Surprise TV that is. Surprise TV is a show in Korea that airs on both public and cable TV. The basis of the show is three stories per episode, one or two of them being true and one or two false. The show is written and directed by Koreans, but the actors are Westerners (for the most part), and the dialogs are in English (with Korean subtitles). The reason I am telling you all of this is because yesterday (and today) I was filming as an extra for the show. I had several small parts with lines (such as a chef and a pizza delivery boy), and then was in the background of other shots. It is impossible to tell how much will actually be on TV because they take tons of shots from different angles- but I guess I will find out next week when the show airs.
I got hooked up in this by one of my co-workers from my school. He is only part time at the school, and has a ton of other jobs that he works- he is married to a Korean and has been working here for several years. He has been working with Surprise TV for a couple of years now, and gets some good rolls- he was the lead for the show we just filmed. So yesterday after work he called me up and told me one of the actors dropped out, and they need someone as an extra. Of course I could not pass up that opportunity. It was pretty cool to be on the set of a TV show, and see all of the stuff that goes on. It was also a ton of fun to mess around and see what we could get away with. There were a couple of us with the same stupid sense of humor, so things started to escalate. The guy from my work changed around a couple of his lines. One part where he was supposed to be ordering a bunch of food he threw in “I’ll have the cream of some young man” and also “two servings of man yogurt”. I don’t know how he kept a strait face- all of the Westerners were in tears laughing- but none of the staff understood the joke. He also called someone a “cock jockey” in one scene. We will see if those scenes make the final cut- because they take so many angles, but I think they have a pretty good chance, because so much slang doesn’t get picked up on the radar.
One lady took all of my contact info, and wanted to know if I would be available again. So hopefully I will get to do this again! If not it was still a lot of fun, and I got my face on TV in Korea, and I will still refer to my self in the third person and as an actor on occasion.
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You have to get some video of this and share it somehow.
lemme know when that show airs... and by the way, I love what you wrote on Dave's page, in response to what that person wrote... so great. hope its good brother.
I'll try to watch that...if u miss it you can always check out the sbs or kbs website after and post it!
Thats really funny Kyle! I bet that was fun!! Hope they call you again, heck, you could be discovered and end up in the movies!! I was on craigslist today and they are listing all sorts of jobs for English teachers in South Korea! They must have alot of openings. It says: Generous salary, free , furnished apartment included, vacation, travel the world and teach! They make it sound so glamorous!
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