the lawyers, cross your “I”s and dot your “T”’s…….uh…well, you get the idea.
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