Walking around campus you can’t miss the posters, the ones with the group of college students deeply reflecting on life while hanging out. The posters are the first step in bringing, “The Aughts,” a new comedy to air on Fairfield’s HAM channel. “The Aughts”, has been in production since the fall.
“The Aughts” is about Lindsey (Jared Skolnick) a freshman in college and his experiences in sharing a bathroom with two girls and his wacky older brother moving into his dorm room. In one episode, Lindsey dressed as Waldo is chased throughout campus because of his brother’s shenanigans.
It is now getting close to airing the first episodes. “Full episodes should be up by April. Scenes will be on the Internet by March,” co-creator Amanda Ammirato ’07 remarks. It has been an uphill battle to get the show to the final stages.
The show is the brainchild of Ammirato, Pat Wallace, Pat Ginnetty, Jared Mezzochi, Dan Schivoletti, and Media Center employee Casey Timmeny; these students, with the exception of Timmeny, are a group of Senior students who major in New Media, and have been working together to write, produce and direct each episode of “The Aughts.”
Wallace recalls the challenges. “We planned out an incredibly aggressive production schedule that in hindsight was just not feasible. On paper it was easy to schedule all the shoots, but people have meetings, other activities, lives, they get sick or need to go home.”
Despite these challenges Gabrielle Brygider, one of the shows stars says “it’s been challenging. Everyone has their own things going on, but I think everyone is doing a great job…soon, everyone on the show will get to see the students’ reactions to this new form of comedy.”
Wallace is confident that with a good mix of humor that the show will catch a variety of viewers.
“A show like this really hasn’t been done before to this degree at Fairfield, and I think the end product will be something that is really impressive,” said Wallace. “The fact that the six of us that created the show have all different tastes in comedy lends itself to a very broad audience, and I think that regardless of what your personal taste in comedy is, you’ll find something to laugh at in our show.”
It will still be a challenge to complete all the episodes, but “The Aughts” may mark a shift in HAM Channel programming away from reality based shows to fictional sitcoms or dramas.
The posters for the show are helping to put a good buzz on campus about the show. Ammirato said, “so far everyone is really excited to see what the show is all about. We’ve had our first screening with the actors and it was fantastic. I can’t wait to see what everyone else thinks.”
If you want more information about “The Aughts” check out ‘The Aughts’ on MySpace.
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