When life gives you lemons, you go to Secaucus.
This evening I will be headed to Secaucus, NJ to speak with Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's Scarborough Country. It will air at 9pm Eastern tonight.
UPDATE: Just got back from Scarborough Country, no passport required. It was actually pretty fun. I met a lot of great people over at MSNBC and found Joe Scarborough quite easy to talk to. As I mentioned in the comment section earlier today, not sure if it will air tonight or some time later this week. Also not sure if it will be on TV, the web or both. Sounds like probably a bit of both. I'll keep you posted. One regret about the interview: when mentioning some other cool vlogs people should check out I mentioned Ninja and Tiki (which are both dope), but forgot my two FAVORITE shows, Ze's The Show and, of course, The Richard Show!!!
UPDATE: Just got back from Scarborough Country, no passport required. It was actually pretty fun. I met a lot of great people over at MSNBC and found Joe Scarborough quite easy to talk to. As I mentioned in the comment section earlier today, not sure if it will air tonight or some time later this week. Also not sure if it will be on TV, the web or both. Sounds like probably a bit of both. I'll keep you posted. One regret about the interview: when mentioning some other cool vlogs people should check out I mentioned Ninja and Tiki (which are both dope), but forgot my two FAVORITE shows, Ze's The Show and, of course, The Richard Show!!!
posted by Amanda @ 9:53 AM
66 Comments:
At 10:09 AM,
msquared said…
THis drama with Rocketboom is only going to open up more and better opportunities for you. Hang in there.
msquare2.blogspot.com
ordinarytomas.blogspot.com
At 10:17 AM,
YakkYakkJay said…
Amanda:
YakkYakk.com in beachside Santa Monica with 3 audio/video studios will host your new show should you decide to move to Hollywood. Lemonade - who wants that when you can have champagne! Lets Talk!
Jay Goldstein
President
YakkYakk.com
The new leader in podcasting and the worlds first dedicated podcasting studios
At 10:36 AM,
Ritholtz said…
I go on vacation, and my favorite video blog gets cancelled!
I cant believe no one has tagged you yet to set up the next RB
At 10:58 AM,
ChrisM70 said…
Really?
Conservative Joe Scarborough?
I would have rather seen you interviewed by Keith Olberman, but it should be interesting...
Good Luck!
At 11:00 AM,
YakkYakkJay said…
Amanda:
We have 3 studios in sunny beachside Santa Monica, California all ready for you at www.yakkyakk.com - contact me and lets talk!
Jay Goldstein
President
jay@yakkyakk.com
At 11:27 AM,
Casey McKinnon said…
I hope it shows on NBC in my area! I also hope this gives you a good opportunity to clear up all the speculation.
Good luck, m'dear! And, btw, I included a little dedication to you in today's Galacticast episode: http://www.galacticast.com/2006/07/10/escape-to-new-york/
or: http://tinyurl.com/mmfxu
At 11:45 AM,
Brian said…
Ugh.
Don't take any crap from that ass-eyed conservative hack...
At 12:23 PM,
Amanda said…
Another note,
Just found out that although we are taping the interview tonight, it may play a different night this week. Just fyi! Thanks, friends!
At 12:33 PM,
G' said…
I knew things were not rosey, but New Jersey?!? Noooooooo!
At 1:48 PM,
Ghost said…
definitely I will support Amanda! Amanda is the rocketboom. No others!
dailyhitsblog.com
At 1:56 PM,
Ross said…
I hear the cavity search needed to enter Scarborough Country is pretty invasive.
Is your passport current?
At 2:55 PM,
Lunch Amigo # 3 said…
Should we read much into the fact that the 7/10 episode isn't up yet at 3:30 eastern?
Maybe Amanda's skills were undervalued or the replacement requires a lot more touch-up editing...lol.
At 3:42 PM,
Eur van Andel said…
Hi Amanda
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It surprises me how fast you dropped your Mac. If it airs there, I won't be able to see it.
At 3:57 PM,
Brangelina said…
Watching all of this has been more fun than the Jen/Brangelina triangle I’ve covered over the past year.
…Hmm, Since Mr. and Mrs. Smith was the cause of Brad and Jen breaking up, I’m putting my money on Robert Scoble as being the cause of Rocket-unboomed.
It all started with that Rocketboom interview you did with Scoble about his departure from Microsoft. I could see it in your eyes. I think you're going to PodTech.
Brangelina.net
At 4:11 PM,
Guy Ellis said…
Hey Amanda - when are you and Andrew going to appear on Jerry Springer?
At 5:09 PM,
jbr1975 said…
Tell Joe Roll TIde and ask about the musical he did in College.
At 5:21 PM,
J.W. said…
"*** Update: Rocketboom has been delayed one day and is expected to launch anew Tuesday 7/11 at 9pm EDT. Thank you for standing by!"
10 minutes ago it said the show would be live today - that would be slip up #1, and counting...We're watching you, RB w/out AC.
Oh and can someone put the interview online somewhere?
Danke!
At 5:32 PM,
WO7 said…
Hang in there, act quickly, don't lose your momentum. Keep us posted.
