NgoLwesithathu, Agasti 11
Ukusuka kuJohn Belushi kwi-70's ukuya ku-Eddie Murphy kwi-80's kunye noMike Myers kwi-90's, iinkwenkwezi ezininzi ezincinci ziye zathengisa udumo abalufumana ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ngokufumana imali enkulu kwiofisi yebhokisi. Ngoku i-NBC ithatha amanyathelo anzima – ngohlobo lwekhontrakthi entsha yangoMgqibelo ebusuku yamalungu okuqala onyakeni –ukuqinisekisa ukuba igcina izandla zayo kwezi zigidi zinokubakho.
Nabani na ojoyina isandi soMgqibelo ebusuku ngo-1999-2000 kufuneka asayine ikhontrakthi entsha engqongqo kunye ne-NBC enokubabopha kwinethiwekhi kangangeminyaka eli-12. Iiarhente zetalente kunye nabaphathi bebesoloko becebisa abathengi abafuna imisebenzi ukuba bangasayini- kodwa ulutsha olunomdla, olunomdla alukhange lukwazi ukumelana nomtsalane womboniso odumileyo, ikhontrakthi ethintelayo okanye hayi. Iikhontrakthi ezintsha zaphuma kwinyanga ephelileyo, xa uMlimi woMgqibelo oLawulayo oLawulayo u-Lorne Michaels ebambe uphicotho.
Xa ndifumana isivumelwano, ndacinga ukuba ndifumana isivumelwano esingalunganga, utshilo omnye umphathi nomthengi ozamile ukwenza isamente. Lo mphathi, njengabanye kweli bali, ucele ukungaziwa, esoyika ingqumbo ye-NBC kunye noMnu Michaels. Bendifana, yintoni le? Kum, oku kumalunga ne-NBC engenalungelo lokuba yeyakho.
Omnye ummeli omele i-comic uthe: Sonke sasihamba 'nge-bullshit'. Kufana ne-SNL ibeka umpu entloko kwaye ithi uphicotho. Sayina oku!
Isivumelwano esitsha sonyaka wokuqala sangoMgqibelo sabadlali abahlukileyo sahluke kakhulu kunaleso sinikezelwe ngamalungu amatsha ngaphambi kokuqala kwesizini ephelileyo. Izivumelwano zoMgqibelo zangoMgqibelo zizinto zexesha elide ngokwesiko, eziqhuba iminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu. Kodwa phantsi kwesivumelwano esitsha, i-NBC ingathatha umdlali wangoMgqibelo ngokuBukhoma nanini na emva konyaka wakhe wesibini kwinkqubo kwaye ambeke kwi-NBC sitcom. Ilungu elilahliweyo linokhetho lokuthi hayi kwimiboniso emibini yokuqala ecetywayo yi-NBC, kodwa kufuneka yamkele owesithathu, imithombo yamacala omabini ekhontrakthi. Kwaye i-NBC inyanzelisa ubude bekhontrakthi ye-sitcom, enokusebenza kangangeminyaka emithandathu.
Kwimeko emanyumnyezi ebekwe ngabaphathi kunye neearhente, i-NBC inokutyikitya umntu kwisivumelwano seminyaka emithandathu sangoMgqibelo ebusuku kwaye, mhlawumbi, ekupheleni kweminyaka emithandathu, sibaphose kwi-NBC sitcom eminye iminyaka emithandathu. Yibize ngokuba ngumkhonzi ongenanto, bonisa isitayile se-biz. Kwabaninzi abahlekisi, oko kunokumela lonke ikhondo lomsebenzi.
Isivumelwano esitsha siza kunika i-NBC kunye noMnu. Michaels ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwimisebenzi bhanyabhanya yamalungu e-Saturday Night Live. Ngaphantsi kwemiqathango yayo, ii-SNL Films, inkampani yemveliso ephethwe yiParamount Pictures, i-NBC kunye noMnu Michaels ngokwakhe, unokhetho lwebhanyabhanya ezintathu olunokuhlawula inkwenkwezi iseti eyi- $ 75,000 kwifilimu yokuqala, $ 150,000 yesibini kunye ne- $ 300,000 yayo elesithathu. Ezo ntlawulo bezidla ngokuxoxwa kumazinga aphezulu. Inethiwekhi inokuhlawula inkwenkwezi amaxabiso afanayo ukuba athi hayi kumdlalo bhanyabhanya owenziwe yenye studio.
