About this project
Thank you so much.
We appreciate all of you who took the time and effort and money to help support and draw attention to our self funded TV network. We have added all of your names onto our thank you page. Please take a moment to look at all those who have helped us with this campaign. You can still help us on there as well. http://streamingarage.com/thanks
We started with an empty garage, very little money and a creative dream.
Tired of working on bad reality TV and sick of seeing creative smart shows like "Freaks and Geeks" and "Arrested Development" go off the air, TV writer Mike Rotman, left his job, gathered his creative friends, and proceeded to take the internet back to the 1950s.
1950s Live TV with a twist
Back when TV started it was live. Anything could happen and usually did. Sid Caesar Your Show of Shows, Uncle Milty, The Honey Mooners- millions of families would gather around the TV for these shared experiences. An experience that was then disccused the next day at the office water cooler and in schools around the country. What TV couldn't do was allow the audience to actually participate. To call in, to make suggestions, to change the shows format, script, characters, discussion points as the show went on. Now, we can.
Unlike TV, Streamin' Garage shows air LIVE so fans can interact through chat rooms, Facebook, Twitter and video Skype. Not only do we hear your creativity, we see it. The shows are then syndicated to destinations like iTunes, YouTube, Roku, Blip, Boxee, and a bunch of other funny sounding names.
Each week since January 2010, Streamin' Garage has produced over 125 hours of content and have achieved over 4 million live views-all without money, angel investors, a publicist or agent.
Our philosophy at Streamin’ Garage is simple – we aim to provide smart, funny, snarky, and interactive entertainment that looks exactly like high production quality TV. As we call it, “TV Evolved. Live. On The Web.”
Our Shows
- Stupid For Movies: "Movie reviews that don’t suck, even when the movies do.” Hosted by real film critics from Los Angeles Film Critics Association, episode segments include new movie reviews, the news with Chad Vader, instant streaming recommendations, recommendation for family film rentals and "Buy Rent or Burn." We’ve also had some great interviews including Colin Hanks, Paul F. Tompkins, Samm Levine, Amber Benson & Adam Busch, Dan Ireland, and Rodman Flender, director of "Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop" on June 30th. http://www.stupidformovies.com
- Stripped Down Live- First season hosted by Curt Smith (Tears For Fears) Performances and interviews with artists such as: Matthew Sweet, Gary Jules, The Daylights, Carina Round, All Day Sucker and Fitz and The Tantrums. We hope to bring this back for season 2 with an all new host and maybe break your band next! http://www.strippeddownlive.com
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Stupid For Dexter- Weekly reviews & analysis of Showtime’s Dexter the day after a new episode airs. Segments include season predictions, “Driving The Dark Passenger,” and interviews with Dexter cast & crew. After 2 weeks on the air, we were the #3 search result for "Dexter" on Google, right after Showtime’s official page and IMDb - all this without even having a web site. We hope to build a Stupid For Dexter fan site with part of the money raised through this campaign!
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Super Scary Horror Theater- Horror hostess Miss Dementia and her manservant Butch watch classic scary, cult, and sci-fi movies live with our internet audience. It's a whole new twist on the creature feature genre, Miss Dementia adds comic relief and interacts with the audience live though chat, Skype, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Stupid For Football - This is Streamin’ Garage’s weekly sports show (when football actually is not on strike!). We have provided some of the best tips to win your league and were usually a week ahead of ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS Sports. Real fantasy football strategies from real football fans.
- Wide World of Warcraft- Great WOW tips and news from people who actually play. We hope to do more episodes once we can tear our hosts away from their computers.
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Future Shows- We have many new shows including game and comedy in development. If we can hit our goal- we intend to premiere these in the new season!
Shoe string budget? No, no budget.
Unlike 1950s TV which had individual sponsors for each show, that isn't true with the web. Not yet anyway. We truly believe we are on the edge of the next revolution in TV but the ad agencies aren't quite there yet. But you can be!
