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JulieF wrote:Got (and missed) the phone call today! I will be calling back in the morning to see if I qualify.

Is there any reason to think you wouldn't qualify? Nothing you've revealed to us sounds like a problem, so it's probably best not to plant any seeds of doubt in their minds. Good luck!

JulieF wrote:Got (and missed) the phone call today! I will be calling back in the morning to see if I qualify.

How exciting! I got the "congratulations, you're in the pool" email this morning.

I am officially ineligible

I'll be put back into the pool for possibly a later date. It's disappointing to have this happen now during the only time I've been on a network show within the last year. But it's nice to be chosen and I certainly don't regret WOF. I will keep hope alive for a later date.

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11,
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test

Bob, you need to come up with a new indication for people who are in JulieF's situation who got a happy card but are ineligible.

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11,
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test
themanwho, auditioned June 13, passed written test

I got the call yesterday, and will tape in Stamford next Friday and/or Saturday.

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11, , taping June 27
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test
themanwho, auditioned June 13, passed written test

ElendilPickle wrote:I got the call yesterday, and will tape in Stamford next Friday and/or Saturday.

So you weren't even in the pool for an entire day before you got The Call?

Congratulations.

Congratulations! Those were the days they mentioned to me too. I hope you have a great time and do really well -- just leave some money there for me later.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

ElendilPickle wrote:I got the call yesterday, and will tape in Stamford next Friday and/or Saturday.

So you weren't even in the pool for an entire day before you got The Call?

Congratulations.

It may have been a day; apparently I missed a call on Monday. Fortunately, they called my cell phone Tuesday.

Well that was quick. Not selected.

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11, , taping June 27
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test
themanwho, auditioned June 13,

ElendilPickle wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

ElendilPickle wrote:I got the call yesterday, and will tape in Stamford next Friday and/or Saturday.

So you weren't even in the pool for an entire day before you got The Call?

Congratulations.

It may have been a day; apparently I missed a call on Monday. Fortunately, they called my cell phone Tuesday.

So they may have tried to call you before they sent you the e-mail? That's the A+ (virtual) card!

MarleysGh0st wrote:So they may have tried to call you before they sent you the e-mail? That's the A+ (virtual) card!

My postcard was waiting for me when I got home after taping. Snail mail, and all that. I bet JulieF hasn't got her postcard yet either.

jarnon wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:So they may have tried to call you before they sent you the e-mail? That's the A+ (virtual) card!

My postcard was waiting for me when I got home after taping. Snail mail, and all that. I bet JulieF hasn't got her postcard yet either.

Then you had an A+ card, too, even if it was mailed as an afterthought.

All the details of TPTB's casting process are top secret, but if it's true that contestants are chosen primarily because an AP remembers someone and lobbies for that particular person (which has been my hypothesis), that may be a very bad thing for everyone still wading in the pool from the past two auditions seasons. With a mostly (completely?) new crew of producers, who are they more likely to pick, someone who just made an impression in the last couple of weeks or someone with good marks on a old file?

MarleysGh0st wrote:With a mostly (completely?) new crew of producers, who are they more likely to pick, someone who just made an impression in the last couple of weeks or someone with good marks on a old file?

Almost completely new. Liz, the Supervising Producer, was an AP in 2012 (see http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?t=47825#p482944). In the 2013 Audition List, the gap from successful interview to taping was 1-3 months.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

jarnon wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:So they may have tried to call you before they sent you the e-mail? That's the A+ (virtual) card!

My postcard was waiting for me when I got home after taping. Snail mail, and all that. I bet JulieF hasn't got her postcard yet either.

Then you had an A+ card, too, even if it was mailed as an afterthought.

All the details of TPTB's casting process are top secret, but if it's true that contestants are chosen primarily because an AP remembers someone and lobbies for that particular person (which has been my hypothesis), that may be a very bad thing for everyone still wading in the pool from the past two auditions seasons. With a mostly (completely?) new crew of producers, who are they more likely to pick, someone who just made an impression in the last couple of weeks or someone with good marks on a old file?

But that also means that if you go again they'll not say, "Oh, you again?"

jarnon wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:So they may have tried to call you before they sent you the e-mail? That's the A+ (virtual) card!

My postcard was waiting for me when I got home after taping. Snail mail, and all that. I bet JulieF hasn't got her postcard yet either.

I got the contestant pool email on Tuesday (right after I was deemed ineligible on the phone and put back into the pool for a maybe later date). I haven't gotten an actual post card yet. And at the audition they said they would notify us via email - nothing about snail mail.

JulieF wrote:

jarnon wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:So they may have tried to call you before they sent you the e-mail? That's the A+ (virtual) card!

My postcard was waiting for me when I got home after taping. Snail mail, and all that. I bet JulieF hasn't got her postcard yet either.

I got the contestant pool email on Tuesday (right after I was deemed ineligible on the phone and put back into the pool for a maybe later date). I haven't gotten an actual post card yet. And at the audition they said they would notify us via email - nothing about snail mail.

They used to send real postcards, but in the last couple of years they've decided to save the postage and printing expense by doing e-mails only.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

JulieF wrote:

jarnon wrote:My postcard was waiting for me when I got home after taping. Snail mail, and all that. I bet JulieF hasn't got her postcard yet either.

I got the contestant pool email on Tuesday (right after I was deemed ineligible on the phone and put back into the pool for a maybe later date). I haven't gotten an actual post card yet. And at the audition they said they would notify us via email - nothing about snail mail.

They used to send real postcards, but in the last couple of years they've decided to save the postage and printing expense by doing e-mails only.

Last year they sent postcards and emails. Guess I'll keep mine as a souvenir, along with my slide rule and VCR.

ElendilPickle - did you get an air date?

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11, , taped June 27
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test
themanwho, auditioned June 13,

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11, , taped June 27
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test
themanwho, auditioned June 13,
Kitikat, auditioned July 28, passed written test
kroxquo, auditioned July 28, passed written test
themanintheseersuckersuit, auditioned July 28, passed written test

goongas, auditioned June 5,
ElendilPickle, auditioned June 11, , taped June 27
JulieF, auditioned June 11,
AlphaDummy, auditioned June 13, passed written test
themanwho, auditioned June 13,
Kitikat, auditioned July 28, passed written test
kroxquo, auditioned July 28, passed written test
themanintheseersuckersuit, auditioned July 28, passed written test
feederofthefish, auditioned July 28, , taping August 25