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The 42nd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
Stay tuned and watch here as we interview our colleagues in the computer graphics and interactive world and introduce you to the future. Team Television 101 is eager to integrate the cutting edge technology that you will witness into our programming. Prepare to be blown away.

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Team Television 101 is taking of on a new adventure with Lemonade. We are capturing Los Angeles from the air and on the ground and "building the city" for Lemonade. Stay tuned for this exciting project. If you are in Los Angeles, stop by one of the Lemonade locations for a delicious meal, and of course, Lemonade. We want to give a shout out to our pilot, Merlinda Salas from Orbic Air. You rock Merlinda!

It is summertime, so naturally even Team Television 101 wants to get out of the office.
But we're not at the beach, no…we're at the home office. That's how we roll!


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Team Television 101's own native sons raising the flag of the Golden Sate on set. Which set? Which Location? Shhh… It's a secret. Stay tuned.

*Hint*

Don’t be surprised if your Navy SEAL, Green Beret, etc… is just as effective in the kitchen as they are at protecting our nation.

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They celebrated it for eight days with gladness like Sukkot
and recalled how a little while before, during Sukkot,
they had been wandering in the mountains and caverns like wild animals.
So carrying lulavs …they offered hymns of praise
to God who had brought to pass the purification of His own place.
II Maccabees 10. 6-7

Gratuluję!"

Vladek Juszkiewicz

For the opening of the

13th Annual Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles



Team Television 101 would like to congratulate Vladek Juszkiewicz on the successful launch of the 13th Annual Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles. The opening night gala last night was a spectacular celebration of the efforts of Vladek and his team. Guest dined on authentic (and delicious) Polish cuisine and were treated to the lovely voices of the H. B. Barnum Life Choir, before the awards presentation and the screening of Waldemar Krzystek's "80 Million". We wish Vladek much success with the film festival, thank him for his support, and encourage everyone to support Polish cinema.

Dziękuję


Mark Miller with Małgorzata Cup




Mark Miller with Jan Kwiecinski


Team Television 101 would like to thank the Consulate General for the Republic of Poland for the invitation to the reception celebrating Polish visual arts and Artists, at the residence of Poland. The evening was superb. We are grateful for the continued support of the Polish Consulate for our projects.

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Team television 101's Mark Miller and Robert Scott participated in a charity Knights of Columbus golf tournament this Saturday. The weather was perfect at The Malibu Golf Club, our golf shots weren’t, but it was all for a good cause. The proceeds from the event go to a scholarship fund for school children.

Team television 101would like to congratulate our Los Angeles Kings on winning the Stanley Cup for 2012. Thank you for 45 years of great hockey, for never losing faith, and for keeping your eye on the prize. We hope that this championship will be the first of many. The Stanley Cup is going to look great, shining in the Southern California sun.

I had the great pleasure to meet Liliana Kligman of Café Oscuro films, recently for lunch. It is always uplifting to meet other creative individuals, especially those at the forefront of independent cinema. Team Television 101 looks forward to the opportunity to work with Liliana and her team on projects down the road. MDM

Team Television 101 wishes to express our sympathy to the families, friends and fans of Whitney Houston, and Davey Jones. We appreciated the talent and great entertainment that you have provided over the years. Many of us grew up watching "The Monkees" and really enjoyed their cool songs, and who can think of the 80's, 90's and beyond without thinking about the beautiful voice and talents of Whitney Houston. Honestly, will anyone ever top her "National Anthem" rendition? Thank you and RIP

MDM

Top 10 Reasons To Work With Television 101

1. Three words; Talent! Talent! Talent!

2. Resistance is futile.

3. Reality television is an oxymoron to us.

4. We have enough creative energy to sustain America’s alternative fuel needs.

5. We’ve been described as “lovable” on a number of occasions.

6. Our height spans from 5’5” to 6’4”. IQ’s TBD.

7. Our favorite motto is, “Less is more” (except with beer).

8. "Writers, Directors, and Producers, oh my".

9. We’re not “Politics as usual” people.

10. We’re not married to any of the Kardashians

Team Television 101 is proud to present the debut of our spot/short film for Isharya . We would like to thank everyone at Isharya especially Gauri and Radhika Tandon, the cast, crew, and our friends at the Abbiamo Group. Now go out and buy some jewelry! MDM

Here are some behind the scenes photos of Jeff in action, directing a new spot for Isharya. Stay tuned for the debut of "Reflections" by Isharya.

Team television 101 would like to express our sincerest thanks to Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Zbigniew Preisner for their kindness and hospitality. I had the great pleasure of spending time with both of these legends of cinema, politics and polish culture, and it is truly an honor. Mr. Preisner is an amazing chef as well.

