Congrats, Wallstrip, on a great 2007
Posted on December 21st, 2007by Tim
What a difference a year makes. I first got to meet Jeff and Adam from Wallstrip back at the beginning of February, when we were getting ready to launch Next New Networks, and a lot of the same things were on our minds. At the time, I was already a fan of the show, but I hadn’t yet met Howard, who sounded from their description like the Wizard of Oz, or Lindsay, who just seemed too perfect a host to be real.
As we got to know each other, the natural inclination was to see if we could all work together, and believe me, I hoped they’d join forces with us at Next New Networks — but a bigger suitor was soon calling, and most people reading this blog know about the incredible move they made to CBS.
It’s been a lot of fun to be running parallel ships here in New York this year; I feel like they’re the family next door, and it’s always great to have one of them drop in and catch up. Jeff and Adam coincidentally hired a close family friend of mine, Terrence Elenteny, whom I’ve known since he was probably twelve years old, to their production team at CBS; Howard’s become a wizard to us as well, introducing us, for instance, to Ben Relles of Barely Political; and we’re now lucky to count Lindsay as a friend as well, and been able to confirm that yes, she actually is real.
Even though I know the people behind the curtain now, I still get just as big a kick out of their show, and get a little jealous when they do a particularly good one — which is all the time. Watching their 2007 wrap up video, it’s obvious that they’re still working insanely hard and having a lot of fun — and that’s a lot to be proud of. Congrats to the family down the road, and wishing you all even more success in 2008.
December 21st, 2007 at 4:14 pm
too kind - thanks from all of us