Ngoku ungabaxelela, 'Uxolo, aninako ukwenza i-Farrelly brothers' i-10 yezigidi ze-movie, utshilo umphathi omnye. 'Kufuneka wenze i-SNL fart movie nge $ 75,000!'
UMnu Michaels uthe uvakalelwa kukuba le nto ininzi ye-hullabaloo phezu kwento. Okokuqala, wathi, akazange abambelele kwizivumelwano xa enye yeenkwenkwezi zakhe zifuna ukulandela enye into. Siye kakhulu, njengoko besitsho eHollywood, italente-friendly. Ke umbono wokuba yonke inkcubeko yendawo iyatshintsha bubudenge, utshilo. Xa uMike Myers wayefuna ukuthatha isiqingatha-sexesha kuba wayehamba ngento yobuqu, wayenza. Xa uJohn Belushi noDan Aykroyd befuna ukuhamba kushiyeke unyaka kwizivumelwano zabo, bahamba.
Ukuya kuthi ga ngoku ngeentlawulo zebhanyabhanya, uMnu Michaels uthe ezo ziya kuthi, ewe, kuxoxiswane ngazo. Wayengenakuqinisekisa ukuba i-NBC ayizukuphanga italente yakhe yee-sitcoms, kodwa akazange acinge ukuba kuya kwenzeka. Ngayiphi na indlela, utshilo, icandelo lesivumelwano esivumela inethiwekhi ityikitye inkwenkwezi yeminye iminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu yesivumelwano iya kuphinda iphindwe. Kuya kubakho ikhontrakthi eyahlukileyo, utshilo uMnu Michaels.
I-NBC kaScott Sassa-oqale njengomongameli wenethiwekhi ye-West Coast ngoJuni-wayemi ngasemva komoya weekhontrakthi ezintsha ezinzima.
I-SNL, ngabadlali abangakulungelanga ukudlala ixesha, utshilo kwintetho yeendaba yehlobo ye-NBC ePasadena, Calif.Aba ngabantu abaqala nje. Ndicela umngeni kuwe ukuba ubize inethiwekhi, ngakumbi umboniso, owenze ezi nkwenkwezi zininzi, okoko… Into esiyicelayo kukuba, umntu othile ongena kwaye, ngokusisiseko, phantse akaziwa kwaye ulutsha unethuba lokuba , umboniso onamandla kakhulu wesketsch-comedy kwaye ukwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wefilimu kwaye ube kwii-sitcom. Ndicinga ukuba lithuba elihle kakhulu elo.
I-NBC inezizathu ezininzi zokuseka iikhontrakthi ezintsha. Nangona yayikhe yabonakala ingenakoyiswa ngexesha lokuqala, kwisizini ephelileyo i-NBC yaphulukana nenqanaba layo le-1 kwi-CBS. Kwaye umgca wayo ongafumanekiyo wangoLwesine ebusuku uye waphulukana nelahleko kaSeinfeld. Ngamafutshane, i-NBC ifuna italente, kwaye uninzi lwayo. Ke kutheni ungalandeli umzi-mveliso weenkwenkwezi kaMnu Michael?
Okwangoku, abaphathi be-NBC babonakala bediniwe ngokubukela ii-nobodys ezinje ngoMike Myers noAdam Sandler ukuba badume ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, emva koko bashiye baye kwenza amakhulu ezigidi zeedola kwezinye ii studio.
Yinto ethandiweyo-ethanda into, utshilo umphathi nomthengi osayine isivumelwano. Baye batshiswa esibingelelweni ngabantu abaninzi. Kufana ne-prenup yiyo yonke into ethanda icala elinye lomtshato.
