rishel.org » television http://rishel.org My inane ramblings. Or acerbic wit. Take your pick. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:15:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Twitter and Live TV Director’s Commentary http://rishel.org/2007/04/twitter-and-live-tv-directors-commentary/ http://rishel.org/2007/04/twitter-and-live-tv-directors-commentary/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:07:38 +0000 Jay http://rishel.org/2007/04/12/twitter-and-live-tv-directors-commentary/ I’ve been using twitter for a few weeks now along with Ben and Lon. Twitter is one of those tools that is so deceptively simple, it’s value isn’t easily seen. At least by me Meg, on the other hand, understood it’s value right away. Meg: Why are you getting all these text messages? Jay: It’s this thing called Twitter, Ben and Lon and I are trying it out. It lets you send messages to anyone who adds you as a friend– Meg: So I can use it to let people know when I’m in labor? Jay: Uh… yeah. that would be about the most perfect use for it.

Following the lead of the Battlestar Galactica commentary podcast or the idea for a “Clerks 2″ commentary podcast that was rejected by theater owners, the producers of the new TV show “Drive” have hit on a very clever idea. If you text “add foxdrive” to “40404″ you’ll get text messages of director’s commentary during the premiere episode of Drive.

I think this is brilliant. I tend not to keep too close an eye on TV scheduling, as I figure I’ll watch the good stuff when it comes out on DVD, but Drive commentary via Twitter is at least going to remind me to check out the show when the first text message comes in. Excellent way to convert a mildly interested potential viewer into someone sure to check out the first show.

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