PIEHOLE begins production

[hueypriest]

PIEHOLE, the second installment in Be Dirty Production's short-film series Dirty Pictures, is entering production.

PIEHOLE is being produced and directed by Zach Ward and myself. It will be a 20-30 minute comedy film following several different storylines, and using a mix of written, improvised, and documentary material.

We will be holding auditions and readings for main parts shortly. We will also need people to contribute to PIEHOLE behind the camera, in production, design, art, photography, etc.

Please email me (e at t hyphen me dot org) or PM me and let me know if you are interested in acting or contributing to PIEHOLE.

Already, we will be shooting The World Sweet Potato Casserole Eating Championship at the NC State Fair this Wednesday (10/20) from 10-3pm. We'll do both interviews will fairgoers, eating competitors, food vendors and some improvised scenes. If you are interested in being a part of this particular shoot and can be there on Wednesday, please let me know ASAP. Also, if anyone is seriously interested in competing, i have been in touch with the organizers, and can probably get you in the contest. Details about the event are below.

I'm very excited about this project and I can't wait to get another chance to work with everyone.

Yours in mayhem,

erik martin

via http://www.ncstatefair.org/2004fair/Entertain_exhib.htm
Competitive Eating Contest - Sweet potato lovers will be right at home in Dorton Arena on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 11:45 a.m. for the first-ever N.C. State Fair competitive eating contest. About 15 professional eaters and fairgoers will see who can shovel down the most cold sweet potato casserole in a predetermined amount of time. The winner receives a $3,000 cash prize and claims the title of record holder for the most sweet potato casserole consumed with the International Federation of Competitive Eaters. Sweet potatoes were chosen because they are the state vegetable, and North Carolina leads the country in sweet potato production. The IFCE holds eating events across the nation with unique food challenges, including cabbage, buffalo, conch fritters, Maui onions and pickled quail eggs. The N.C. SweetPotato Commission will provide the product for the Fair contest. For more information about the competition, please visit www.ifoce.com.

[Zach]

I am very excited about work on PIEHOLE and the future growth of BeDirty.com (watch out those who would watch porn and find us instead). If you are interested in the project, contact Erik Martin and we'll keep you updated on the schedule and current needs.

LOGISTICS FOR WEDNESDAY 10/20
Meet at the Training Center no later than 10am. We will leave for the NC State Fair @ 10am. We should be able to set-up, shoot everything we need, and be able to leave the Fair by 2pm. Please bring 2-3 shirts, all solid darker colors (avoid white and pastels) of varying styles and any character pieces that you think would be interesting.

Thanks!

This filming on Wednesday has been scheduled ahead of other production to take advantage of the Eating Contest. More info will be posted about the project and the production schedule by the end of the month.

[L'il G]

Garrr, I won't be able to make it out to the Fair. I'm just now getting sleepy and there's no way I'll be able to get up in time. Hopefully, I'll wake up in time for the Red Sox game!

[CoreyBrown]

Take pictures of the snake woman!

[PT]

No snake woman was captured, but many more awesome things are to be seen.

[Jennings]

AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGH! I'm just reading this NOWWWWWWWW!!!

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.

I'd have won.

[hueypriest]

Scott, I think you might have been able to take 3rd place in the contest, perhaps even 2nd, which was won by a guy named Big Lou who was eating casserole by the fistful. He was about 6'7 and missing several teeth. Big Lou ate a little under 5 pounds of casserole in 12 minutes. 1st place went to the untouchable black widow (http://www.ifoce.com/profile.php?action=detail&sn=20). She ate almost 9 pounds in 12 minutes, which is nearly 10% of her body weight.

Team DSI didn't finish in the money, but Zach Ward, Diana Chang, and Todd Igoe all competed and had respectable showings. Zach was a particular crowd favorite for general antics and answering his cell phone in the middle of the contest. A big thank you to all of them for sacrificing their own gastric well-being in the name of art and comedy.

Be assured that pictures and video clips will be online shortly.

God Bless America!

-erik

[diana]

Here's a picture from the N&O, of Todd sitting next to the Black Widow!
http://naowc-proxy.nandomedia.com/images/xtq_photos/2004-1/xtq_20041021-images/reg-690142-411900.jpg

[PT]

it was funny to see Todd eating the casserole like he was at dinner, then looking at Sonya, who was eating like someone had a gun to her head.

[KatyJack]

was it good casserole or like cafeteria casserole?

[Jennings]

I am so mad at myself for missing this.

All I had to do was check the boards before I rolled in on Tuesday night. Hell, I was IN Raleigh to begin with! I could have been RIGHT THERE.

I've never known regret in my life... until today. I hate sweet potatoes, but I'd have been there. Oh... woe.

[PT]

The fun house and the rides were great too! I won a stuffed Superman at a water shooting race, but I eventually threw it in the toilet.

Deep Fried Oreos!! Never again.

[Zach]

Zach was a particular crowd favorite for general antics and answering his cell phone in the middle of the contest.
I vomited, 5 hours later.
I ate 2.351 lbs of Casserole, Yuff.
I stopped eating 7 minutes into the 11 minute contest.
I thanked me, and hated me.
I competed in an International Federation of Competitive Eating contest.
I will NEVER do it again.

[KatyJack]

why is my question being ignored?!

[Zach]

it was quality. maybe too sweet. it had pecans. hard to digest. whoa.

[KatyJack]

THANK you. was that so hard? the answer is, no.

[Toddles]

was it good casserole or like cafeteria casserole?

It was essentially a layer of sweet potatoes covered with a thin layer of pecan pie. It was very tasty for the first 3 or 4 bites, at which point it began its slow descent to utter repulsiveness. By around the 5th minute, the pecan layer was completely inedible. Sonya the "Black widow" on the other hand made no distinction between top layer, bottom layer, or the table for that matter.

Suffice it to say that I got totally carbed out that day. Actually not so much for breakfast - just a diet Coke and a vivarin (which was coincidentally what Sonya had had for breakfast, except for the vivarin). (Unfortunately this eerily prescient breakfast choice didn't help me in the competition, as I was only able to keep down a little over 2 pounds of taters, less than 1/4 of Sonya's amount.) The next thing I had to eat that day was at Nutcracker dance rehearsals at Peace, when we had cupcakes for October birthdays. One of the girls was like, "Oh my God, this is going straight to my hips!" But I'm like "Wait a minute, we're dancers - WE CAN'T HAVE BIG HIPS!!!" (high pitched giggling ensues...)

Anway, it looks like Jennings and perhaps others would be interested in a future competition. Perhaps we could have one before a show, and if we're not operating under the aegis of the IFOCE, we would have more leeway in terms of operating procedure. E.g., we could have a Greco-Roman competition, where the winner is the one with the heaviest vomit trough. I'd enjoy a S'mores, steamed kale, or beer and pizza eat-off, or perhaps a combination/freestyle decathalon/Bulympic event. And for the true daredevil, a Metamucil/Ex-lax smoothie competition...

Until we eat again...
The Wolverine