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AggieDave

Monster Garage Application Part 2!

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Alrighty, on a whim a couple days ago I filled out an online application to go onto Monster Garage (on Discovery).

Well, they sent me back an e-mail wanting me to submit a video tape (vhs) of myself. Here's what they want to see:

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1. Your name
2. Where do you live?
3. What do you do for a living?
4. Why do you consider yourself a gearhead?
5. Tell us specifically what kind of welding you can do.
6. Tell us about one of your favorite projects (car, bike, boat, etc.)
7. How are you at working under pressure?
8. How are you at working on a team? (You don't have to say you're great
working on a team - if you are, cool... if not, well - we like some tension
too!!!)
9. Give details on your mechanical, welding, engine, transmission,
electrical or other skills that make you a great candidate for the show.
10. Give us a hint at your personality!!!
11. Tell us why we should pick you to be on Monster Garage! (We want to see
some enthusiasm here)



The tape is supposed to be 5-7 minutes long, so I figured I'd get video of me working on my truck, video of the current fabrication project I'm working on (I'm building a pull-behind grill aka a trailer grill, fabricating it from the ground up, trailer and all). I'd get some video of me at the DZ, a couple quick clips of some jumps I'm on, maybe a video of a swoop...

Any suggestions?

Yeah, I know that they probably get hundreds and hundreds of these, but I'm excited that they asked for a video, so I'm actually going to put a little effort into this...maybe I'll get lucky and get to go on Monster Garage.
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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6. Tell us about one of your favorite projects (car, bike, boat, etc.)


[imagine] My favorite project? Well, I built this bar-b-q that I take with me on the DC-3's climb to 20,000 ft and I cook lunch in the plane for the skydivers. Then I attach it to rig I modified with remote control toggles and ripcords so that I can deploy and steer the bar-b-q to the intended landing site. I'm working on a beer cooler tandem harness next [/imagine]


Be outrageous and maybe a bit sinister >:(>:(>:( and you're in!!

Dave


Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

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Sounds cool dude. how do you plan on making the video? If you need help and have it all on DV tape, I have a broadcast quality editting machine that can kick out videos faster than a :ph34r: gets fucked.;)
"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required"
Some people dream about flying, I live my dream
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I've got a PC-1 on the way right now (hehe), so I figured I'd just use premire to edit it all together, then dub it out to VHS.

Should be good enough for what they want. I've seen some of the videos people send (they air them sometimes), they're not that high of quality and they still get on the show.

Thanks though!
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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Shit, I only have 2...:S



I wouldn't sweat it, Dave.

There was a professor type on last night who said he'd do anything to get the job done, but "I'm NOT getting tattooed!"

So you're at least two up on him.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

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