Team television 101 looks forward to a long and special relationship with Messrs. Piesiewicz and Preisner. I would also like to mention the incredible beauty of the city of Krakow, and the Polish countryside and I would recommend visiting this amazing region. MDM

It’s hard to imagine that in the eighty-two years of The Academy Awards, a woman has not won the Oscar for Best Director, nor has an African American won the Oscar for screenwriting, until now.




Congratulations Kathryn on your historical achievement, and for making a superb film. I’ve watched “The Hurt Locker” several times and each time is as gut wrenching as the first. Kathryn captured the essence of one of the many jobs that our men and women of the armed forces are dealing with in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas of conflict. The cast of “The Hurt Locker” is superb and it is fitting that the Academy Award for Best Picture, was bestowed on such an amazing work of art. Team television 101 is inspired by your work. Thank you. MDM

Congratulations Geoffrey, Oscar history has been re-written, and you have given many writers the inspiration that with hard work, talent and persistence, excellence can be achieved. Thank you for achieving excellence with your script for “Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire”. Your script brought to life characters that are hard for many people to process, and you did it with such grace that we couldn’t look away. Team television 101 is inspired. MDM

Team television 101 would like to congratulate Jeremy Renner on his outstanding performance in “The Hurt Locker”. We would also like to congratulate him on the honors, accolades, and award nominations that he has received for this film. He is a superb actor and deserving of all the praise that he is receiving.

I had the great fortune to meet Jeremy six years ago when I cast him as the lead in “Reel Guerrillas”. He worked with me to develop the character and he even helped to promote the film. I knew from that moment that this guy is special and was destined for greatness. Unfortunately scheduling prevented Jeremy from shooting my film. I was able to re-cast the role with Joel David Moore (another guy destined for greatness, ”Avatar”) as the lead. I hope that I am fortunate enough to being able to work with Jeremy in the future. Any project that he is associated with becomes a better project. CONGRATULATIONS JEREMY!

Team television 101 would like to wish all of our friends, colleagues, clients, and associates a Happy New Year. We are excited about the projects that we are working to bring to the screen, and look forward to working with the many talented people that are throughout this business. We welcome the new year and wish everyone prosperity and good health in 2010.

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your
neighbors, and let each new year find you a better
man.  ~Benjamin Franklin

Team television 101 is proud to be associated with a promising young filmmaker, Facundo (Pac) Arias. Pac was a camera assistant on “Reel Guerrillas” and he has gone on to become a serious Writer/Director. Yesterday, I had a chance to watch him direct on the set of his new short film “Fallen Angel” He is very intuitive, and knows exactly what he wants in each shot, from his talent as well as his crew. It’s a pleasure to watch him work. We love his talents, as a director and look forward to working with him. Keep an eye out for “Fallen Angel”, starring Billy Drago. I’m sure it will be a huge success. MDM

November 11 is a special day for the people of the Republic of Poland, as they celebrate their independence in 1918 after 123 years of partitions by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia.

Team Television 101 would like to thank our Polish friends and associates and in particular the Polish Consulate, for the invitation to celebrate and commemorate Polish independence last night at a gala held in downtown Los Angeles, at the Zipper Auditorium.

Team Television 101 would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween.

I was intrigued by the barcode on Google’s homepage this morning. When I clicked on the logo, I learned that on October 7, 1952, inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver were granted the first patent for their invention. It’s funny how pretty much anything can be represented by simple black lines. Though from a philosophical point of view, maybe there wouldn’t be so much division amongst us if we all were a group of black lines. MDM

I’ve had the privilege of working with Joel David Moore (“Avatar”) and Zach Levi (NBC’s “Chuck”) on a couple of Television 101 projects. Aside from the fact that they are talented professionals, I’m writing this blog entry because they are really great guys. Joel and I share the same birthday (September 25th) and Zach’s is on September 29th. Occasionally they have a joint birthday party and it’s always a fun night because the people that gravitate toward both of these guys are really cool. Last night I had a chance to celebrate our collective birthdays and to catch up with the guys. It’s always good to see them and hear about the exciting things that they are working on. Anyhow, If you have a chance to get to know them, I recommend it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY guys. MDM

Many thoughts go through my mind on this day. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for those who lost friends or relatives, co-workers and colleagues. I think about what it must be like to have been in Manhattan or Washington that day or to see the field in Pennsylvania. Such immense destruction and yet on the opposite end of the spectrum such brotherly love, unity, self sacrifice and hope. Did one of the worst days in American history bring out our best qualities?