At 6:16 PM,
Marianne said…
Hey! I wuz born in Joisey.
(of course - I've lived in California almost my entire life - so what do I know...)
Hang in there Amanda - windows are opening all around... You're young, gorgeous, smart & spunky - the world is waiting!
At 7:03 PM,
Dossy Shiobara said…
Yay, New Jersey. I'm only 20-30 minutes from Secaucus ... but alas I'm working out of the White Plains, NY, office tonight.
If you decide to produce your own show, I couldn't afford to quit my day job (got a wife and two kids to support) but man, I'd love to be your editing monkey.
At 7:13 PM,
Daniel H said…
Hi Amanda,
I wanted to let you know that you have been a daily source of comedy and inspiration. I do appreciate your wit. Our generation needed someone like you and rocketboom. To your future I wish you the best of luck. Once again Thank you for your daily commentary on the events that have perspired. Thank You Amanda
At 8:12 PM,
quietthroughtunnel said…
I'm always more akin to believe the party with greater transparency, who in this case seems to be you. Having been around web-minded business folk for several years now, it's easy to believe Mr. Baron is the tool he seems to be.
Trust me. Trust all of us. The social capital you've built over the past couple of years will carry you farther than Baron's venture capital ever could. Choose your next step wisely, and make sure it isn't too humble.
Peace.
At 9:06 PM,
LaCloche said…
Have been watching worthless Scarborough and missed The Closer and just read that AC won't appear till later this week. Damn.
At 9:25 PM,
Steven said…
I saw Andrew Baron on a video of twit.tv and wow is that guy whiney. His voice could cut butter. If what you say is in fact true Amanda then this guy is a real smuck, why is he treating you like this? Andrew Baron appeared on twit.tv and people spammed the comments section on twit saying that the guy was not liked. He won't be the next host of rocketboom for sure.
Will you get money for you share in rocketboom or income from it?
Hope you have great success in anything you do in the future and let us all pray Andrew gets Syphilis.
Regards
Steven
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At 10:31 PM,
lucubrate said…
Can we say... cameo? Tiki Bar TV???
:D
At 11:43 PM,
Unknown said…
and you forgot my website too!!
JK
At 3:45 AM,
Mariposa McNabb said…
Rocketboom is 404 at 04:38 EDT.
Amanda, where you go I go. Hope the interview does you well.
Peace.
7s and 8s
HeyDriver
At 3:48 AM,
Mariposa McNabb said…
Rocketboom 404? Site temporaly unabailable? very interesting.....
Amanda,
Hope the interview went well and does much to push you along. Love you stuff.
Waiting for you to appear again in production.
Peace
7s and 8s.
Walt
At 5:20 AM,
Jensen said…
Please strike out on your own and create "Congdon Country".
At 6:46 AM,
Nate said…
Talking of Lemons...
- Site Temporarily Unavailable
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the webmaster/ tech support immediately to have them rectify this.
error id: "bad_httpd_conf" -
:)
At 7:23 AM,
adam said…
Site Temporarily Unavailable
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the webmaster/ tech support immediately to have them rectify this.
error id: "bad_httpd_conf"
FROM RB.com
At 7:50 AM,
G' said…
'Manda,
Scarborough Country is small potatoes: nobody really knows which channel they appear on, and in Manhattan they're right below the SciFi Channel and Comedy Central so most people probably think they're either watching the next season of SG-1, or a lame episode of the Daily Show.
You need a guest appearance on Tiki dancing with Lala. They could do another Trap Door episode.
;)
At 7:57 AM,
Shaded Spriter said…
It looks like there is another problem with rocketboom - the site is currently down - aswell as all the RSS and archives from the looks of it...
HEHE everything is going wrong...
http://8bits.wordpress.com
- Scott Harrison
At 9:20 AM,
Bill Streeter said…
You also forgot to mention LO-FI SAINT LOUIS. Shame on you for that!!
At 12:57 PM,
Annapolis Bay said…
I just came from RB v2.0 site and T-Minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, OOOOOOPS!
Another delay. Rocketboom is definately struggling with their new launch. Even the North Koreans have had more success. Hey Andrew, sing with me, "I'm so ronery. I so ronery."
You should take all of this free press and launch your own show. I see this as he saw the huge cash cow with ebay bids and offers for sponsors and didn't want to share the any of earnings and tried to move you from partner, back to employee statis.
If RB does take off without you, you will still be earing 49% of the earnings.
Sweeeeet!
At 1:05 PM,
Daily Desk said…
Great to hear it. Might Amanda end up vlogging for one of the big networks?
Any mention of dailydesk.com to Joe? ;)
Stephanie
At 1:06 PM,
Brian said…
Amanda,
What the hell does this mean?
If you ever looked to the archives, you may have noticed that there is one episode that has always been missing: the first episode. There is a reason why.
Thanks,
Drew
At 1:17 PM,
Amanda said…
This is Andrew's way of saying, I think-- no one can say for sure when it comes to matters of communication with The Baron-- that the first show I did sucked. I haven't seen it for a while. It probably did ;)
At 1:31 PM,
filmex said…
With all due repect to 'g, I think everyone with half a brain (not Republican) knows where MSNBC is on the dial.
