Monday, November 26, 2012

Food Coma TV Episode One "Bangor"


Episode 1 of Food Coma TV brings Joe and the gang to Bangor, Maine where he gets his fill at Fiddlehead, gets wrecked at Nocturnem, compounds said wreckage at Dysart's and somehow makes everything better with breakfast pizza and a beer at Giacamo's. Produced by Knack Factory.

 

Friday, November 23, 2012

Food Coma Show Episode One "Bresca"


The Entertainment Experiment is so excited to share with you the pilot episode for Joe Ricchio's "The Food Coma Show." Shot at Bresca in Portland, Maine, Joe brings together 4 of his friends to dine, and "drink their faces off". Watch and laugh as the evening spins out of control.

 

Host: Joe Ricchio
Guests:
Joel Beauchamp
John Dietz
Julie Parisien
Spose

Monday, November 19, 2012

No Refund For Content Episode Two

Fresh on the heels of their network debut this morning The Entertainment Experiment is excited to bring you the brand-spankin' new episode two entitled "Lessons in Irony and Cynicism."




If you haven't seen it from the beginning, here is episode one!



FOR EVEN MORE NO REFUND FOR CONTENT CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE HERE!

An Introduction


Barry & Karen Dodd, co-creators of the web series Ragged Isle introduce you to their next project. It's an online network for Maine artists looking to build content to share on the internet. They have teamed up with Justin C St. Louis and Amie E Marzen to make it happen.  They call it The Entertainment Experiment.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Haunt ME Episode One


The Entertainment Experiment proudly presents the series premiere of the supernatural reality series Haunt ME entitled "Ace of Wands (Training Episode.)


No Refund For Content Episode One

The Entertainment Experiment proudly presents Episode One of the new comedy series No Refund For Content called "A Kernel For A Kernel." Stay tuned because later today we will be releasing the 2nd episode! 





The Other Bones

As I was editing our sizzle reel for the network, I was listening to a local music compilation I had recently downloaded when the track "Feels Like Home" by the group The Other Bones came on. I was instantly in love with the track and it seemed to be the perfect song to use for our montage video. I crossed my fingers and contacted the group, hoping that they would be interested in lending their song to our project. Turns out they are super nice and not only let us use the song but also allowed us to use the title as our network slogan. 

Thanks so much to Andy, Eric & Loretta for allowing us to use their art! Here is a music video done by local filmmaker Jason Bosch for their song. The performance was captured live and it really shows off how talented this trio is!


2 times the Ricchio!

We're super excited at The Entertainment Experiment to not have one but two shows starring Maine foodie celebrity and all around filthy mouthed lovable rock star Joe Ricchio!

First up is FOOD COMA TV. Based on Joe Ricchio’s exceedingly popular blog Portland Food Coma, FOOD COMA TV is a series of short films that will report on the oft-overlooked food culture of Maine that exists outside of Portland’s city limits.



We've also got the all brand-spankin' new FOOD COMA SHOW! Each episode Ricchio sits down with four guests at an area restaurant, where they proceed to manhandle multiple courses while discussing a range of topics, with the focus on food and booze. The cuisine of the restaurant, as well as the personal style of the chef, are showcased beautifully.

Monday, November 12, 2012

It Feels Like Home

The Entertainment Experiment and representatives from their initial lineup.  From left to right: Amie E. Marzen, Ashley Brooks, Justin C St. Louis, Andrea Nilosek, Ben F. Howard, Rick Dalton, Karen L Dodd, Regina Bartholomew, Jeffrey Charles Day, Ty Gowen, Barry Dodd, Fred Greenhalgh, Marc Bartholomew, Simon Adams and drunk baby :)

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Our first official press release!

New online network to feature Maine’s digital talent

The Entertainment Experiment, the producers of the award-winning web series Ragged Isle, announced Saturday they will be launching a website to support Maine’s online storytellers on November 19th.

The Entertainment Experiment Network hopes to be the ultimate destination for fans of Maine online artists. It will serve as a community where these digital artists will not only share their work with a global audience but also collaborate with each other.

“We have such a great pool of talent here in Maine,” says Amie Marzen, the Entertainment Experiment’s Director of Marketing. “Our hope is that the online network will help not only with exposure, but that the artists will also be able to combine resources. Most of these projects are very grassroots, often funded out of pocket. Being able to combine strengths is crucial to our collective success.”

The website, located at www.entertainmentexperiment.com will primarily feature the growing genre of web series, which is a condensed television show produced exclusively for an online audience, as well as other digital artistry, including podcasts, web comics, short films, and online video games. These offerings all have one thing in common in that they are produced independently in Maine by Mainers.

The tagline for the network is “It feels like home”, which is exactly the Maine-centered mentality behind the online network. “We really want to stay true to our roots and help one another," says the Entertainment Experiment’s programming director, Barry Dodd. “We’re all very proud to live in Maine and want to help support more creativity in our state. I want the world to know about the talent we have here and I want that talent to have access to the largest global audience our network can attract.”

Kicking off the network are new Maine web series Haunt ME, The Food Coma Show and No Refund for Content. They’ll join Maine favorites Ragged Isle, Vacationlanders, and The Cleansed. The Entertainment Experiment Network will be searching for new and exciting web talent from all corners of Maine.

“With the network in place, we’re hoping to inspire a new crop of local creators in the making. Pulling from the success of our established shows, we want to create a welcoming environment for all those who have an interesting story to tell,” says Dodd.

The website will also feature behind the scenes content, merchandise, and ways to help support each series.

“We’re so thrilled to be launching the network and can’t wait to get it going,” says Marzen. “It’s been a longtime dream of ours and we have a great team on board. We have some big plans to further help Maine’s artists develop and promote their work, right now the sky’s the limit.”



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