What would it be like to be a professional house sitter? Who cares? What would it be like to be a house sitter who only house sits for famous Hollywood celebs? Now, that might be a little bit more interesting. That’s the premise that’s explored in The House Sitter, an oldschool web serial from way back in 2006 created by Sarah Norton (Gilf and Keep it Green) and her partner Paul Vato of BarrioSpeedwagon.tv, in which Sarah plays a professional house sitter to the stars. Basically, Norton and Vato teamed up with four of their celebrity friends - Mo Collins from Mad TV, David Faustino from Married with Children and the upcoming Crackle series Starving, Drew Droege who appeared in Comedy Central’s Halfway Home and is currently an improv instructor with the Groundlings, and Wendi McClendon-Covey from Reno 911! - for a series where self-important stars get to self-deprecate.
- 1/2/2009
- by Jake Weaver
- Tilzy.tv
Keep It Green's journey from web to television is one of those internet fairy tales you hear about but wonder if they ever really happen. Creators Sarah Norton, Shelly Pack, and Paul Vato had a concept. They went out and shot it, just the three of them. Then they started putting their low-fi eco-comedy on YouTube to so-so views, and Discovery Channel noticed. The show was picked up for a segment on G-Word for the Discovery off-shoot Planet Green. The slogan of the show is, "healing the world with laughter," and the girls have certainly embraced that. For them, everything is an adventure, whether it's cleaning green, going to the Farmer's Market, or even just riding public transportation. "Sarah has always been an environmentalist," says producer of the show, Vato. "She was head of her environmental society in high school and college, and she's always been pro-active. With the show,...
- 11/21/2008
- by Lindsay Stidham
- Tubefilter.com
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