Damn. (Can we say damn here?)MarleysGh0st wrote: MarleysGh0st, auditioned June 14,
I'm really sorry.
Damn. (Can we say damn here?)MarleysGh0st wrote: MarleysGh0st, auditioned June 14,
I've been saying it a lot...ladysoleil wrote:Damn. (Can we say damn here?)
To add salt to the wounds, June 2 was (IIRC) the 6th anniversary of the 1st Syndie BAM audition, we were all so optimistic then.MarleysGh0st wrote:I've been saying it a lot...ladysoleil wrote:Damn. (Can we say damn here?)
I'm actually *thinking* something else, but I'm trying to curb my swearing somewhat. But I'm thinking a very bad word on your behalf about the AP's right now.MarleysGh0st wrote:I've been saying it a lot...ladysoleil wrote:Damn. (Can we say damn here?)
F**k no!ladysoleil wrote:Damn. (Can we say damn here?)
The smileys tend to all look alike, so I like the coloring of getting the call. Perhaps each stage or phase of the process should get it's own color.EgregiousPhilbin wrote:I don't know the convention for what constitutes a frowny or a smiley icon in this thread, but for what it's worth, I passed the written test yesterday July 3rd.
For what its worth, I'm a MAWG as well so don't give up hope (I'm assuming that you didn't get the video interview, so although it is slim, here's hoping you buck the odds).EgregiousPhilbin wrote:I don't know the convention for what constitutes a frowny or a smiley icon in this thread, but for what it's worth, I passed the written test yesterday July 3rd.
The 'interview' was the very definition of perfunctory. The guy took one look at this MAWG and the die was cast. He didn't even look at the answers I'd written on the questionaire page! And when I began answering one of the only two questions he asked me, he actually started talking over me and proceeded onto his last question before I had even finished talking!
I have experienced once again the painful reality of MAWG game show contestant prejudice and discrimination at the hands of TPTB...
So it's safe to say that a 'happy' postcard won't be forthcoming.
After taking a couple of years off from this insanity, I thought things just might be different, somehow, someway. I was wrong.
On the Love Boat, the smileys had different colors so it was easier to see the difference. I've posted in the Suggestion Box asking TPTB here whether something similar can be arranged here, but so far . . . . --Bobtakinover wrote:The smileys tend to all look alike, so I like the coloring of getting the call. Perhaps each stage or phase of the process should get it's own color.EgregiousPhilbin wrote:I don't know the convention for what constitutes a frowny or a smiley icon in this thread, but for what it's worth, I passed the written test yesterday July 3rd.
I can understand the frustration, I hope I didn't sound condescending... I too thought the 10 kids was a great hook (but I'm not enough of a game show geek to say that the reason I had 10 kids was to get on a game show) but it wasn't enough to get me on Jeopardy - I passed the test twice (before they started doing the on-line test) the few times I was in LA for work, and the 10 kids wasn't sufficient to get me on. Also, at my table when I auditioned was someone who passed the test 7 times and was not a MAWG, but she still never got a happy card. In addition, my 2nd video interviewer didn't even mention the 10 kids aspect but did spend some time asking me about Austin - including what is the nickname of the city (The Live Music Capital of the World!) - so I guess what I'm saying is don't give up. Based on my limited data/knowledge of the process, I would guess that there is a 1 in 30 to 50 shot of being selected, so it may not be strictly a bias against MAWGs, but just statistics.EgregiousPhilbin wrote:... but I've been doing this too long now (nearly 8 years) to believe that I have a chance. Even the year when I was granted a second interview (this was before they videotaped the second interview), the end result was the same.
So I do it now only as a goof at the end of a nice day's visit to NYC. And I also view these little episodes as small moral victories, because they've never ever stumped me on the content, the substance - the written test. I've passed each and every one, year after year.
And believe it or not, I'm not some hideous ogre with the social graces of a damp sponge... I'm intelligent, personable, likable, outgoing, and "the funniest person I know" to most of my friends and many of my co-workers.
But I don't fit the demographic role that they are trying to cast, and I don't have a gimmick or a "hook". Not to belittle your accomplishment, Frogman, because I truly am happy for you, but basically blurting out "I have 10 kids!" as the first thing to the interviewer is one helluva hook.
There's just nothing that *unusual* in my life. I have a regular job, the house with the white picket fence and the requisite 2.2 kids. I've been tempted to put under 'Occupation' on the application something along the lines of "Trans-gendered lion tamer" or "Sky-diving instructor for the blind" to get a rise out of them, but they probably wouldn't even read it.
Anywho, go get 'em at your taping, Frogman. Show them what a MAWG can do when given the chance!
Did your friend pass both tests?KillerTomato wrote:KillerTomato's <I>friend</I>, auditioned June 14, passed written test,:-(
Got back from my vacation last night to find out that my friend had bad news in his mailbox. He will likely not try again this year, but is looking forward to another pilgrimage to NYC next year!
ulysses5019 wrote:Did your friend pass both tests?KillerTomato wrote:KillerTomato's <I>friend</I>, auditioned June 14, passed written test,:-(
Got back from my vacation last night to find out that my friend had bad news in his mailbox. He will likely not try again this year, but is looking forward to another pilgrimage to NYC next year!
cheetah1 wrote:Hi Killer Tomato,
Did he have one postcard, with the special audition highlighted
on the postcard?
Thanks.
kayrharris wrote:Vacation? What was that cruise all about anyway?
My condolences to your friend. I like your friend's attitude. I doubt I would be so nice about it.