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Crazydog

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
MsS I think the winners get $50,000. I'm still laughing over Brandon from last week (the "odd looking black man" as Fruit termed him). In his weepimonial, he tearfully talks about chasing your dreams and never giving up. I feel sorry for anyone whose dreams involve being told you are hot by three strangers. Ah, good stuff. These are the things that make the show so worth watching.

Can't wait to see who loses it tonight.

Admin

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 04:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe this info can be of use to you for a supplemental piece or stand-alone
interview. Let us know if you need any further info.
Best, Chad


CONTACT: RAY COSTA / CHAD JOSEPH
COSTA COMMUNICATIONS PH: (323) 650-3588
CHAD@COSTACOMM.COM

-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

LEADING REALITY AND AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER
SHAWN CLEMENT SCORES ABC'S NEWEST HIT
ARE YOU HOT?

(Hollywood, CA) Shawn Clement has scored more reality TV shows than anyone.
His trademark music style has been duplicated by other reality shows such as
"Survivor" and "Joe Millionaire." For the prolific composer's current
project, the ABC hit series "Are you Hot?" (Thursdays 9PM PST/EST), Clement
combines electronica, techno and rock with orchestral elements to convey the
feeling of the show. "Are you Hot?" auditioned thousands of hopefuls for
the crown of the sexiest man or woman in America. TV viewers vote on
participants as they face a celebrity panel: Rachel Hunter, Randolph Duke
and Lorenzo Lamas. Clement explains, "The music for a reality show is often
more intense than for other types of television. When a show is unscripted,
the music plays an additional character that sets the emotions and adds to
the drama of a reality show." Clement also scored FOX's "Stupid
Behavior - Caught on Tape" airing this month - on the same night/time.

As a composer, Shawn Clement has defined a new musical genre for the
reality format. His scores for top-rated network reality shows include:
"World's Wildest Police Videos," "World's Scariest Police Chases," "Avoiding
The Moment of Impact," "When Good Pets Go Bad," "The World's Most Amazing
Videos," "The World's Most ...", and "The World's Scariest Ghosts." Clement
recently won the prestigious ASCAP Film and Television Award for his musical
contribution in reality series.

Although Clement dominates this notable niche, it's one facet to a
multi-dimensional composer. His music for "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" is a
fan favorite for both score and song. As a film composer, his projects have
won festivals worldwide: "We Married Margo" starring Kevin Bacon, Cindy
Crawford and Tom Arnold; and the indie film "Last Chance." As a performer,
he has played with Eddie Van Halen, B.B. King and Skunk Baxter.

A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Shawn Clement's
newest project is "2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey," an animated feature with
an all-star cast that includes John Travolta, Samuel Jackson, Christian
Slater, James Earl Jones, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Archer and Michael
York.

INTERVIEWS, CDS AND PHOTOS AVAILABLE
CONTACT COSTA COMMUNICATIONS, 323.650.3588
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Crazydog

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 07:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I'm really not sure what to make of that... I really don't think I'm going to be rushing out to obtain this "award winning composer"'s score to "Are You Hot".

The show was preempted here in Chicago, so I didn't see it. Someone please post who advanced from last week.

Beachcomber88

Friday, March 07, 2003 - 09:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Me neither, Crazydog! What was the purpose of that post? Guess he's the admin, so he can do whatever he wants...

Yeah, no Hot here in Los Angeles either. I was all psyched up to see some weepimonials to discuss at the water cooler this morning. Instead I get stuck watching that stupid Italian family on the stupid Family. What a letdown. Ahh, to actually think I was disappointed to miss Hot...what has happened to me?

Dahli

Friday, March 07, 2003 - 10:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I wondered what happened too - I set up my VCR and when I went to take a look this morning - there was a Billy Graham special instead!!? Now that's quite the switch, don't know what's going on now with the episode from last night...

Crazydog

Friday, March 07, 2003 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
DAhli, I checked the ABC site and apparently they just decided to pre-empt the show this week. I think the Zone 4 round will simply air next week.

Dahli

Friday, March 07, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks Crazydog - I love this place - you never feel alone....

Hummingbird

Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 11:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just figured the show was pre-empted because our president had something important to say. I didn't even miss the stupid show.

Bastable

Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 12:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazydog, I just saw that you coined a BRILLIANT new word: "weepimonial." I LOVE it!

As in: "Robert Blake sat down with Barbara Walters for a weepimonial.

LOL--did you make that up?

Beachcomber88

Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bastable, thanks for giving credit where credit is due. Crazydog, you're da bomb! I wasn't sure where that word came from either, but I saw it in a previous Crazy post.

Remember those things called Sniglets? Words that don't appear in the dictionary, but should. Crazydog, I think you've come up with one!

Crazydog

Monday, March 10, 2003 - 07:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, yes I made up "weepimonial" on my own and I think it's a great word. Another word that I love to use but cannot take credit for is "craptacular". Not sure where I first saw that one.

Sweetbabygirl

Monday, March 10, 2003 - 08:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I may be crazy, but I could have sworn that I saw Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling's (former Howard Stern sidekick) name in the writer credits....unfortunately, the credits are scrolled way too fast.

Anyone else see that?

Pantageas

Monday, March 10, 2003 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't want to insult any fans of the show, but I attended the semi-finals taping this weekend in L.A....it was this biggest waste of time I'd ever seen!! We were there for 6 hours for the taping of a 1 hour show! So many mistakes, retakes, and delays! They fake audience reactions and tried to drum up a fake enthusiasm for L.L. and his laser-pointer schtick between takes when it became obvious that the audience thought it was bunk. Don't know what the fans of the show seem to like - for me, the whole thing was distasteful.

Spygirl

Monday, March 10, 2003 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Very interesting!!! Thanks for sharing your experience, Pantageas. 6 hours??? Good grief!

Laura11103

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Pantageas, I just hope it didn't cost you any money to get in... the whole premise of this show is stupid, do these people have any talent besides being "hot", gimme a break...

Pantageas

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The tickets were free, Laura. But they should have been paying ME!! At least with American Idol, you're evaluating talent. These people just introduce themselves and stand there. Ordering dinner after 6 hours was more compelling than that waste of time...!

Hotlantan

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"Craptacular" is probably a creation of Bart Simpson, as in:
http://www.rpi.edu/~markhn/sounds/craptclr.wav

Beachcomber88

Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmm...discussion seems to have died about this show. Guess it's quickly losing interest amongst us all. I'm just posting to see if anyone else caught the hilarious cartoon Are You Hot (complete with Lorenzo Lamas for the voiceovers) on yesterday's Saturday Night Live. He critiqued classic cartoon personalities - Betty Boop, Popeye, Olive Oyl, Barney, Raggedy Ann, Yosemite Sam, and many more. It was downright hilarious, and even funnier than the actual show!

Jedisan

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 11:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sweetbaby: You are not going crazy

In fact, Jackie Martling is indeed a part of this show. That is partly why Howard is suing over this.
Scott Einziger is also associated with are u hot, and he was formerly with Stern's E! show as producer.
Howard states this show is a direct rip-off of one of his bits, and I feel he is completely right in this case.
In addition, Stern was going to have a dirtier version of the show on Showtime, but showtime bowed out due to the similarties of are u hot.
Stern claims he lost a ton of $ on the deal falling thru, and is now suing.

I really wish I had seen the SNL spoof - that sounds like a classic!

Happy St Pat's to all..

Sweetbabygirl

Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, who won? I don't remember seeing the finale listed.