When Hollywood (and Nudists) Come Calling
Sales yesterday were “abysmal”, but I otherwise couldn’t think of what to write about. I was going to scrap today’s blog but then I remembered yesterday morning, a member of a nudist resort came in asking if I’d be interested in doing a party with their organization. And yesterday evening, I had an hour long phone conference with an executive producer discussing my future as a TV show sexologist. How could I forget things like this? How do these two fantastically entertaining and memorable things happen in one day, and yet I’m momentarily at a loss for something interesting to write about? The insanity has just become so… normal, I guess.
So I’m intrigued about doing the nudist workshop. Turns out I know a number of members so worlds collide. Last week it was my first time teaching sex ed at a military base. Soon it will be my first time teaching sex ed to a room full of naked people. And will I be naked? If not will I feel like the outcaste I felt like when I was clothed at the nude beach, which eventually prompted me to bare it all to fit in? All the beautiful and convoluted situations I find myself in…
Then the TV show… I think… I’m pretty sure… it’s happening. I was told repeatedly how much they dig what I’m doing, what I’m about, what I believe in. They (the producers) said “it’s fresh”, “no one is doing this” and “people are going to love it”. I concur! I love the vote of confidence! They informed me of a few possible angles:
- Straight to TV. A harder sell to mainstream advertisers because of the content.
- Start out on some $100 million new program youtube is doing where it’s basically TV networks online- the wave of the future. If there is a big enough following, then put it on TV.
Of course my ego wants to say TELEVISION! But, I think there is certainly some merit in going online. Many people watch TV online, in fact most viewers of Comedy Central are online, not on cable. This is like getting in on the ground floor of the next thing. TV: Is it becoming passé? Plus… more freedom with language. I’m not one for being censored and I’m not sure the FCC will love me sucking carrots and having clients finger fake vaginas on primetime (just two of the activities that take place during Fellatio 101).
The next step: throwing around creative ideas as far as the plot and perspective for the show.
Being invited to teach naked and being invited to have my own television show, and more absurdly, momentarily forgetting that these things occurred yesterday: this is my life.
Contact sexologist Jill McDevitt:
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