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The University Daily Kansan
Deadline: November 21,1997 Contact KU Aerospace Engineering Department 2004 Learned Hall.864-4267 for more information
Network seeking 'top bear'
By Rachelle Dotweller
rdetweiler@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students could become segment hosts for show
Students entering a hibernation mode, snoozing through classes and daylight hours, will miss out tomorrow on their chance to become stars
Burly Bear, a New York-based television network that produces an hour-long, college-focused variety program, is tearing its way through 15 Midwest colleges, foraging for hidden talent in its "Hibernation Tour." The search has brought the network to the University of Kansas.
People with the right growl and a bearish attitude can fluff their fur and show their teeth at the talent search from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Union.
Auditioning students will read a three-line script introducing one of the program's segments, or they can create their own improvised introduction. Winners may become a host for one of the show's 15 new segments next season.
After the talent search, Burly Bear producers will lumber through Lawrence until Sunday night, seeing the homecoming parade, campus, nightclubs, the Kansas-Iowa State football game and downtown as they capture Lawrence on tape.
"We're trying to document the college experience with programming that can't be found anywhere else," said Nick DeNinno, director of affiliate relations. "It doesn't conform to a standard 23-minute sitcom. What we're doing has never been done before, and we want to change college TV."
said Freddy Jones, vice president of marketing.
The program airs on 180 cable networks nationwide.
The network's lineup of segments shows students' collegiate activities across the country. "National Rage Page" takes viewers to different collegiate festivals and events.
"Half Baked," a free-form cooking show, cooks up college students' food staples, from macaroni and cheese to the perfect Rice Krispy Treat.
Pieces of film footage of the University and Lawrence may be compiled with footage from other colleges for a future broadcast.
Jones said students could increase their chance of being filmed this weekend by showing off their school spirit.
"I think that KU students are pretty responsive with letting us do this," said Jamie Powell, promotions director for KUJH, the University's student television station, which is coordinating Burly Bear's visit. "Most people don't want a camera crew to come in and start taping."
Burly Bear
Programming in Lawrence:
KUJH:
KOOTH:
Tuesday: 10 p.m. - midnight
Friday-Sunday: 7-9 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: Noon - 2 p.m.
Sunflower Cablevision:
Monday-Friday: 9-10 p.m.
Saturday: 2-3 a.m.
The Burly Bear programs air in Lawrence on KUJH and on Sunflower Cablevision. Powell said that this weekend would give Lawrence an opportunity to show off its uniqueness and also get more people to watch the Burly Bear programming.
By filming the reality of college experiences — from boisterous partying to long hours of working — Jones said the network aired a true look at college life.
Midwest students' meat-and-potato lives are in sync with the reality of Burly Bear's programming, he said.
He said the tour purposely had' avoided the East and West coasts where larger cities, like New York and Los Angeles, could seem unreal because of constant media coverage.
"The Midwest has a nice diversity of students but isn't overweighed by one cultural background," Jones said. "It accurately reflects what's going on in all of our viewers' lives."
"Break This" is a new music show covering up-and-coming bands and local talent.
"Flashback" features the best of the strange world of newsreel footage
"Half Baked" is a free-form cooking show with a host that whips up collegiate recipes.
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