Umphathi omnye ucebise umthengi ukuba angayisayini isivumelwano. Kodwa, umphathi uthe, umthengi ngekhe ayive-njengaye wonke umntu obizelwe kuvavanyo.
Uhambisa amaphupha abo ebusweni babo, utshilo umphathi. Nje ukuba uthi kumthengi wakho, 'Uvavanya i-SNL,' baye bengeva emva koko. Abakhathali, baya kuthatha umngcipheko. Ndahlala ndisithi, ‘Sisandulela – awunakubavumela benze le nto kuwe.’ Kodwa abayonto ngoku. Abahlawulwa ideni ngoku.
Ngelixa lo mphathi kunye nabanye ekwenziwe udliwanondlebe nabo yi-NYTV besithi bayathemba ukuba i-American Federation of Television kunye ne-Radio Artists, okanye i-Aftra, izakuthatha inxaxheba, ummeli apho wathi umanyano mhlawumbi ngekhe. Ikhontrakthi ye-Aftra ifuna ukuba abadlali beqonga lomdlalo bahlawulwe i-950 yeedola ngesiqendu, esingaphantsi kakhulu kunomvuzo wokuqala wangoMgqibelo wobusuku be- $ 5,000 ngesiqendu ngasinye.
Ngokuka Mnu. Michaels, iikhontrakthi ezintsha zavela ngexesha lokuphononongwa ngokutsha kwenethiwekhi nguMnu Sassa kunye nomphathi wakhe omtsha wezolonwabo, uGarth Ancier. Omabini la madoda asebenze kwiinethiwekhi –Fox kunye neWB- ezazinxibelelene ngokusondeleyo kwizitudiyo zeemovie.
Ndicinga ukuba bobabini uScott noGarth bavela kwimvelaphi apho istudiyo kunye nenethiwekhi bebehlala khona… ke ndicinga ukuba aboyiki kangako okanye abayiboni njengengxaki, utshilo uMnu Michaels. Uninzi lwezi arhente ziipakethe kwaye zibone inethiwekhi ithatha indawo ezomeleleyo ekupakisheni. Ndinqwenela ukuba bendinokuthi le ibiphathelele kubathengi babo. Okwangoku, wathi, iikhontrakthi ezitsha zaphathwa kakubi kakhulu. Umnumzana Michaels uthe sele eza kuvavanya amahlaya angama-25 ngaphezulu. Ngokuhlwanje, ngobusuku bangoMgqibelo obubukhoma kwiComedy Central: uEddie Murphy noRobert Plant. [I-Comedy Central, i-45, ezinzulwini zobusuku.]
NgoLwesine, Agasti 12
Imfazwe eqhubeka ixesha elide phakathi kukamongameli we-CNN uRick Kaplan kunye nomongameli we-CNN-FN uLou Dobbs yaphela ngoJuni, kunye noMnu. Dobbs waphulukana nokuyeka emsebenzini ukuze asungule iWebhusayithi ebizwa ngokuba yiSpace.com. Ngoku, imithombo ye-CNN-FN e-5 Penn Plaza ithe, Mnu. Kaplan uyangena ukuze athabathe amaxhoba emfazwe-efaka amaqhawe amadala e-Dobbs ukuba avelise iinkqubo ezintsha zentengiso yesitokhwe ye-CNN, eya kuthi iqalise ukuwa.
Kuya kubakho umboniso wezezimali owandisiweyo kusasa, ukuvalwa kwentsimbi kunye neengxelo ezimbalwa ezongezelelweyo, ezimfutshane zemarike eziza kusebenza njengee-simulcast kuzo zombini iinethiwekhi, phantsi kolawulo luka Mnu Kaplan e-Atlanta. Ngamafutshane, uMnu Kaplan ngokwakhe kunye neqela lakhe elisekwe e-Atlanta baya kuba nolawulo kwinxalenye elungileyo yobukhosi uMnu Dobbs uchithe iminyaka eli-18 esakha kwiTed Turner's Cable News Network.
