Many months ago I had an idea for an online comedy series. I scribbled various influences — Amy Sedaris, Shaun Micallef — and fragmentary ideas — etiquette instruction; a fallible, deranged host — into various notebooks and wondered how on earth I was going to shoot it when I had no money, no camera, no sound equipment, no lighting and no location. You might say the odds were against me. But practicalities should never defeat creativity, dammit.
As fortune would have it, I managed by pure serendipity to meet two terribly interesting guys — Dusty Wright and Ed Bennett — who became instrumental in bringing these scribbled thoughts to life. They heard my episode ideas and were all “Sure, let’s shoot those”. And I was all “Really? That seemed too easy. What if they suck?” And they were all “Meh, let’s just try it”.
And so we did.
The show came to be known as The Elegant Guide. There are six episodes in total, and the overall concept is “deranged advice on modern life”. For the titles and release schedule, have a squiz at TheElegantGuide.com.
Here’s the first episode, The Elegant Guide to Poise:
I hope you like it!
And now, a humble request: I want to know what you want to see on Sprinkle of Ginger. More “how to” articles? More silly anecdotes? More New York experiences? Or something else entirely? Please let me know in the comments, because I’d love to write about the things you want to read about.
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