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NBC's True Story

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Luke Meredith, Sep 21, 2020.

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  1. Luke Meredith

    Luke Meredith New Member

    Hey guys! I'm Luke Meredith, the former AP sportswriter for Iowa from 2005-2019. Now I have a new gig (remote) as a casting producer for an L.A.-based company that's looking for subjects for a primetime NBC show called "True Story" starring Ed Helms and Randall Park. In essence, we're looking for completely crazy and insanely funny stories from ordinary Americans that happen to be 100 percent true.

    As journalists, did you ever see/have/written about a story in your paper that you couldn't believe was real? If so, hit me up. Thanks!
     
    Luke Meredith, Sep 21, 2020
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  2. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    This one.
     
    da man, Sep 21, 2020
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  3. Luke Meredith

    Luke Meredith New Member

    Luke Meredith, Sep 21, 2020
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  4. Severian

    Severian Well-Known Member

    A thread died for this crap.
     
    Severian, Sep 21, 2020
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  5. Luke Meredith

    Luke Meredith New Member

    Are you guys fucking serious shitposting me??? This is a real thing. There is life beyond asking people about their fucking jumpshot assholes.
     
    Luke Meredith, Sep 21, 2020
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  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Are you new here?

    Do the story of smallpotatoes or GTFO.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Sep 21, 2020
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  7. Splendid Splinter

    Splendid Splinter Well-Known Member

    Yeah, stop shitposting him, guys
     
    Splendid Splinter, Sep 21, 2020
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  8. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    Here's one for you: The weekend Joe D'Hippolito took on the entire SJ.com membership. ..."we're looking for completely crazy and insanely funny stories from ordinary Americans that happen to be 100 percent true." He lives in SoCal, you will have minimal production costs.
     
    ChrisLong, Sep 21, 2020
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  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Welcome to the board - if this is how you react, your stay will be very short.
    I wish you success with your show. But this probably is not the place to come for help.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 21, 2020
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  10. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Dammit, I killed my last shot at stardom by being a smartass.
     
    da man, Sep 21, 2020
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  11. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    If you want to put me on retainer, I'd be happy to look for stories for you. I'm not giving away anything for free though. And I sincerely doubt that anyone on this board will.
     
    Mngwa, Sep 21, 2020
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  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    There was this game show host who was elected President...
     
    DanOregon, Sep 21, 2020
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