Kwaye oko kushiya imvakalelo engathandekiyo kumgangatho we-20 wesakhiwo se-CNN eNew York, ethembekileyo kuMnu Dobbs.
Abantu balapha baziva ngathi bahlala eFrance e-1941, utshilo omnye wabasebenzi be-CNN-FN. Kubonakala ngathi kukho impindezelo nxamnye noLou. Bazama ukuthatha ikamva lakhe. Okwangoku, igosa eliyintloko lokusebenza le-CNN uSteve Korn uchithe uninzi lweentsuku zakhe eNew York, esenza ingxelo yezemali ye-CNN-FN, ekhangela nakuphi na ukungalunganga kuka Mnu Dobbs, utshilo umthombo wenkampani. Bakhangela umpu otshayayo ukuze bakhokele uLou baphume nozankosi ngebhatyi yemvula entloko, utshilo umthombo.
Ngokuhlwanje, jonga iYure yeendaba yeMoneyline ehlaziyiweyo kunye noStuart Varney kunye neWillow Bay! [CNN, 10, 6:30 PM]
NgoLwesihlanu, Agasti 13
Ubonelelo luhlobo lomboniso we-girlie, malunga nogqirha obhinqileyo oplastikhi obaleka eLos Angeles kwidolophu yakowabo iProvidence, i-RI, kwaye kufuneka abuyisele usapho lwakhe kunye emva kokusweleka kukanina. Kodwa ngasizathu sithile, uphando lwe-NBC lubonisa, ilungile namadoda kunyaka ophelileyo. Ngaba ngamadoda angama-girlie? Akunjalo. Bathanda nje ukubukela inkwenkwezi yomboniso, uMelina Kanakaredes. [WNBC, 4, 8 PM]
NgoMgqibelo, nge-14 ka-Agasti
URob Nelson kungekudala uza kuqala ukubamba eyakhe intetho yangoMgqibelo-ebusuku kwiFox News Channel, kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba uninzi lweenkokheli zentshukumo endala ye-Generation X yezopolitiko sele ingene nakweyiphi na indumasi ababenayo kwimisebenzi yeTV. (Cinga umbhali we-CNN uJonathan Karl kunye nomnxibelelanisi weFox News Channel uDouglas Kennedy.)
Umnumzana uNelson wasungula iqela eliKhokelayo okanye lekhefu nomfana ogama lingu Jon Cowan. Umboniso wakhe uza kubizwa ngokuba yi-Full Nelson kwaye uza kudlala ngoMgqibelo phakathi kwentsimbi ye-11: 00. kwaye ezinzulwini zobusuku ziqala ngoAgasti 21. Iya kuba namacandelo athephelweyo alandelwe ziingxoxo zohlobo lukaPhil Donahue kunye nabaphulaphuli ababukhoma.
Injongo yalo mboniso weTV kukuvusa abantu, ukukhuthaza abantu, utshilo uMnu.
Ngokuhlwanje kwelinye ijelo leFox kwixesha elizayo likaMnu Nelson, yiMad TV. [WNYW, 5, 11 P.M.]
NgeCawa, nge-15 ka-Agasti
Uhlobo olungakholekiyo, kodwa i-ABC iphinda iqhubeke no-Stephen King mini-uthotho, I-Langoliers. [WABC, 7, 9 PM]
NgoMvulo, Agasti 16
NgoMvulo, nge-2 ka-Agasti, isahluko saseNew York seNational Academy yeTelevishini yoBugcisa nezeNzululwazi ’ibhodi yeerhuluneli ehlanganisene kwiiofisi zase-West 33rd Street zikasihlalo wayo, umongameli we-WNET uBill Baker, kwintlanganiso yesiqhelo yeshishini.
Oku kuhlala kuthe cwaka, yimicimbi engagungqiyo, apho amalungu ebhodi asela ikofu, atye iicookies kwaye athethe ubulungu kunye namabhaso abonisa imiba.
