It's kind of like a shout out to Wonderfalls.

I love you. ::makes hand motion:: Take it, Charo.

Wait, I heard it was set on a ship, but would be a skit show with weekly Musical Guests. Harkening back to the Donny & Marie show and Sonny & Cher.

Actually, it's going to be like the Lynn Redgrave Muppet Show appearence where Muppet theater suddenly turned into a pirate ship.

Pirates. Pirates are good.

Pirate talk good. Bringing on a reminiscence. Must stop. Pirat...Private. Can't not tell pointless story. No. Can't...

Ok. I went to school in and grew up in North Carolina where there were many, many pirates and pirate ships and sunken pirate ships and pirate ghost stories (by the way, the best!). So the best part of this, my entire fourth grade was spent learning about North Carolina history and, I swear, if there had been periods of study in fourth grade, fifth period would have been Pirate Period.

It was as great as you can imagine. One time I wrote a pirate poem. It was very p-alliterative.

Allyson, I find you annoyingly charming or charmingly condescending.

(bad reference to another board that I don't want to get booted off of)

And stop hoarding the Timlove.

It was as great as you can imagine. One time I wrote a pirate poem. It was very p-alliterative.

If you want to be on-topic in Minearverse, you must share the poem.

Last night, my five year old was writing a book. He does this a lot. His spelling is better than either the 7 year old's or the 10 year old's spelling, so he has a chance. The name of the book is The Train. When he's done, he's going to make a three hour movie (I haven't explained to him about Director's Cuts yet). Then he asked me who was going to direct. I told him he should, because it's his story, and he'll want it told a certain way. He then asked me what directors do and no, I don't know how he knows about directors at all, in kindergarten. He just does. I explained as well as I could.

He then asked me who would produce. I told him he could also produce if he wanted to. He decided he would produce, and let his big brother direct, because his big brother is very good at telling people what to do and how to do it.

Then he asked what producers do. I hemmed, hawed (hawwed?) and said they do whatever needs doing to get the movie made. He was not satisfied with my (non)answer.

Unca Tim, what do producers do?

Unca Tim, what do producers do?

Move piles of money around?

A film producer oversees the making of movies. The producer initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the filmmaking process from inception to completion of a project.

Oh my god, I'm so killed ded by the cuteness of that, T!C!

From William Goldman, Adventures in the Screen Trade. (Bear in mind this book was published in 1983, but it's still a great read.)

Producers may just be the least understood figures in the industry. Part of this is due to terminology. Once a movie was simply "produce by" so-and-so. No more. A simple reading of today's paper shows that now there are people who "present" movies. There are "executive producers," "associate producers." There are "executives in charge of production." One recent film had two "executive producers," two "associate producers," and one "executive in charge of production." Now, you may well ask, what in the world do all these terms mean? I can answer in total honesty: I haven't the foggiest.

Some producers are simply money men. They arrange for, or come up with, the cash, and they take some kind of billing (and fee) for their efforts. Others are packagers. They option a piece of material, interest an "element," make a deal with a studio, and head for points west. They literally will have nothing more to do with the picture than that.

Others are in that oldest of Hollywood traditions, the "son-in-law" business. The term is still valid, but with the collapse of the studio system, there aren't that many actual relative by marriage on the payroll anymore. But there are lots of brothers or husbands. You want a star, he makes a deal that includes his spouse. The spouse gets billing.

Most often now, they are agents or ex-agents who are now the star's partner. In the former case, let's say an agent has a hot book; he'll make a deal with the studio to the effect of, sure, you can have it, but you'll have to pay me a little something extra or I'll go across the street. So they become "executive producers" or some other title more to their liking.