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The Gong Show

How Not to Make a Documentary

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.20.2012 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

I knew what the odds were when we started (though, of course, I was convinced I could beat them). I'd heard the horror stories from filmmakers I'd interviewed over the years: unscrupulous and inept producers, financiers and film companies, and so forth.

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Howard Stern: AGT's Secret Softie?

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.25.2012 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

I've been a Howard Stern fan for most of his radio career. So I swallowed hard and set my DVR for America's Got Talent, to watch him in his foray to the network.

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What Is Reality on Reality TV?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.26.2012 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

Indeed, all these shows had their forebears in the days of radio. But, for the sake of argument, let's leave our family-tree tracing to the early days of TV. There are really only four models for most reality shows, four shows from which all others spring.

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