Comments on: Amanda C. Needs Some Direction http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Militant Geek Custom Shirts » Blog Archive » Rapid Fire: Bowl of Not-So-Super Edition http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1396 Militant Geek Custom Shirts » Blog Archive » Rapid Fire: Bowl of Not-So-Super Edition Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:18:44 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1396 <p>[…] On NewTeeVee there’s a piece about Amanda Congdon, a person that everybody thought was a big fish; turns out she was big only because she came from the teeny tiny pond. As the piece by Steve Bryant says: If you’re looking for a reason why Congdon’s reporting has taken a turn for the retarded lately, scuttlebutt has it that she’s still shellshocked from her move to L.A. […]</p> […] On NewTeeVee there’s a piece about Amanda Congdon, a person that everybody thought was a big fish; turns out she was big only because she came from the teeny tiny pond. As the piece by Steve Bryant says: If you’re looking for a reason why Congdon’s reporting has taken a turn for the retarded lately, scuttlebutt has it that she’s still shellshocked from her move to L.A. […]

]]> By: Steve Bryant http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1395 Steve Bryant Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:15:27 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1395 <p>Josef, I went to high school and college with Sara Schaefer! She is indeed the bee's knees.</p> Josef, I went to high school and college with Sara Schaefer! She is indeed the bee’s knees.

]]> By: Sara http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1394 Sara Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:41:04 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1394 <p>Which explains why Rocketboom is doing so well now (with its plummeting numbers)!</p> <p>You all are right, it was all about Andrew Baron!</p> <p>What a joke…</p> Which explains why Rocketboom is doing so well now (with its plummeting numbers)!

You all are right, it was all about Andrew Baron!

What a joke…

]]> By: Brooklyn Kitchen http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1393 Brooklyn Kitchen Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:47:29 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1393 <p>I'm not sure why Ms. Congdon has received so much credit as a pioneering personality the online space, when Rocketboom or videoblogging was never her idea in the first place. Andrew Baron clearly came up with the idea for R'boom, hired Ms. Congdon and laid the groundwork for her current fame. Nonetheless, Ms. Congdon has attempted to usurp credit from her former partner when without him she would have otherwise been like any other out-of-work actress, scrambling for roles by leveraging her good looks. Despite their falling out, she does owe him a debt of gratitude, because if she would have never met Mr. Baron, she wouldn't have her current career.</p> I’m not sure why Ms. Congdon has received so much credit as a pioneering personality the online space, when Rocketboom or videoblogging was never her idea in the first place. Andrew Baron clearly came up with the idea for R’boom, hired Ms. Congdon and laid the groundwork for her current fame. Nonetheless, Ms. Congdon has attempted to usurp credit from her former partner when without him she would have otherwise been like any other out-of-work actress, scrambling for roles by leveraging her good looks. Despite their falling out, she does owe him a debt of gratitude, because if she would have never met Mr. Baron, she wouldn’t have her current career.

]]> By: blonde » Blog Archive » Amanda C. Needs Some Direction - NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1392 blonde » Blog Archive » Amanda C. Needs Some Direction - NewTeeVee Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:57:12 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1392 <p>[…] NewTeeVeeHere was a woman who was both pretty and smart, a counterpoint to the dumb blonde cliche and a marked evolution from Web 1.0 fare (remember The Naked News? … Source http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/ […]</p> […] NewTeeVeeHere was a woman who was both pretty and smart, a counterpoint to the dumb blonde cliche and a marked evolution from Web 1.0 fare (remember The Naked News? … Source http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/ […]

]]> By: josef http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1391 josef Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:12:53 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1391 <p>I like Sara Schafer on the DL. http://dl.aol.com/ Shhh…its AOL. But its kewl. (thats cool for you 2.0 newbies).</p> I like Sara Schafer on the DL. http://dl.aol.com/
Shhh…its AOL. But its kewl. (thats cool for you 2.0 newbies).

]]> By: Steve Bryant http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1390 Steve Bryant Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:04:45 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1390 <p>To be fair, I think Amanda is talented, and her work outside of ABC is pretty good. I look forward to seeing her work with HBO.</p> To be fair, I think Amanda is talented, and her work outside of ABC is pretty good. I look forward to seeing her work with HBO.