Anyhow, I propose in memory of our fallen friends, neighbors and countrymen that today we practice one act of random kindness. MDM

As I walked up the street to get lunch today a loud and sort of disheveled woman yelled out to me “Sir!” “Hello Sir!” My first thought was to avoid her, but we were on a collision course. I anticipated that she wanted some money,and when she asked, I reached into my pocket, handed her some change and proceeded to walk on. She started to ramble about Mohammed Ali as I continued to walk away and then she said, “Hey can I have a hug?” I stopped turned around and looked at her for a nano second then turned back around to walk away. I took another step and turned back around to her and asked her “You want a hug?” She gestured, yes. So, I gave her a hug.

Anyhow, I was in a crappy mood this morning but I feel better now, go figure. MDM

Team television 101 would like to thank our friend and advisor, Arthur Hiller, for a wonderful lunch meeting this afternoon. As always, we are grateful for Arthur's kindness, generosity, sense of humor and wit. Gentlemen with the talent and experience that Arthur has are a rarity (emphasis on "gentleman"). It is a privilege to be associated with you, Arthur.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Team television 101 recently was privileged to have our business analyzed and a new business plan assessed for us, by three very bright students from USC's Marshall School of Business. Jessica Anwar, Anant Gupta, and Jeff Herle are intelligent, amazing, and very likable young students. They spent time with us and were able to get a sense of our current business, our goals for the future, and gave us good, constructive criticism and advice. We are currently implementing their suggestions, and television 101 will be a better company because of their advice.

All of us at television 101 support academia and clearly understand that our future relies on the talent coming out of colleges and universities. We would also like to thank John Gutierrez ( Los Angeles Minority Business Enterprise Center) for his support and for referring us to the program at USC, as well as Professor Steven Weinberg (USC Marshall School of Business).

To Jessica, Anant, and Jeff; You are the best of the best. Keep up the hard work, involve yourself in community issues, and don't forget to stop and smell the roses (on occasion).

There are a lot of fun personalities at Television 101. Below, you'll find an eclectic mix of some of the things around our office. Stay tuned, there's more to come.

Team television 101 would like to thank Peter Walsh, Julie Krueger, Office Max (Jennifer and Bill), Dig Communications (Marie), Sonic Foundry (Justin), The Production Group (Carol and Mark), Julie, Beau and the entire crew for a spectacular event. It was a pleasure working with all of you. Teamwork is something that we strive for in the projects that we are involved with, and the Peter Walsh [In] Place System, Live Web Cast actually went beyond that. It felt like we were old friends. Peter, Julie, and the team at Office Max meshed with the team from Dig Communications, Team television 101 with superb technical support from Sonic Foundry, and The Production Group. It doesn't get much better than this. We look forward to working with all of you again. MDM

One of our directors, Jake Hurst, has a lunch box that always starts a conversation. Basically it reinforces the notion that men never really grow up and that we are all just kids at heart. MDM

Team television 101 is proud to announce that on January 29, 2009 at 5:02 pm, Jeff and Claudia Orsa became the proud parents of Anna Sofia Orsa. Anna came into the world weighing 9lb, 6oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. Dad, mom and baby Sofia are doing well. We are ecstatic and overjoyed about this wonderful moment, and look forward to watching Anna grow up. We are committed to doing our part and working hard to make this world a better place for Anna and the rest of our youth. MDM

Congratulations Fellow Americans,
Today is cause for celebration, both personal celebration, and celebration as a country. Television 101 raises our collective glasses to toast and welcome our new President Barack Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden. We wish them great success and God speed as they begin an awesome journey. To our fellow citizens, we affirm our commitment to each other, as we roll up our sleeves and each do our part to make this great country even greater. Let's get to work. MDM/JEO

A Perfect Day

Team television 101 was approached by a talented young musician, Jon Santos, and his producer/friend, Courtney Zito, to direct a music video for them. We are always eager to work with talented people, and once we met with Jon and Courtney, we were hooked. After planning the narrative and shot list, we headed out to the location to shoot.

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I'm writing this in the blog because what usually looks on paper to be the typical location shoot, (which any filmmaker knows, is basically man/woman against the elements as well as the likelihood that many things could go wrong), turned out to be the definition of GRACE. We moved around the Mojave desert without disrupting the "deafening silence" of the environment, and paused to shoot and capture it's true beauty and vastness to the tune of Jon's engaging song, "Empty". The weather was perfect, no one was around, and we literally meshed with the environment.

Our only unplanned shot was a passing freight train which quickly became a spectacular backdrop. Team television 101 loved working with Jon and Courtney. They are true professionals and passionate about their art; emphasis on PASSIONATE. Check out our reel to see the video, and also look for Jon's video on your favorite video show or internet outlet. He's definitely one to watch. MDM

Jeff and I had a general meeting at the AMC Network/Channel yesterday. I'm putting this in the blog because the two executives that we met with made us feel at home. Not only was the meeting constructive, but we had a chance to understand the creative process at AMC. Needless to say, Jeff and I left the meeting committed more than ever to create shows that will fit in at AMC. I think it goes without saying, that the network that brought us "Breaking Bad" and "Madmen", is a network that strives for excellence, and that's exactly where Team Television 101 wants to be. MDM

We had an amazing shoot on Sunday October, 5th. Fifteen talented young people, and their parents showed up at our stage to film a couple of "Green" spots. The shoot went smoothly, and everyone was awesome. Team Television 101 would like to thank everyone involved. We are busy editing the spots, and it will be ready shortly for everyone to see.
Stay tuned.

