Remember that TV show I was on about a month ago? Well, this morning I got a call from AMC—they wanted me to come right over to their studios and audition for a position as an on-air host!!!
So I spent my lunch hour chatting happily about movies into the camera (thank GOODNESS I happened to have a nice outfit and a lot of makeup on today!). I mustn’t get my hopes up, they’re seeing a LOT of people I (Greg Brady was right behind me in line!). I’m sure this will just be another instance of Fate yanking the carrot away at the last minute, laughing maniacally.
But golly—I have WAY too much going on in my life right now—will you excuse me? I think I have to lie down for a few moments . . .
Eve, I haven’t known you long or well, but from what I can gather, I really doubt Greg Brady’s knowledge of early 20th century film compares to yours. Good Luck.
If you get the job do we all get AMC mugs?
DON PEDRO: Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour.
BEATRICE: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. -Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Sc: i
I’m sure if I get this job I’ll wind up like Patty Duke in “Valley of the Dolls”—God? It’s me, Neely . . .
Seriously, I really doubt I have any chance at getting this (I keep telling myself, to keep my hopes realistically dampened). It does sound like the perfect dream job for me—should I have told them that I will, indeed, put out for it? “Zippers down, boys, Eve’s auditioning!”
Plus, my book got RAVE advance reviews in Publisher’s Weekly (“extravagantly entertaining and vivid”) and Booklist “sprightly”)! This is NOT turning out to be a bad week for me (she says, walking blithly toward the open manhole).
Sadly, I don’t get AMC–or perhaps I should rephrase that as my local cable company doesn’t carry AMC.
Nonetheless, they could do no better in their quest for a motion picture maven. But wouldn’t you miss the buzz of a smoke-filled copyroom, the smell of printer’s ink on the devils (or devil’s ink on the printers), the editor (complete with green eyeshade and sleeve garters) bursting out of the inner sanctum with a cry of “stop the presses! Hold the front page!”, or “put a screamer on that!”?
Never mind the coffe mugs, how about using your influence to hold a Tony Hancock movie festival? The Wrong Box, The Punch and Judy Man and my favourite, The Rebel. (We’ll overlook Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines)
Jiminey Crickets—I just now got a call from a NJ cable show that wants to interview me on April 24, about my new book!
Why do I get the ominous feeling that all this is leading up to a huge let-down? Could it be I’m just not USED to good things happening to me? Could Melin be behind all this?
Eve,
Good luck- remember to think positive!
The SDMB has great positive though waves…they worked for me!
Zette
“If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) Zettecity
Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that?
Me too. I will get cable. Eve, I missed something, somewhere----I hate to admit it but I don’t know about your book. Will you push it a little bit, like give me the title so I can watch for it?
And the best of luck on ALL your interviews and may you live long and prosper.
Omigod, I nearly forgot ANOTHER one—the Times Square Preservation Society wants me to give a talk this Saturday! I really have to go lie down . . .
Crystalguy—I have a bio of Anna Held, a big Broadway star of 100 years ago, coming out next month. Thanks for asking! Now, someone hand me another cocktail while I lie here having the vapors . . .
Eve! That is wonderful news. And it sounds like a fantastic opportunity. You have my congratulations and best wishes. (I save the other kind of wishes for Uke and Manny.)
Is it normal in your biz for prospective employers to call and request an interview with zero notice? And to think you were just bitching about your job duties the other day in the pit. Maybe someone heard you. Or someone from AMC lurks here.
oooh, Wally, can I forward that to AMC? “Hey, if Wally likes her, let’s hire her!”
Uncle—I was happy to get it over with right away, so I wouldn’t have to sit and think about it. It really IS weird, all these things happening at once . . . I expect it’ll be a WHILE before I hear back one way or the other from AMC.
