Print publication date: 11/30/2007
Help support local antique show by hitting YouTube video
By Anthony Watt ,
awatt@qconline.com
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Photo: submitted Mike Wolfe, LeClaire, poses with one of his finds, an antique Indian motorcycle. Mr. Wolfe will be featured on a new show titled "Antique Archaeology: Pickin' America" if the show is picked up by a network. |
Backers of a possible new television show about antiquing hope a stint on YouTube will sell the program to a big network.
The show would be called "Antique Archaeology: Pickin' America," and be about two antique hunters looking for "the unusual and impossible," according to a news release from Justin Anderson, whose company, Crazy Eyes Productions, is promoting the potential show.
The concept was created by Mike Wolfe of LeClaire, who would be one of the men featured, according to the release. The episodes would feature the quest for antiques as well as the stories behind the finds.
"This isn't the Antique Roadshow, this is the Antique Roadshow on crack," Mr. Anderson said.
The show already has drawn interest from networks such as the Discovery Channel, History Channel and TLC, the release states. But none of them have actually picked the show up yet.
Mr. Anderson said the networks may not have taken the show because of fears it won't draw enough viewers, he said.
But, if enough people become interested and watch the video about the show on YouTube, they might be able to show networks people will watch, Mr. Anderson said. "I'm shooting for, I'd say, 10,000 (views)."
That should be enough to get the footage on the Web site's front page, Mr. Anderson said, adding that they probably will upload a shortened version of the original promotional video of the show on the Web site.
It will be up around 6 a.m. Dec. 5 and he and a group of helpers will try to get people to watch the piece in the first 24 hours, he said.
They will post it on Myspace pages, in blogs and Web site forums to help generate interest, the news release stated.
There also will be a link to the video on antiquearchaeology.com, Mr. Anderson said. He has never used YouTube like this before but thought it was worth a try, he said.
"I don't think it's going to hurt anything, and we're not spending a lot of money."
Tidbits
For more information on Antique Archaeology, visit www.antiquearchaeology.com.
Mr. Anderson said there will be T-shirts available at Mojo's Cafe, in the Redstone building, 131 W. 2nd St., Davenport, while the group works on promoting the show.