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Unanswered Emails To Certain Telly People
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Don't you just hate being ignored?
(I'll understand the comedic worth if nobody answers in this thread by the way)
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Griff said:
You might be better to try ringing them, I find TV repairmen tend not to check their email very often.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Godot Taxis said:
Can you be more specific Perry?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, bushbaby said:
Maybe the person's moved on and so the email will be defunct but stuff still gets delivered.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
Quote: Perry Nium @ May 7 2008, 4:42 PM BSTDon't you just hate being ignored?
(I'll understand the comedic worth if nobody answers in this thread by the way)
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Yes. I haven't had a reply from one producer since something like November. it drives me up the wall. So, to take my mind off it, I'm re-drafting and working on something new.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tuumble said:
Back in 1977 I sent a letter to Liverpool FC asking for Kevin Keegan's autograph...I'm still waiting*.
*May have something to do with him being sold to Hamburg the same month. 
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Quote: Godot Taxis @ May 7 2008, 5:04 PM BSTCan you be more specific Perry?
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Not really, no. Just venting some frustration.
Quote: bushbaby @ May 7 2008, 5:08 PM BSTMaybe the person's moved on and so the email will be defunct but stuff still gets delivered.
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I know this to be untrue.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Matthew Stott said:
Im going through something similar at the moment, its very frustrating.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, sootyj said:
It's a fashion amongst certain important people to delete all their unread e-mails when they reach a certain level.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Quote: Matthew Stott @ May 7 2008, 5:34 PM BSTIm going through something similar at the moment, its very frustrating.
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I share your pain, brother.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Marc P said:
Mind you I asked about your mini cv the other day Perry and you ignored me! LOL
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Quote: Marc P @ May 7 2008, 5:52 PM BSTMind you I asked about your mini cv the other day Perry and you ignored me! LOL
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Who said that?
I jest!
Sorry, mini cv? What was the question?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Marc P said:
Well I asked whether you had any of your stuff online at a site as it were - and you said no I so I asked what your mini cv was like, it was in the agent thread you started?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Quote: Marc P @ May 7 2008, 6:05 PM BSTWell I asked whether you had any of your stuff online at a site as it were - and you said no I so I asked what your mini cv was like, it was in the agent thread you started?
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I'll check it out
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Gavin said:
The Funk soul brother?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Mana said:
I sent something to Baby Cow the other day and I got an email back almost straight away!
It said they couldn't open my document...
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Gavin said:
I got a letter from Baby cow after a month, can't fault them speedy reply.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charley said:
Quote: Gavin @ May 7 2008, 8:01 PM BSTI got a letter from Baby cow after a month, can't fault them speedy reply.
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I like the pic Gav. You look good blowing.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Winterlight said:
Baby Cow do seem pretty quick.
They couldn't open my email either, so I had to post a hard copy on!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Stylo said:
I had an experience that took the biscuit a few weeks back... a producer e-mailed me out of the blue asking if I was interested and available to join a writing team working on a comedy drama. I replied yes and yes, and asked for more info on the project. After a nail-biting week hearing nothing back ( maybe he's on holiday?.. maybe he's been abducted by aliens?..) I e-mailed him again, and he replied almost straight away with a 'thanks for your interest, but I've got a more experienced comedy writer now'.
How I laughed.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Matthew Stott said:
Quote: Stylo @ May 7 2008, 8:56 PM BSTI had an experience that took the biscuit a few weeks back... a producer e-mailed me out of the blue asking if I was interested and available to join a writing team working on a comedy drama. I replied yes and yes, and asked for more info on the project. After a nail-biting week hearing nothing back ( maybe he's on holiday?.. maybe he's been abducted by aliens?..) I e-mailed him again, and he replied almost straight away with a 'thanks for your interest, but I've got a more experienced comedy writer now'.
How I laughed.
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I think I had that same guy, after I said I was interested he said hed come back after some 'meeting' with the BBC with more info; but Im not holding my breath! Too many things have come to naught recently to get hopes up, I think its best to just assume youre going to get kicked in the nuts!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, James Harris said:
Quote: Matthew Stott @ May 7 2008, 9:05 PM BSTI think I had that same guy
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I think I had that same guy, too. I thought I was special, now I feel violated...
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Someone told me a few years back - and I'm using his exact words here - "A lot of producers are arseholes. Big, hairy arseholes."
Mind you he was a producer too, so...
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Ironhide said:
I sent a 10 page sample and synopsis to a company almost 2 months ago. In their subs guidelines, they ask for a month before any chasing as they intend to reply to everyone within a month. So I waited over six weeks and sent a very polite chaser, forwarding the first email. I got an almost immediate reply apologising that nobody had looked at it yet and that they'd get back to me as soon as they could.
At least they haven't read it and rejected it!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Seefacts said:
I my experience, if an email goes more than a few days unanswered - it ain't getting answered.
Perry, is that fair or would you disagree?
I think not replying - even with a no - is so frustrating, and I wish emails were given the same gravitas as phoning.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Quote: Seefacts @ May 12 2008, 7:38 PM BSTI my experience, if an email goes more than a few days unanswered - it ain't getting answered.
Perry, is that fair or would you disagree?
I think not replying - even with a no - is so frustrating, and I wish emails were given the same gravitas as phoning.
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I think that's fair to a degree, yes. There are always exceptions though. Basically what it is, people hate giving bad news and so prefer to stick their head in the sand and hope it'll go away. Just human nature really, I've done it myself.
But that don't make it any less annoying.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Ironhide said:
I don't necessarily think that's true but it depends on what you're sending and to whom. I nearly got a script moving a bit back and it took several weeks to get a phone call from the second producer to look at it and ask me in for a meeting, simply because they were busy and hadn't had a chance to look at it.
The best advice I was ever given was send some stuff off and then forget about it and move on to the next thing - then the waiting doesn't seem so tortuously long.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, bushbaby said:
Quote: Perry Nium @ May 7 2008, 5:33 PM BSTNot really, no. Just venting some frustration.
I know this to be untrue.
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My friend once sent a really rude email to a work colleague then realised she'd sent it to another branch manager belonging to the company.
The day after she rang intending to apologise but was told the manager had left and no one had access to her email, which had the company's name in the address, it just became defunct
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charly said:
By Telly People, do you mean actors or tv repairmen?