Obviously to produce this many 5 camera HD shows takes a very talented staff and crew. Unfortunately, they all need to eat and pay rent. And after 18 months of working tirelessly on all of our shows, the time has come to pay them. That's right- 6 shows- some as with many as 55 episodes and no one has ever been paid. We all did it for the love of the shows and the chance to be creative in this new media space. (Even though our parents wanted us to be Doctors and Lawyers)
Help us prove our parents wrong! We know there is a future in full length high quality, smart, content, but we need your help to keep our shows going as we wait for Madison Avenue to catch up to the future.
Rewards- You are the creative.
As you may have noticed, our rewards our a little different. We will not be giving out producer credits for money. Our producers work very hard and we don't want to take away from them. Instead- some of our rewards will actually put you to work producing segments! That's right- producer for a day! For example: Do you want produce the "Buy, Rent or Burn" on Stupid For Movies? It's all yours! (We are getting tired anyway) If you don't see a reward you'd like- simply let us know and we can try to add it. Again, as with our shows, this is all about you. (Now don't you feel selfish!)
All or Nothing
In case you don't know how Kickstarter works. This is all or nothing. If we don't make at least $20,000 then we make $0 and you pay $0. If we can get $20,000 or over then you get charged and we make more shows! That simple!
Sincere Thanks
We appreciate all the fans we have made over the past year and half in our chat rooms, our Facebook page, thru Youtube, Skype, Twitter and other funny sounding sites. With all your views and participation we have taken our shows and network to levels we never imagined. But, this is crunch time. We need to make the full 20k or we don't get a penny!! It's all or nothing, so please give generously (whatever you can afford) as we continue to grow in this new media space with you.
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on August 2, 2011.
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Bragging rights for supporting independent TV & web entertainment! Thank you!
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You will be emailed a thank you e-card from our hosts.
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Your name in the credits on the Streamin' Garage show of your choice for the entire season. PLUS a thank you e-card from our hosts.
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Garage T-shirt Package: Limited edition Streamin’ Garage T-shirt. PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice and an e-card thank you.
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Stupid For Movies T-shirt Package: Limited edition Stupid For Movies T-shirt, with our logo and our tag line “Movie reviews that don’t suck even when the movies do.” PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice for the season and an e-card thank you.
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Streamin' Garage Baseball Cap Package: Limited edition Streamin’ Garage hat! Black with embroidered letters. PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice for the season and an e-card thank you.
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Special Thanks Package: A Tweet and Facebook Greeting (from the show or host account of your choice) on your birthday! (or any other day of your choice) AND a thank you or birthday card mailed to you and signed by the current host of your choice. PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice for the season and an e-card.
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Peek Behind the Scenes Package: Access to a private Flickr account with exclusive behind the scenes photos that are updated twice a month for the season. PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice for the season and an e-card thank you.
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Hat, T-shirt AND Karaoke PLUS eagle full footage! ! You asked for it so we added a Streamin' garage Hat, T shirt AND... Password to a private Vimeo account where you can see all the karaoke footage AND live eagle cam footage after the campaign is done. We won't put these up anywhere else! ALSO, access to a private Flickr account with exclusive behind the scenes photos that are updated twice a month for the season. PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice for the season and an e-card thank you.
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Insider Package – Access to a private URL that goes live at least an hour before each show & allows you to watch our crew set up.(Anything can happen!) Also receive a LIVE on air “Thank You” from the hosts (your show of choice), access to our private Flickr account PLUS a thank you in the credits of the show of your choice for the season and an e-card.
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Segment Producer/ Stupid For Movies: You get to produce the “Buy, Rent or Burn" segment on Stupid For Movies for a week (Pick all 10 BRB). You can even Skype in to read them, on air. PLUS, the backstage private URL, a LIVE thank you ON AIR, thanks in the credits, on our website web site and a "special thanks" IMDb credit and access to the private Flickr account.
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Guest Host/ Stupid For Movies on the “Instant Gratification: Cutting the Cord” segment. You get to be on our show (via Skype) and recommend 2 movies to watch. You’ll then critique and discuss with our hosts. PLUS the backstage private URL, thanks in the show credits, thanks on the show web site and a special thank you credit on IMDb.
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Segment Producer/ Super Scary Horror Theater Package: You get to name the movie Miss Dementia watches that week! (From a list of hundreds of legally approved titles). PLUS the backstage private URL, thanks in the credits, on our web site and a "special thanks" IMDB credit.
