On a serious note, HBO wanted me to spank it on camera when I was in college for the show "sex bytes." Hopefully your show won't involve anything like that.
I hope you have some porn stars on your really big shoe! And maybe a couple of horse fuckers too! Don't be predictible or too conventional or you'll be just more white noise. Break a leg!
Wait, you tagged this post with "cats"...now I'm wondering exactly what is going to be on this show? Not that it would stop me from attending, but I thought you were anti-bestiality?
Cha-ching! Dan's probably makin' some serious coin off this! HBO probably pays a bit better than Slogging.
The format is going to determine whether it's hit or miss, I think. If you have to do a lot of ass-licking with guests, I'm thinking it might be a miss. Good thing you have very successful back-ups with the column and the podcast.
You should get your old radio co-host Mary Martone on to join you. She was great. I still remember the macaroni-and-cheese episode, and the butt plugs.
If the show is a success (gets a development commitment, etc.) you will keep your day jobs (column, podcast, Slog/The Stranger) and ties to Seattle, won't you?
I'm asking even though I know that your workaholic nature makes it likely that this show would be added to the Savage Empire - still, I'm wondering how you
Really? Doesn't that seem a little... know what? Who cares. I hope it works out for you. I hope you don't go the way of This American Life and ditch your original, much-loved and highly succesfull pursuits. (What will The Stranger do without your blogs and column?)
@36, once they get the "non-airing pilot" out of the way, I can't see why they can't tape it here in Seattle. We have studios too, and interwebamajigs.
Whenever I tell someone I'm from Seattle, they say "oh city of nirvana, grunge, pearl jam" (I live in Brazil). Now I get to add "city of Dan Savage!!!"
We're excited. And we're excited because you're going to make the world a better place by being on TV and talking about sex. Fuck yeah!
Can't wait to get the bootleg! (I'll be buying the series legitly too)
@41, though why I'm still listening to Dan "Kraft box" Savage all these years later, while I have no idea where Mary and her beautiful scratch recipe have gone, is a sad mystery.
When you negotiate your big corporate contact can you see if HBO can offer your show in podcast form? I listen to Real Time with Bill Mahr on my iPod and I love it.
hmm...I wonder if I will be able to get this on my ipod? I canceled my HBO last year because there was nothing to watch on it. I heard that Hung is good as well.
There's no reason the show couldn't be shot here in Seattle, we've got facilities that can handle the production load, and a local AFTRA office to handle the paperwork.
@33: oh, I remember artfully angling my shitty little boombox around my room on Sunday nights, trying to pick up KCMU in Hobart. Will there be ferries going in and out of peoples' asses on this show as well? It's too bad Craswell is gone, that would have been a spectacular interview. Best of luck, I'm excited for you!
Swell news, congrats Dan. You've also done proud your original hometown and our disgraced alma mater ( http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local… ), which need all the good reps they can get...
Do you think Sr. Amadeus is still alive? Or Fr. Koch? Do you think they'll be watching? Congratulations! I'm so happy to be able to claim you as a famous person from my grammar school instead of relying on Lara Flynn Boyle.
Dan - Think outside the box - maybe use webcams off laptops and take the show on the road, with call ins and off-the-cuff advice and conference calls with sexperts. Get out of LA and into the world!
I'm so excited! I was going to use my totally infrequent nights out (single mom) to go see Bill Maher - but, fuck Bill (though, I seriously would) - I'm coming to see you!
I missed my chance to post a possible talking point, but how about this - the number of young people entering the grown world who are all about making babies, though they're not yet mature enough to take care of themselves. Oy, my oldest son is only freaking 19, yet will not take my advice to play the field and leave monogomy til his late 30's - 40's! What do you think?
Exciting news, indeed! Congratulations, Dan. I hope it works out well for you and your family and that you can change that many more lives for the better.
I was a fan of your column for years before falling in love with your "out loud" version, and I think you on TV is best of all.
Awesome! I may have to get some internet streams of this. That's gonna be so awesome. Dan-you are so hot, you should be on tv. Call me a fag-hag I ain't got no shame!
I may get my HBO back for this.
This explains why the question "If Dan had his own TV show who should he interview?" was asked.
Congrats, Dan. Hope it is a success.
(lindy says girls like to say that, so i am saying it)
OHHHHHH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....
On a serious note, HBO wanted me to spank it on camera when I was in college for the show "sex bytes." Hopefully your show won't involve anything like that.
Congratulations!
The format is going to determine whether it's hit or miss, I think. If you have to do a lot of ass-licking with guests, I'm thinking it might be a miss. Good thing you have very successful back-ups with the column and the podcast.
Best of luck to you though, Dan - sincerely.
Also, wasn't "Savage Love" a movie by Garrison Kiellor?
I'm asking even though I know that your workaholic nature makes it likely that this show would be added to the Savage Empire - still, I'm wondering how you
Anyway, congratulations and good luck to you.
But episodes will be posted online, right? What's a teevee?
Whenever I tell someone I'm from Seattle, they say "oh city of nirvana, grunge, pearl jam" (I live in Brazil). Now I get to add "city of Dan Savage!!!"
We're excited. And we're excited because you're going to make the world a better place by being on TV and talking about sex. Fuck yeah!
Can't wait to get the bootleg! (I'll be buying the series legitly too)
with a lock...
how is the tongue action on that baby?
geez...
Dan is the queer Oscar Madison.
I'm trying to send my little bro who's in LA, so I can get a good first hand report.
There's no reason the show couldn't be shot here in Seattle, we've got facilities that can handle the production load, and a local AFTRA office to handle the paperwork.
Will you still continue to Slog, Dan?
Wish I could come to the taping :)
@24 - I'm sure they'll put a wardrobe person in the budget if the show gets greenlighted
i wanna write for you!
jo(e)l
I missed my chance to post a possible talking point, but how about this - the number of young people entering the grown world who are all about making babies, though they're not yet mature enough to take care of themselves. Oy, my oldest son is only freaking 19, yet will not take my advice to play the field and leave monogomy til his late 30's - 40's! What do you think?
or maybe a hot nun.....
I was a fan of your column for years before falling in love with your "out loud" version, and I think you on TV is best of all.
-prays for a show-
I'm so glad we just upgraded to include HBO as a channel of ours. <333
That will be no problem 90% of Dan's friends are fag hags.
But of course, you're being so generous and "giving" tickets because if you didn't you'd have to pay a company for studio audience members.
Just thought I'd mention that.
so to speak.