Political Kitchen is coming back December 3rd. It’s been a bummer for me not to be able to produce segments largely due to an ex-wife situation. Enough said. Not going there.
The past few weeks I’ve been scouting some friends’ kitchens where I would have more space to work and the ability to shoot reversal shots to improve the overall production. Fortunately, there are some that will not just let me in their home, they say they will let me use their kitchen. I’ll see where I’m at after they ask the wife.
I’m grateful that occasionally I’ll get calls from media people about PK. Political Kitchen was unexpectedly featured in a story syndicated nationally by Gannett. And, PK was considered at Food Network, where their development people are very very nice by the way. They ended up discussing whether airing political content was appropriate for their lifestyle network. They told me they had never seen a recipe show like the PK demo they had in their hands. An FBI agent having constitutional issues with a piece of steak! “That’s different,” they said. Their decision to not develop a PK show was very sensible. Yes, something I say in the political content, even if non-partisan, could alienate some of the millions of viewers who tune in looking for an adventure with food. Good concept. Wrong forum.
More recently, public television called. I wrote and we shot, in Hi-Def, two really cool segments explaining how the Democrat and GOP caucuses work in Iowa. The Democrat segment takes an extremely complicated process and makes it understandable. In the end there’s a mash-up, but not the typical vlog variety. The GOP segment takes a process that is no big deal, Republicans just show up and vote, and adds an edge that’s very creative, a lot of fun, and a bit out there.
Our schedule called for doing Republican bit first. And, dammit, it was just too different. I was canned from the show my work was supposed to air on. Unfortunately, some people, even nice people, just don’t get it. The idea here is that if you make politics fun and draw them to the process by being creative, that really is a good thing.
So, thank God for alternative media. I’ll keep you updated on the availability of those very well produced election pieces, on-line, not on air. And, I’ll keep you updated regarding my return to posting new videos weekly.
Again, I want to thank all of you who have watched my work on-line and have told others about PoliticalKitchen.com. Despite the fact I had to go on hiatus, site traffic has continued to be strong. Thank you.
Have a very happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Bob Singer
