Thought-starter: Who is Tony Clifton? How far did Andy Kaufman go with this creative partner?
Lemony Snicket became real when Daniel Handler breathed life into this pen-name. Richard Bachman gave Stephen King the opportunity to create non-cannon King stories.
SmartyFellas Despite Mike, Broiled Jeff and Jack Paper are android avatars that are co-opted by Guest SmartyFella Entertainment writers for a season.
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Photo Credit: Trendy Pie Despite Mike Takes Up @midnight hashtag challenge on Twitter |
Meaning? Though avatars, each profile isn’t an empty suit like the Pacific Rim Hunters. Each has a backstory, limitation, life goal and quirk. Selected Guest Writers are attracted to the challenge of creating within those parameters. The objective? To entertain while exercising agility as a comedy writer and artist.
Besides if Mike, Jeff and Jack aren’t as real as you and me, then how can Miss Dread Pirate Roberts be a crush? Despite Mike, Broiled Jeff and Jack Paper were hired in January 2013. See how they have evolved in “Meet the SmartyFellas“.
Their personas have influenced the SGL Media Advisory Board to view innovation and disruptive awesome-face ideas from new perspectives.
Their personas have influenced the SGL Media Advisory Board to view innovation and disruptive awesome-face ideas from new perspectives.
More clarification? SGL Media SmartyFella interns are real. How real? Nelnet hounds them for school loan repayment each month. SGL Media guests past, present and future? Real. As real as Wired Magazine’s Clive Thompson, Heavy Metal journalist Laina Dawes, and AllTop-founder Guy Kawasaki. Product reviewers? Real. Road-testers of products to the gym, on hikes and on tour.
SGL Editors? Real. Associate Editor Erica Tyler has the marathoner’s build to prove her realness. As real as the stink of yams outside of Thanksgiving. Editor-in-Chief Renee Marchol stinks up the break room microwave with yams, for her fast-food on Thursdays, before she hits the road for documentary film productions.
SGL Editors? Real. Associate Editor Erica Tyler has the marathoner’s build to prove her realness. As real as the stink of yams outside of Thanksgiving. Editor-in-Chief Renee Marchol stinks up the break room microwave with yams, for her fast-food on Thursdays, before she hits the road for documentary film productions.
Jack Paper has no illusions that Jude Law will ever play him in a movie but would like to cameo in a Miyazaki animated film as a possessed turnip scarecrow.
Did you miss November’s Nanowrimo? Too busy to attend the virtual Camp Nanowrimo in April? Find camaraderie here at SGL Media. Contact us to apply to be next season’s Despite Mike or Broiled Jeff.