This guy facebooked me...if anyone is interested...

General
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I referred him to NYUC but just in case no one there is interested I thought I would post it here. Here is the message, for NYC folks…(I don’t know if it’s legit or not)
"Hello,
My name is Rob Sullivan and I am a casting director in New York. I am currently casting a NON-SAG project for Microsoft. It shoots on June 29th and or June 30th. We are looking for an EXPERT unicyclist with an animated personality - someone who is comfortable in front of the camera.
The compensation will be $500 for the shoot day.
Please contact me at this email address or at 732-771-6923 as soon as possible if you are interested, or know of anybody that would be interested in auditioning.

Thanks in advance!"

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Does anyone know what Billy really looks like? Is he a real person? ;):p:D

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He’s no person, he’s a supercomputer with human-like thought functions.

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“Humanlike?” :roll_eyes: :wink:

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He’s a Mountain. It’s obvious once you see it.

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he’s a supercomputer in Cheyenne Mountain, a top secret NORAD computer.

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I think he has malfunctioned, lost his primary directive and is trying to destroy JC. Fortunately the “Billy” virus has not spread to RSU!:smiley:

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Ugh. Am I the only one who would prefer that unicycling not be associated with microsoft in any way?

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I got an email from another one of the casting directors. I’ll be down there this morning, and my bro is going to be there a bit later. I’m not sure what to expect. I’ll lyk.

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Good, thanks David for keeping us posted. Hopefully it will be legit and “good” represetation of unicyclists.

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lol, +1

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I’d prefer that such valueless manipulative devices were ineffective.

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I went to an audition or two when I lived in NY. The problem with being not sure what to expect is that you kill a day in the process. I would have to miss a day of work in the process, traveling in and out from Long Island. I “auditioned” for a McDonald’s commercial once, but the part was based on reading a script while idling, not unicycling. Opposite of what I was told by the guy that recruited me, though it was probably what he was told. They were looking for an actor on a unicycle, not a unicyclist. Which means the person will be picked mostly on looks, which would basically rule me out of most situations. I idled on electrical cables, in a tiny space, while reading the copy. They said “THANK you.” Then I gave the “agent” a piece of my mind…

So those things are totally hit or miss; you never know what they’re going to want, and it seems they’ll never tell either. Good luck Centurion (and your bro)!

And you typed that message using what OS? If I was willing to do a McDonalds ad in the 80s, I guess I’m willing to be a PC for Microsoft in the 00s. Because my Mac is a PC (with Parallels)! :slight_smile:

But in the case of Microsoft it’s already too late. They had a picture of two jousting unicyclists in one of their recruitment brochures in the 90s. And the picture was taken on the Microsoft campus in Redmond!

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Debian GNU/Linux, of course. :stuck_out_tongue:

Sigh…nothing is sacred…

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facepalm

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Okay, you’re clean. Are those cheaper than Windows? :wink:

Don’t forget, back in those days Microsoft was a hot property and a very cool place to work. This was before IE started trying to “own” the Internet…