Casting Call - Bidder Rivals

05/27/2010

Would you like to be on TV? Here's an interesting opportunity to appear in a new Discovery Channel series.  The best part is, you don't have to be young, beautiful, smart, or talented in any way.  The only qualification is that you own some interesting stuff -- think "Antiques Roadshow."  The show is called "Bidder Rivals" and is filmed at an auction house in Atlanta, GA.  Here's the notice I got from the show's producers:

Do you own an interesting item with a great history?  Do you live in the Atlanta area?

The Discovery Channel is launching a new auction show in Atlanta, and we’re looking for fascinating items to feature in our upcoming auctions.

If you think you own a great item, and you’re within driving distance of Atlanta, don’t miss this chance to work with Discovery and on appear on television!

Please submit item photos, descriptions and contact information to: auctionshow@gmail.com.

I watched a preview of the show, and it looks really good.  One of the items featured in the show is a vampire-slaying kit from the 1800s.  Check this thing out!  If only Buffy the Vampire Slayer had one of these...

I have an interview with the show's producers coming up, so check back later to get even more juicy details about this new series, which will be premiering this fall on the Discovery Channel.

Comments

[Lori]

My sister is going to be on this show. She lives in Atlanta and is set to go back at the end of the month.

[John Morris]

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[dogstaratl]

@endangeredwildlife:

Really? You didn't just post about endangered bats in response to a Vampire killing kit, did you?

Really?

Are you serious, or just stupid? Vampires aren't real, you know. And if they were, and they could turn into bats, it probably would be best to kill them, anyway

[lawrence taylor jersey]

Vampire is really the mysterious things, whatever movie or novel, it is the mysterious things that we can’t understand.

[EndangeredWildlife]

SHAME ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL

US Bats are dying in the millions in an EXTINCTION LEVEL event - and Discovery Channel Aired this Show...

A recent episode of Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild featured Bear Grylls gleefully killing bats with a homemade club. The clip, which shows Grylls throwing a flame in a cave to "smoke out" the bats, swatting them to the ground and then stomping on them, has aired internationally and been posted on YouTube, allowing for continued access.

Though we understand the show is about survival, we feel that this clip perpetuates negative attitudes toward bats and could generate senseless copycat activity and/or the type of vandalism that is driving many bat species to the brink of extinction. Only four months ago, a Kentucky man was sentenced to eight months in jail after pleading guilty to beating to death 105 endangered Indiana bats.

Bats are mamals - that live to be 30-40 years old and are very social and loving in their colonies.

This episode undermines decades of bat conservation efforts

Bats are an important part of a healthy ecosystem. They eat agricultural pests, disperse seeds to replenish the rainforest and pollinate a variety of plants. Many bats are endangered and the loss of a single species can have ramifications throughout the ecosystem.

Viewers should be informed that killing bats-or even disturbing them-may be illegal depending on the species and country.

We would like Discovery Channel to ensure this edition of Born Survivor and related footage is not aired again and that this footage is removed from Youtube, the Discovery Channel website and all other communications

We hope Discovery Channel uses all its nature programming to forward conservation efforts.