I’m still attracting them...

[Andrew Timm] In my last blog post I told the true tales of some of the weird people I have worked with. Well, there’s more. I still seem to be attracting them.

Comments [5] [21 Apr 2010 09:31]

Why do I attract these people?

[Andrew Timm] Do you attract the bewildered, the eccentric, the psychotic, the mentally ill and the socially challenged? Well, if you don’t, open a production company, install one-way glass and then just sit and wait.

Comments [7] [26 Jan 2010 10:57]

Are reality shows safe for the mentally fragile?

[Andrew Timm] No, I don’t mean the viewers! The contestants! Like poor old Susan Boyle who rose to fame in the UK thanks to Simon Cowell’s “Britain’s Got Talent” talent show; then conquered world fame thanks to YouTube; and then hit the ground unibrow-first when she came only second and had to accept that she wasn’t what all the media hype led her to believe! Did no-one see this coming?

Comments [5] [24 Nov 2009 08:38]

Survivor China: the Great Wall of SABC ruin

[Shan Radcliffe: retail editor] It was all hands-on-deck for the three-hour Survivor finale last night, as fans across South Africa tuned in to watch the final plays and last minute wheeling and dealing from the contestants to see who would be crowned the winner of Survivor China. It's the moment we've all been waiting for. So what did SABC3 go and do? [poll]

Comments [9] [01 Sep 2009 13:57]

Pick a board – any board

[Marion Scher] It’s finally happened – the SABC board is being dissolved. At last the penny’s dropped that these guys, or at least the majority of them – have tipped the sinking ship even further into the sea.

Comments [1] [02 Jul 2009 09:58]

Shoots and travel

[Andrew Timm] Some people love to travel to do shoots in far off and exotic locations. So do I, but I have some ground rules, and you'll nod in agreement if, like me, you're one of those people whose idea of ‘roughing it' is single-ply loo paper.

Comments [9] [16 Mar 2009 13:47]

In the headlights

[Andrew Timm] She stood there trembling; her eyes wide and paralysed like a terror-stricken rabbit in the headlights of an oncoming 18-wheeler. As she opened her quivering lips I thought she was going to scream or perhaps projectile vomit.

Comments [4] [05 Mar 2009 19:28]

The circle of life… and TV

[Andrew Timm] I recently turned 40. Being a milestone birthday I felt I had to re-examine my life, and my achievements (or lack thereof) in the grand scheme of things. Well, that didn’t take long – I decided that my greatest achievement was still having actual human hair on my head, and that my biggest disappointment was increasing my waistline by three sizes since I was 30 (I still hang onto eight pairs of size 32/81 trousers, convinced that I will one day wear them again.)

Comments [3] [03 Mar 2009 09:04]