]]> By: Roger http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1389 Roger Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:01:30 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1389 <p>"Hmmm, maybe Andrew Baron was right when he claimed that he had a lot to do with the “look and feel” of Rocketboom."</p> <p>Yes, yes, and yes!! Just like a producer can make or break a movie, so too can a producer be the real engine behind a tv/video blog. Amanda has been getting way too much credit. Somehow, the fact that she just responded to a Craigslist ad as an actress to land the Rocketboom gig doesn't seem to register with all the people expecting great things from her. PEOPLE, she's just an actress! Actress doesn't equal great producer/director. </p> <p>So yes, she's needs a good director. Which is another way to say, yes, she needed Andrew Baron. Which is to say--thank you NewTeeVee for telling the truth, this is my new favorite blog.</p> “Hmmm, maybe Andrew Baron was right when he claimed that he had a lot to do with the “look and feel” of Rocketboom.”

Yes, yes, and yes!! Just like a producer can make or break a movie, so too can a producer be the real engine behind a tv/video blog. Amanda has been getting way too much credit. Somehow, the fact that she just responded to a Craigslist ad as an actress to land the Rocketboom gig doesn’t seem to register with all the people expecting great things from her. PEOPLE, she’s just an actress! Actress doesn’t equal great producer/director.

So yes, she’s needs a good director. Which is another way to say, yes, she needed Andrew Baron. Which is to say–thank you NewTeeVee for telling the truth, this is my new favorite blog.

]]> By: alan p http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1388 alan p Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:49:10 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1388 <p>The abc site is pretty user-hostile too…you get a video ad without any warning, then a delay when everything goes dark, and then sound and no picture in my case. One doesn't go back after an experience like that, because frankly you don't need to.</p> <p>btw Valleywag has some scurrilous views of Ms C's talents :)</p> The abc site is pretty user-hostile too…you get a video ad without any warning, then a delay when everything goes dark, and then sound and no picture in my case. One doesn’t go back after an experience like that, because frankly you don’t need to.

btw Valleywag has some scurrilous views of Ms C’s talents :)

]]> By: Greg Rose http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1387 Greg Rose Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:36:35 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1387 <p>Hmmm, maybe Andrew Baron was right when he claimed that he had a lot to do with the "look and feel" of Rocketboom. He mentioned this repeatedly in their public breakup. Of course Amanda "poo-pooed" his claims saying it was all her talent and sweat that made Rocketboom so great.</p> <p>Now that she is on her own, you say that the quality of her stuff is not as good… Hmmm, must just be a fluke. I am sure it has nothing to do with her not working with Andrew anymore, because according to Amanda, Andrew did not do much, and it was her that did the writing, story ideas, etc.</p> <p>All I know is that she used to do the "Turn to Camera Two" thing so well at Rocketboom, and now at ABC, the same move just looks so contrived. </p> <p>In the words of Fred Willard's character in "The Mighty Wind"… </p> <p>"Ah wha happened?"</p> Hmmm, maybe Andrew Baron was right when he claimed that he had a lot to do with the “look and feel” of Rocketboom. He mentioned this repeatedly in their public breakup. Of course Amanda “poo-pooed” his claims saying it was all her talent and sweat that made Rocketboom so great.

Now that she is on her own, you say that the quality of her stuff is not as good… Hmmm, must just be a fluke. I am sure it has nothing to do with her not working with Andrew anymore, because according to Amanda, Andrew did not do much, and it was her that did the writing, story ideas, etc.

All I know is that she used to do the “Turn to Camera Two” thing so well at Rocketboom, and now at ABC, the same move just looks so contrived.

In the words of Fred Willard’s character in “The Mighty Wind”…

“Ah wha happened?”

]]> By: GigaOM » Vista, Amanda and Lord of the Rings http://newteevee.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1386 GigaOM » Vista, Amanda and Lord of the Rings Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:57:33 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/amanda-c-needs-some-direction/#comment-1386 <p>[…] Amanda C needs some direction: If all you knew about Amanda Congdon1 was that she hosted an awkward infotainment show on ABCNews.com, I guess it might surprise that the same Congdon once shined as the dynamic anchor of the videoblog Rocketboom. Continue reading at New Tee Vee. […]</p> […] Amanda C needs some direction: If all you knew about Amanda Congdon1 was that she hosted an awkward infotainment show on ABCNews.com, I guess it might surprise that the same Congdon once shined as the dynamic anchor of the videoblog Rocketboom. Continue reading at New Tee Vee. […]

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