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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
Goats_On_Unicycles;1166473 wrote: They want to make unicycling a pornographic, sell-out sport like mountain biking or bmx. I agree. Lets just keep unicycling something you do for fun, not fame. Unicycling would be the best thing to be on that show. But it wouldn't win since the only things that win on that show are boring mainstream things everyone likes. Besides, if someone like Spencer was on there and got voted off it would just make unicycling look bad. -- uniaddict 'SixSixOne' (http://sixsixone.com/) *85 foot coast!* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ uniaddict's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14546 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
Make sure you read the release form, especially this part: (Not sure what they define as "dangerous", but it's definitely a "physical stunt" to do tricks, and big stuff) 30845 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: release.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/30845 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- MuniAddict ::'UniGeezer.com' (http://unigeezer.com) '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/member.php?u=12920):: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuniAddict's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12920 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
uniaddict;1166617 wrote: I agree. Lets just keep unicycling something you do for fun, not fame. Unicycling would be the best thing to be on that show. But it wouldn't win since the only things that win on that show are boring mainstream things everyone likes. Besides, if someone like Spencer was on there and got voted off it would just make unicycling look bad. It wouldnt make unicycling look bad. And do you really think if unicycling got mainstream, that people would stop riding for fun and as a hobby? Thats a weird thought process there. Just look at biking, snowboarding, and tons of other sports. All of them are mainstream, and all of them that I do I still do for fun, even though someone else just bought a house because he won a competition. -- Jerrick *Press Alt+F4 to fix post stretch.*[SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC]JC~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerrick's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11632 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
I don't get what's so bad about unicycling becoming mainstream? -- EliB -Eli Brill **TEAM INSANITY FLATLAND** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EliB's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17639 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
EliB;1166834 wrote: I don't get what's so bad about unicycling becoming mainstream? yeah, supply and demand more parts available at more places will make better unicycles at better prices. -- critter MUni! The closest I'll ever get to bull riding! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ critter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8739 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
ThisGuyIKnow;1166536 wrote: It's that age old divide between sports unicycling and performance unicycling. Or to make that even simpler, its that age-old divide between a sports demonstration and an act. That divide can be thin, but in the end it has to be an act for that show. Remember the end goal is an hour-long show in a Vegas showroom, so if the performer doesn't look like they have an hour's worth of show in them they may not pass to the next round. Then again they might, because it's also a reality TV show and they like acts that are interesting/funny/freaky/annoying. Why do you think Amarosa makes it to the end in The Apprentice? Because she's interesting and unpredictable. Why did they keep bringing back Leonid the Magnificent on America's Got Talent? His performances were way over the top, even though there generally wasn't much of an act there. So even a good sports-demo act might make it for a couple of rounds, IF the person has more than one act. Fred the Flybar guy was really good. But it wasn't much of an act. Great finish, great tricks, but to win the competition you need to have several acts (can't just do the same tricks in each round) so I think they were guessing that was all he had. MuniAddict wrote: Not sure what they define as "dangerous", but it's definitely a "physical stunt" to do tricks, and big stuff It looks like it's a legal "out" for the producers to disallow acts where they don't think the performer is competent to do it without injury to himself or to the theater. Like fire acts being performed by amateurs or people doing stuff with sharp things when it's clear they don't do it for a living. Without the extra paperwork they are not obligated to let those people hurt themselves or create liability for the show. And they can use this to "send home" any acts they may not be interested in, or that may look like duplicates, if they don't have the extra paperwork. And yes, having unicycles on primetime TV does not make unicycling look bad, even if they don't win. It's another way to show unicycling to the world out there, and get people interested. Unicycling is not in danger of becoming mainstream. Ever. Unless it either becomes a lot easier to do, or if a huge percentage of schools around the world start teaching it. I have watched unicycling become a lot more accepted and understood over the last 30 years or so, but it's far from becoming mainstream. Notice how the winners/finalists on the show tend to mostly be singers? Yawn. Isn't there another show for that? It's too bad they can't have a gold, silver and bronze award, which would give you more of a variety show format. Then you can have a traditional (boring) act, something a little different, and also something really off the wall that could never be an hour performance but it still entertaining. Like a Flybar guy or a contortionist act. Then the unicycle act can be either the middle (Trials or Flat demo) act or the more "mainstream" act (Freestyle of some kind) and still be viable contenders to win! -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "False facts are frequently formed from figures fabricated from fear fired fiction." -- Harper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
johnfoss;1166964 wrote: And yes, having unicycles on primetime TV does not make unicycling look bad, even if they don't win. It's another way to show unicycling to the world out there, and get people interested. You're right. If unicycling gets on the show and even if they don't win, unicycle.com might sell out on their learner unicycles. After all, this shows is shown all over America and there is only one big supplier in America for unicycles right now. I know that right before Christmas all the local bike shops sold out on their unicycles, and together that's about 15 of them in my neighborhood. The guy at the LBS told me that some kids wanted unicycles for Christmas because they had seen someone (me) riding around. -- crazyjoe *'uniproshop.com' (http://uniproshop.com)* *'MySpace' (http://myspace.com/myspace_joespace)* *'deviantART' (http://thecrazyjoe.deviantart.com/)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ crazyjoe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17533 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I'm sorry...but no unicycle, no matter how good, can compete with the Zooperstars. None. -- hungry4uni ŤŔϊãĻş ЦИΪĈҰĆĻέ my sponsor' SixSixOne' (http://www.sixsixone.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hungry4uni's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16147 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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America's Got Talent Looking for Unicyclists
I think unicycling going mainstream would suck cause you see how commercial and movie-star-ish all these other sports have gotten. I'm going to kick someone in the eyeball if a unicyclist gets sponsored by Nike or Coke or something. -- Goats_On_Unicycles -So hot! If I was gay, id want an aryan guy, but im not, so I want a sexy aryan girl.-~Jerrick -what a precious moment in a childs life when you get to see him blow up a rainbow trout for the first time- ~Phil on uni -hinunggbinu!!!- ~JJtheunicycle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goats_On_Unicycles's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12566 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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hungry4uni;1167185 wrote: I'm sorry...but no unicycle, no matter how good, can compete with the Zooperstars. None. And the judges -loved- those Zooperstars, didn't they? They had a lot of potential but no polish. That's a nice way of saying they didn't have much of an act. It was like watching the Banana Splits (anyone besides MuniAddict remember them?). Goats_On_Unicycles wrote: going mainstream would suck cause you see how commercial and movie-star-ish all these other sports have gotten. I'm going to kick someone in the eyeball if a unicyclist gets sponsored by Nike or Coke or something. What sports? Skateboarding? Most of the skateboarders I see still haven't figured out how to protect themselves, and they're happy to be "underground." Bike Trials? Yah, very mainstream. Freestyle motorcycle jumping? I don't think I would ever have seen it if it weren't mainstream. And go ahead and kick me in the eyeball while I cash my Coca-Cola Check. I wish! Note: Coca-Cola has been a huge sponsor of unicycling in Japan for over 20 years. I don't see the problem. -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "False facts are frequently formed from figures fabricated from fear fired fiction." -- Harper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75376 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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