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Personal Message Package: A private video thank you and personal voice mail greeting for your phone from any of our current hosts (your choice). PLUS the backstage private URL, a LIVE thank you ON AIR, thanks in the credits, thanks on our web site and access to the private Flickr account.
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Chad Vader Personal Message Package: A private video thank you and personal voice mail greeting for your phone from CHAD VADER. PLUS the backstage private URL, a LIVE thank you ON AIR, thanks in the credits, thanks on our web site and access to the private Flickr account.
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Stupid For Dexter Package: Your picture in our Stupid For Dexter "Kill Room." For season 2 we will record a new opening to the show complete with a "kill room wall" featuring pictures... including yours! Your picture will also be up on the set the entire season as well. PLUS The backstage private URL, Trivia credit (as picture in opening) on IMDb, a LIVE thank you ON AIR, thanks in the credits, on the show web site and access to the private Flickr account.
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Special Access Package: A private Skype/ Web Cam session with Miss Dementia! Talk, get tarot cards read- it's up to you! PLUS The backstage private URL, a LIVE thank you ON AIR, thanks in the show credits, thanks on the show web site, and access to the private Flickr account.
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Chad Vader Prize Pack! A personal thank you VIDEO from Chad himself. Your name in the credits of Stupid For Movies, access to our private behind the scenes Flickr account, the private URL to watch us set up pre-show for the season AND a 4 DVD set of all 4 seasons of Chad Vader!
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Segment Sponsor Package: You or your company get to sponsor a segment on a Streamin' Garage show of your choice. Our hosts will announce it and will also show a lower third with either your company logo and/or your name. Thanks in the credits, and thanks/your logo on our web site.
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Show Sponsor Package: Sponsor an entire episode -show of your choice. We will promote you or your company in the opening and closing of our show plus an onscreen credit as well as your company logo or your name featured on our web page. Thanks in the credits, and thanks on the show web site.
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Show Sponsor "Golden Age of TV" Package: The same as our "Show Sponsor Package" PLUS we will produce an ad for you, your website, blog or business. The ad will be a live commercial, on our show, performed by our hosts- like old 1950s live TV ads. Thanks in the credits,and thanks on the show web site.
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"Break Your Band Package": Your band will have its own episode on Stripped Down Live! You will perform 6-8 songs live, filmed in 5 camera HD quality. You will have an interview with our season 2 host. Your performance will live on beyond the live airing, for people to discover, on all of the major web outlets and people will be also be able to see your episode on TV via their Roku, Tivo, Xbox and other web enabled devices. We helped to break Fitz and The Tantrums and with all this exposure, your band may be next!
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Executive Producer: Do you have a great show idea? We will make your dream a reality. You will have a show on Streamin' Garage network which has over 4 million live views, 20,000 Roku subscribers and more. You pitch the show- we will develop and produce it with you and then put it on the air for season 2. We will then draw up a legal contract splitting ownership and all revenue generated by the show!
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Mike Rotman is a television and web writer, producer and director. He is an Emmy-Nominated writer for his work on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher and produced hundreds of hours of television over his career including; The Simple Life, Strip Poker, South Park and Nanny 911.
Tired of the takeover of TV by reality shows, Mike decided to enter the creative, yet low-paying world of new media. Rotman is currently the Streamy Award-winning Director/ Producer of Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show (Best Live Production). He has also built his own 5 camera live internet studio, “Streamin’ Garage” and is now broadcasting 6 original shows.
Although Rotman is making the switch to the web- he is no newbie. His first internet short, “The Oz Witch Project” was made in 1999 and opened the flood gates for all the “Blair Witch” spoofs that followed. In 2002, Mike created and directed one of the first web reality series called “Star Wait” which followed the lives of people waiting in line for 6 weeks to see “Attack of The Clones.” The series eventually went to DVD and was sold in Target stores across North America.
Rotman also directs short narratives including a web campaign for Trojan Condoms entitled, “How To Prevent Mistakes” and the acclaimed internet short “Sketch of the Dead” starring Paul F. Tompkins and Rich Sommer of Mad Men.