Hayi ngeli xesha. Ilungu elitsha, uShelly Palmer, oqhuba indlu yokuvelisa eseNtshona icala ebizwa ngokuba yiShelly Palmer Productions, ubuze ukuba yintoni eyenziwayo yile mfundo ukulungisa ingxaki yokuba umabonwakude kunye ne-Intanethi zinokudibana kungekudala.
Umnumzana Palmer ucebise ukuba iqela liqwalasele ukwenza i-Emmy yenkqubo ye-Intanethi. Nangona ingekabikho kangako-kukho i-Showtime's Whirlgirl kunye nePseudo.com Web site- ngokuqinisekileyo iya kubakho ngokukhawuleza, watsho.
Ehleli kwintlanganiso yesahluko saseNew York yayinguJohn Cannon, ophethe i-National Academy yoBugcisa beTelevishini kunye neSayensi. Abo babelapho bathi wayengavakali onwabile ngulo mbono.
I-NYTV ibize uMnu. Cannon ukuba abone ukuba ucinga ntoni.
Wacaphuka. Akukho ngxoxo injalo! wakhwaza. Ngokubanzi… Hayi, hayi, hayi! Ayisiqalo sayo nantoni na – yayo nantoni na! Uphinde wabiza kamva ukuba anike impendulo elinganisiweyo: Akukho ziko lokuma kwi-akhademi kuyo nantoni na. Isikolo ngeli xesha livavanya yonke into. Ayithathi ndawo.
Ngokuhlwanje, lungiselela ikamva ngokubukela i-QVC's Hi-Tech Toys kunye nomboniso we-Electronics. [QVC, 69, 9 PM]
NgoLwesibini, Agasti 17
Abaphathi kwi-CBS bagqibe kwelokuba iMartial Law yayijijeke kakhulu kuyo yonke into yomcuphi. Ke oku kuwa, bayayiphinda kwakhona: i-stunts engaphezulu kunye nokudubula, iyelenqe elincinci kunye nengxoxo kunye nobugcisa bemfazwe. Ngobu busuku kwi-Martial Law, inkwenkwezi uSammo Hung (akukho nxu lumano lwe-porn yaseIreland uSam O'Hung) iya e-LA ukuyokufumana i-pal elahlekileyo. [I-WCBS, 2, 8 PM]
Umboniso bhanyabhanya kaPeter Bogdanovich weVeki
Ifilimu enesihloko esifutshane kwimbali bhanyabhanya ikwayenye yezona zinamandla kwezakha zabonwa: Utshabalaliso olwenziwa nguFritz Lang ngo-1931 olwenziwe ngamaJamani malunga nombulali wabantwana owayedlala ngokuqina komzimba nguPeter Lorre, M [NgoMvulo, Agasti 16, Turner Iimuvi zeklasikhi, 82, 8 PM; ikwi-vidiyo yekhasethi], unobumba omnye omele umbulali. Ikhutshwe ngonyaka wesithathu kuphela wesandi esipheleleyo, umfanekiso ufana nabanye abathile beli xesha lokuthetha kwangoko (1929-1933) usetyenziso olunomdla kakhulu lomfanekiso othuleyo ngokusemgangathweni ngokudityaniswa nokusetyenziswa kwesandi esitsha nesimangalisayo. Abaphathi beendaba ezibonakalayo ezinje ngo-Lang, u-Ernst Lubitsch, u-René Clair kunye no-Howard Hawks benze inguqu ngobukrelekrele kwaye bayeke ukuba bangabonwa ngokucacileyo kwakhona. Ngeendlela ezahluke kakhulu, imifanekiso enje ngeLieutenant eNcumileyo, iNous La Liberté, iScalface yoqobo, kunye noM babelana ngumoya ongaqhelekanga wokulinga.
