Wired Remix: Live

Starting today, the Milligan Channel 97 will be hosting a new type of television show, “Wired Remix: Live” (WRL) that will air three different episodes this semester.
 

“‘Wired’ last semester was informative and helpful, but we wanted to do something different,” said Amy Goodlet, production assistant of WRL.
 

Basing this new program off last semester’s show, WRL will be “an entertaining 30-minute show about what’s going on in the Milligan community,” according to the Broadcast Club’s purpose statement.
 

“We want to promote the whole community at Milligan and have fun,” said Goodlet, a senior graduating in December. “We’re making fun of ourselves and poking fun at professors and students on campus.”
 

“This is kind of a new frontier, and it will be a new type of show,” said Dr. Carrie Swanay, associate professor of communications and adviser of the Broadcast Club. “I think it will be interesting to get feedback from students.”
 

The first show will be modeled after the NBC television show, “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) and will feature appearances from students and faculty. Campus “stars” such as Mark Fox, Nathan Flora, Dr. Bruce Montgomery and Dr. Tim Dillon will be featured, and much like SNL, a special guest will appear to help stir things up. This show will air by 2 p.m. on Friday.
 

“Oh, it’s gonna be hilarious,” said Chris Drouin, a freshman assisting in the construction of WRL. “You’re gonna pee your pants when you watch it!”
 

The second show, “Fear Factor Live,” will be filmed live during the finale of Res. Life Week and will feature pairs of volunteer students participating in unusual stunts. This show will air Oct. 28.
 

The last show, tentatively scheduled to be released sometime in November, will be based on the television show “Who’s Line Is It Anyways?” Auditions will determine who will participate in this show and will be announced at a later date.
 

“A lot of new students are getting involved, and I think it’s great,” said Swanay. “Any time that I have students working in the building and using the equipment and getting out and doing productions and writing - that’s all positive, instead of everything just sitting there.”
 

“It’s a continuation of the revamping of the whole TV production,” said Goodlet, who came up with the idea for WRL. She also directed and produced the show and considers herself the overall manager of it. “I’m here to teach, train and facilitate people - and make it fun.”
 

Swanay said this is “ultimately what (Goodlet) wants to do when she graduates and leaves, so this gives her an opportunity to pursue producing and writing a show.”
 

“It takes someone with initiative and motivation,” Swanay said. “She is definitely very self-motivated and she is spending a lot of time on this. I think that’s a good thing. I am very anxious to see the first (show) come through.”