Tuesday, May 25, 2010

15,000 Hits for Episode 1!

The Video Makers web series Episode 1 now has 15,000+ hits on YouTube. We believe that YouTube featured us on its homepage at some point in the last 24 hours (but didn't happen to catch it ourselves). What other explanation could there be?

Sunday, April 4, 2010

"The Video Makers" gets Rave Review from Alterna-Tv.Com

The web tv and new media website alterna-tv.com has given The Video Makers web series a rave review. "The Video Makers is both a fun and funny take on the non-fiction television business, a behind the scenes spoof of the industry and a clever statement in regards to the current state of pop culture in general. Walter Gottlieb has proven that not only is he able to create genuine documentaries for the worlds of PBS and National Geographic, but has a solid sense of humor in regards to the medium as well." The reviewer really did his/her homework; it's a very well-researched, thorough, and well-written review by someone who obviously "gets" what we're doing. Most importantly, he/she seems to have actually watched all of the available episodes and reviewed the series to-date as a whole rather than focusing on one or two episodes. Thanks, Alterna-Tv!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

History Channel Forum & Nazi Pets

We're not sure whether this person was serious or not, but a respondent to our posting on a History Channel forum about "Pets of the Third Reich" sure drew an interesting response. Is this life imitating art, or vice versa? Hard to tell!