Ngokusekwe kwityala lokwenyani lokubulala umntwana eDusseldorf, kwaye yabhalwa nguLang kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ngelo xesha, u-Thea von Harbou, M usebenza ngokuqaqambileyo kumanqanaba aliqela ngaxeshanye: njengohlobo lwexwebhu, njengolwaphulo-mthetho melodrama nanjengophando olunesitayile loloyiko kunye nobundlobongela ezidolophini. Kwinqwelomoya ephezulu, uLang wayejolise ukuba umboniso bhanyabhanya ube sisikhalazo ngokuchasene nesohlwayo sokufa. Kukho ubukrelekrele obucace gca emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kananjalo, ngendlela izenzo ezoyikekayo zombulali ezibetha ngayo kwelabafileyo kunye nemisebenzi yayo emibi; ukwanda kokuphaphama kwabasemagunyeni besixeko kwenza ubomi bube nzima kubaphuli-mthetho abaqeqeshiweyo kangangokuba ekugqibeleni bayadibana ukuze babambe umbulali ngokwabo ukuze ulwaphulo-mthetho luphinde luhlume.
Nangona uM eyothusa ngokungalibalekiyo, akukho phantse ubundlobongela obuboniswe kwaphela; Yonke into eyoyikisayo yenziwa ngokusetyenziswa okuhle kakhulu kukaLang kokucebisa. Umbulali ubetha umlozi kwimixholo evela eGrieg kwaye uthengela intombazana yakhe encinci ixhoba ibhaluni ye-helium, nangona sele edlala ngebhola yerabha. Ekugqibeleni, umsa emva kwamatyholo athile. Cwaka. Emva kwemizuzwana embalwa, ibhola iqengqeleka phakathi kwamatyholo ize iphumle elunxwemeni. Emva koko ibhaluni inyukela esibhakabhakeni, ibambe ngokufutshane ngokuchasene neengcingo zombane eziphakamileyo ngaphambi kokuba iqhubeke iye emafini.
Ndikhe ndabuza uLang ukuba kutheni ekhethe ukumela ukubulawa komntwana ngale ndlela; Kwiminyaka yethu yemiboniso bhanyabhanya eqhubekayo kunye nobundlobongela kumabonwakude, impendulo yakhe ifundisa ngakumbi: Masithi… ukuba ndingabonisa olu lwaphulo-mthetho lubi ngokwesondo, wandixelela. Okokuqala, ngumbuzo wokungcamla-kunye nobuchule… Ukuba ndingabonisa eyona nto yoyikekayo kum, isenokungoyiki komnye umntu. Wonke umntu kubaphulaphuli-nditsho nalowo ungalindeli ukuba azivumele ukuba aqonde eyona nto yenzekileyo kulomntwana ulihlwempu- unemvakalelo eyoyikisayo ebandayo emqolo. Kodwa wonke umntu unemvakalelo eyahlukileyo, kuba wonke umntu ucinga eyona nto yoyikekayo enokwenzeka kuye. Kwaye yinto ebendingazukuyifumana ngokubonisa into enye enokwenzeka- yithi, ukuba iinyembezi zivula umntwana, zimsike avule. Ngoku, ngale ndlela, ndinyanzela abaphulaphuli ukuba babe sisisebenzisana kunye nam-ngokucebisa ngento endiyiphumezayo, ukubandakanyeka okukhulu kunokuyibonisa. (Ngokuqinisekileyo lo mbono usebenze kakuhle kwiProjekthi yeBlair Witch.)
Ngokufanelekileyo inoxanduva lokunyamezeleka kwale mihla yokusebenza kuka-M kukumiswa okumangalisayo kokungakholelwa okuphunyezwe kukusebenza kukaPeter Lorre- indima yakhe yokuqala enkulu kwiifilimu. Zombini i-hypnotic kunye ne-eyoyikisayo, ufikelela kwinqanaba eliphosakeleyo kwindawo yakhe yokugqibela, ekhupha malunga needemon ezinyanzelekileyo, ezingenakubaleka ezimqhubayo: Ndimele! Ndinyanzelekile! Uyakhala kwelinye lamaxesha angaze alibaleke kwesikrini. Yeyona ntsebenzo inkulu kaLorre kwifilimu ethi uLang ngokwakhe, kude kube sekupheleni kobomi bakhe, wawuthatha njengowona msebenzi wakhe ubalaseleyo. Wayenyanisile.