Greed
Pronunciation: \ˈgrēd\
Function: noun
Etymology: back-formation from greedy
Date: 1609
: a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed

The news coverage of the various collapses of fabled Wall Street institutions (Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch...) is so sad and pathetic, it's almost comical. I guess it would truly be funny if so many people weren't affected, and I'm not referring to the investment bankers. The word "greed" has been tossed around by various pundits, news reporters, and even our presidential candidates. Go figure, greed (one of the seven deadly sins), might be at the root of this crisis,

Ironically, Team Television 101 created a television series, titled "Greed" that has attracted some attention. We feel it has the potential to be a huge hit. I guess it's all about timing. We want to find the perfect network. Our bets are on a few great networks. I think you know who they are. Anyhow, let the best cable or traditional network WIN!
MDM

From: Jeff Orsa orsa@television101.net
Date: February 6, 2008 2:29:38 PM PST
To: "Claudia" claudia@
Subject: Re: Remember the time....

OH, Thank you so much for this, it is really funny. It’s making me cry.

On Feb 6, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Claudia wrote:

Remember the time when I gave you the last ricolla and we both had a sore throat and I said you’re welcome because you didn't say thank you and you said oh is this your last ricola and now you want to be the martyr and then you proceeded to throw the ricolla out the car window and said 'there now I don’t owe you nothing."
Hmmm . That person was really mean.
Have a great day freak.

On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Alexa wrote:


Jeff Orsa!

Listen to what happened today...I was driving on the 101 and something
hit my windshield and cracked it. When I got to work I looked at it and
I saw that it was a Ricola! Isn't that weird?

Love,
Alexa


From: Jeff Orsa orsa@television101.net
Date: February 6, 2008 4:48:54 PM PST
To: "Alexa " alexa@
Subject: Re: broken windshield

Yes Alexa,

In an updraft sometimes ice crystals form in the upper atmosphere and when they get heavy enough they fall to earth, when they hit terminal velocity a mixture of sugar and honey molecules gather on the outside of these ice crystals and sometimes but only in rare occasions a cold wind from the north blows, some say these winds are magic and are blown from the sighs of Ricola founder, Emil Richterich. Straight from the Swiss Alps they just wander the earth until the perfect conditions appear or should I say a fantasy of throat soothing goodness falls on the chosen one, bringing him or her good luck for the planting season. Of course this is according to legend but if I were you, I would plant this spring and just sit back and wait for fall because the harvest is going to be a good one.

Jeff

ORSA

Television 101 is proud to announce that Michael Felbinger, and Jake Hurst have joined the team, and have been baptised in the waters of Televison 101 land (from pure Artisan wells). We are thrilled to be associated with these two very talented filmmakers. Michael and Jake have a crisp, clean, cinematic style that combines their unique view of life, with passion and a ton of laughs. They are fun to work with, and their work is phenomenal.

The reason I titled this blog entry "The Tortoise and the Hare" is because it is the only analogy (go figure a literary one) that can adequately illustrate why it is taking Team Television 101 so long to get our reel uploaded onto our site. I won't go into the details, though it's not our webmasters fault (Owen and Jordan are AWESOME!) It just takes time. All I can say is that just like the tortoise, we will make it to the finish line and we will ROCK! Anyhow, check out the latest additions to our reel, and to all of you hares out there, move aside. MDM

That's right, this year is flying by. Where did the summer go? Anyhow, I hope everyone is relaxed and refreshed and ready to make things happen. We at Television 101 are feeling incredibly creative, so don't be surprised if you see us in production somewhere near you. Our suggestion for the song of the day is Elvis Costello's "Welcome to the Working Week". I know, funny, Ha Ha. This is from his 1977 album "My Aim is True". MDM

P.S. I don't think that there is any chance of 2008 slowing down since we have to deal with the election, and then the holidays, so let's all enjoy the ride.

I hate to give it out but something this good is worth sharing. The official Television 101 jambalaya recipe. It's been sanctioned and approved by all of our Cajun friends and associates. This is authentic jambalaya is the best you'll ever taste (though in Cajun country everyone's mom makes the best). Anyhow, enjoy this with family and friends. I recommend serving it with a cold beer, though a nice spicy Zinfandel or Shiraz is a perfect match as well. TV101 Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya MDM