Mega64 G4TV Pitch

Mega64 G4TV Pitch

This is a brief introduction to a video/clipshow made for a G4TV series pitch by Mega64.

Here's a short list of G4's reasons for not picking up MEGA64:

'They're too niche'.

'No one will understand them.'

'Their humor isn't broad enough.'

'They're not that funny.'

'Too low budget.'

'The concept can't support a whole show.'

How do I know this? Because at one time I was a production assistant/production coordinator/segment producer/assistant director/writer/editor for the defunct TechTV, now G4.

I didn't want to say anything about this before, but last weekend, Rocco and I decided to let the rest of you in on the secret.

Even at the very end, when I was just jockeying for a mention on "Unscrewed" or "The Screen Savers" we were being dicked around. The woman who booked guests for "Unscrewed" didn't play videogames and didn't even know who "Zelda" was. One TSS producer talked a lot about bringing MEGA64 on for a continuous bit, then just dropped off the map before quitting the network altogether.

So, do you want to know what you're going to get from G4 in 2005?

More Robot Wars.

More G4TV.com.

Drift Racing.

TSS getting canned.

"Girls gone Wired" - a rip-off of a segment from "Unscrewed with Martin Sargent"

A new "reality" series about LAN parties.

But you sure as shit aren't getting MEGA64.