lzcutter Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Do you feel you can introduce a favorite film (without your nerves showing) with Robert O on-the-air? Have enough confidence to introduce a favorite film in person to a large audience at the TCM Film Festival? If you answered yes to both those questions, TCM wants to hear from you. As part of their 20th anniversary celebration, TCM is holding a contest to find the Ultimate Fan. The last time they did a video contest was way back in 2007 when they awarded the opportunity to be a Guest Programmer. Some of the runners up in that contest became the first Fan Programmers for the 15th anniversary. This year, the stakes are a tad higher. Not only introduce a film with Robert O on the air but also at the TCM Film Festival next April. Get your thinking caps on and read about it here: Release Date: 9/25/2013 Turner Classic Movies to Launch Contest to Find the Ultimate Fan TCM Ultimate Fan Contest As Turner Classic Movies (TCM) celebrates its 20th year as a leading authority in classic film, the network is launching TCM's Ultimate Fan Contest. TCM is calling for fans to submit videos of themselves introducing a favorite movie, much in the same way TCM hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz introduce films on TCM. One entrant will then be chosen to win a trip to the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival and the chance to introduce a movie at the festival and co-host a film on-air. TCM's Ultimate Fan Contest is one of several initiatives being rolled out during the buildup to TCM's 20th anniversary, which will take place in conjunction with 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival in April. "The biggest factor driving TCM's success over the past 20 years is the passion our fans have for classic film," said Jeff Gregor, general manager of Turner Classic Movies and chief marketing officer of TCM, TNT and TBS. "Through TCM's Ultimate Fan Contest, we're giving one member of the TCM community the chance to share his/her devotion to classic movies in a big way." Fans who wish to participate in TCM's Ultimate Fan Contest should create a 90-second introduction to a classic film of their choice. Fans can create an introduction for a movie they've never seen before, or a beloved classic that can be introduced in a new way. Fans submitting videos are encouraged to be creative, informative and have some fun as they take on the role of a TCM host. In order to be considered for TCM's Ultimate Fan Contest, videos must be submitted through online via http://fancontest.tcm.com between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31, 2013. Complete rules for the contest and detailed instructions regarding videos are included on the website, as well. After the submission period closes, one winner chosen from eligible submissions will get the opportunity to co-host a film on-air with Robert Osborne and introduce a film at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. Also included in the prize package is a trip for two to Hollywood for the festival, plus accommodations, a pair of festival passes and more. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Wowee-Kazowee ! What a chance ! Sounds like fun ! Thanks for letting us know about it (I don't always check everything else on the main TCM website.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Count me out. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I feel this is wonderful! It may mean that we will be able to see a person who posts here and so we will have a face and name to attach to an anonymous username. It is sad to say we will not participate. I have no screen presence at all and would disappear into the background as completely as if I was wearing one of the disguises which Robert Downey Jr. wore in his second Sherlock Holmes movie. I believe my fiance would be perfect but it would be difficult to find the proper mixture of alcohol and hypnotics necessary to make him sit in front of a camera again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Why is it sad to say one will not participate? I have no desire to compete for something that I have no interest in doing if chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I would only want to participate if I would get to introduce a film with Drew Barrymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Which June Allyson film will you pick, finance? I want to hear you tell RO how you admire her so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I want to introduce a film while sitting with Drew Barrymore, not while sitting with RO. I'll be discreetly holding a grapefruit in my hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willmckinley Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I think the real prize here is the free trip to Hollywood for the TCM Film Festival - round trip air fare, lodging, and passes for two is easily a $5,000 value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 LOL ....you're too funny financeu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 We can count members with Glossophobia out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John2Bad Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 To freely paraphrase Dugout Doug MacArthur: Old Hollywood flacks never die, they just get jobs at TCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 >We can count members with Glossophobia out too. Well Ham, they could ask Jim Lange(I think he's still alive) about how I don't suffer from THAT...seein' as how out of the 4 game shows I've been a contestant on over the years, he was the host of two of 'em. And yes, on one of 'em this then 19 y/o "won" a date with the bachelorette, and the other was on a somewhat short-lived 1980-82 Barry-Enright production titled "Bullseye", and where I won $10,000 answering general knowledge questions, And THEN this then 28 y/o immediately went out and spent it all on a new Yamaha XS1100 motorcycle, a used waterski boat and a new Technics stereo system, and leaving nothing in reserve to pay the taxes on my winnings, and thus necessitating my having to get a loan to pay those taxes. (...yeah, I was a "real smart one" with the money back then, alright!) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 < and leaving nothing in reserve to pay the taxes on my winnings, thus necessitating my having to get a loan to pay those taxes. > hee hee, looks like you weren't very Smart after all ! (just joking ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 No, when it came to money anyway, your take on me back then is pretty much spot-on here, Twink! (...there's no denyin' THAT!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Look at the bright side, you were smart enough to win and won a fair 'chunk of change',... that's all that matters ! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Four game shows? Are there a lot of people like you, who make a career being contestants on various game shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 But Drew has already filmed her Eshsential intros.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 In that case, I'll consider it......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 ****. I thought you had to pay the tax bill before you got the prize? How was the date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Nope, they send you a check after the airdate for the full amount of your winnings, and then you add that amount to your yearly income when you file your taxes. In this case, it shot me up into a higher tax bracket, and whereas normally I would break even after my airline job's withholdings, I ended up owing Uncle Sam almost $5,000 that year. Yep, about half what I won....and like I said, after blowing the whole amount on 'fun stuff". And re "The Dating Game" appearance, my "winnings" there consisted of a weekend in Ensenada Mexico mooning more over our chaperone than my date. (...the chaperone was a "worldly" older woman of about 25 y/o...and when you're 19, those "older women" are pretty alluring, ya know!) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 >Four game shows? Are there a lot of people like you, who make a career being contestants on various game shows? I think they now limit the number of game show appearances one can make to 3, though not that there's probably any way for the producers of these shows to verify the number of these appearances. (...I still kick around the thought occasionally of trying out for "Jeopardy") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John2Bad Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Guess somebody at TCM found an old inter office memo from the 1930s from the M-G-M publicity department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 LOL. A chaperone? Had no idea those "dates" were chaperoned! Different times......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Pretty cool. I'd enter but people who live in Hollywood never win trips to Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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