Yeah, so there's this contest on PublicRadioQuest.com to find the next great Public Radio Host. After listening to NPR for a lot of the past three years, I figured - there's no way they'd want someone like me (not that commercial radio disagrees with them). I spend my time hopping back and forth over that fine line between intellectual observation and fart jokes. Like the Daily Show, but not on TV or employed.
So, not having been rejected by anyone in the radio business for almost a year now, I came up with an idea. I would enter the contest. That way, people could see me trying to achieve something and failing. (Note to strangers: I have a tendency to verbally describe subtext. Especially when there is a pile of awkward emotion behind it. Coping mechanism, I guess.)
I pondered - how could I describe my "hostiness" in only two minutes? (Note: the quality these people are looking for is "hostiness" - which they really don't describe.) I figured that describing how "hosty" (the adjectival form of hostiness?) I am was simply too self-congratulatory. Next, I thought that I could get testimonials of my "hostiness" from those who know me best - my family. From this, 2 minutes of audio was born...
{mmp3}ChrisBoylan-dot-com-NPRsubmission.mp3{/mmp3} It's a Family Thing
The odd thing is, my family is actually that nuts. And funny. I say that despite the fact that most people think they have a funny family and I hate it when they announce it. People who announce they are funny rarely are. So, I again turn to proof. Check out my audio section to listen to some pieces of mini-comedy (some good, some bad, all recorded) and make your own decision. And then, please go to PublicRadioQuest.com and rate my submission or make comments about it.
Normally, I would provide a place for comments here, but my comment-thingy is broken and unlikely to be fixed for a few more weeks. So, again - go to PublicRadioQuest.com and comment there. There's a small chance I'll read it. Better than the chance that this submission will lead to anything but my own humiliation.
(Odds of me getting to the next round: 1 / ((Estimated total submissions/# of winners) times percentage of submissions that are obviously worse than mine) = 1/((640/10)*.50) = 1/32 = 3.1%. So in economic terms - the prize value of the first round is $500, which means my entry is worth $15.50. Awesome.)