Scarborough is okay. He is a conservative but he's not one of the Kool-Aid drinkers. Environmental concerns and human rights abuses actually chart on his mental landscape.
Will be anxious to check out the repartee between Joe and our Amanda, when it actually airs.
As may have been predicted, all Andrew can seemingly do since losing the site's muse is come up with a new Boom.
After getting a glimpse of the guy in the baseball catcher's uniform sliding across the RB set, one gets the sense this could really get ugly...a train wreck in the making...talk about self-destructive.
Andrew Baron, E! Channel's Where Are They Now? on line one.
Wired had it right in their headline: "Rocketboom To Bust".
At 1:40 PM,
Brian said…
Strange ex-partner you've got there...
At 2:00 PM,
dmelliott99 said…
When an executive takes a long, unexplained absence, he is often trying to make everyone realize just how key he is to the operation.
When things hum along quite nicely without him, he may return still wanting to have his importance felt. Unfortunately, he then has no ground to stand on, and his power move can be nothing but foolish.
Perhaps if everyone had come up to him every five minutes and told him that he was wonderful, things might have gone differently.
At 2:46 PM,
aquaman61 said…
Got a new agent in Ari baby. New agency: Endeavor - hmmm - could a role in the sequel as Aquaman's main squeeze be in the works. Either that or a DEA agent in Medellin. Good luck either way..
At 2:57 PM,
Brandon said…
I will be keeping everyone posted on the new Rocketboom. (Rocketboom 2.0)
http://schlenkiereport.blogspot.com
At 3:10 PM,
Amanda said…
I've been working with Ari and Endeavor since early May. This is not new news. It has been posted on amandacongdon.com for months. I emailed a few of the bloggers who wrote about this as if it were some new development to explain that it, in fact, was not... but no one has updated their blog posts to clarify. I guess they just want the fiction to continue to spread, because it is more interesting than the reality. It's really pretty disgusting.
At 3:28 PM,
G' said…
"It has been posted on amandacongdon.com for months."
problem probably is that few people get beyond the photos on amandacongdon.com ...
At 6:46 PM,
Brandon said…
I didn't realize that you had posted that information on amandacongdon.com altough I have been there a many of times I didn't find anything but pictures and your resume. O well it doesn't really matter what matters is that as soon as Blogger is back up and running I will update my blog stating that this was not old news. If there is anything specific you would like me to put email it to me and I promise I wont twist your words around or anything of that nature.
At 7:24 PM,
Andy said…
As I had viewed less than a dozen blog pages before last week, Rocketboom was almost my only exposure to the "sphere". I've been following your daily adventures since last Fall.
I hope you don't need me or any of the others to tell you you'll be fine. I also hope that I have not included you into my daily routine (just after the imdb news and before email) because of your looks.
I also am confused about the "new" agent reports and other inaccuracies. I spent many hours over the weekend Google Newsing you, and think most of the journalists and bloggers should spend more time reading and less time typing. I believe I read dozens of references to your "new" unboomed blog.
I should not be surprised as I don't think I've ever read an article on entertainment or computers that did not include factual errors.
I am incredulous that I had to sign up for a blog just to comment.
At 8:12 PM,
rockethenry said…
Here's hoping you are keeping your head up out of the muck and looking to the next bright thing to turn up for you. You have been one of the brightest things for me for many months. I look forward to seeing much more of you in the future in our big, expanding world.
At 10:38 PM,
crxvfr said…
They've completely dropped the ball. Seems you were more than the face of Rocketboom, even so, I think they will come to find that the face of Rocketboom is what people have come to endear. As far as I'm concerned, the ball is in your court.
BTW, I wouldn't be suprised.....
Never say never.
At 10:39 PM,
BionicBuddha said…
From the blogosphere to a prime time slot on MSNBC...that sounds like a launch to a succesful career segue. Nice Work!
www.bionicbuddha.com
At 11:31 PM,
Adam Gilbert said…
Great blog! This is very entertaining! Keep up the good work!
At 2:21 AM,
Federico Iglesias said…
Amanda,
Tu blog es el Numero Uno del Mundo (ver ALEXA.COM ranking).
I wish you the best. I would not be surprised if you get your own Prime-Time Show for you to host.
Best Regards ... from a friend in Mexico - Federico Iglesias
At 3:12 AM,
Gerhard Gschwandtner said…
Amanda,
You are NOT Rocketboom, you are Amanda Congdon. Start the Amanda Congdon show. It will quickly draw more viewers than Joe Scarbrough's.
Ideas and talent will always attract money. There is way too much money out there and not enough good ideas, and not enough talent. You already got two out of three.
I'd love to have you on my show any time www.sellingpower.com/video
Gerhard Gschwandtner
Founder and Publisher
Selling Power
At 5:31 AM,
welcome to wallyworld said…
Amanda babe, can't wait to see what you do next. Meanwhile, I snuck across to RB and captured their latest clip and mashed it - slowed it right down and it looks like the slider in the face-guard could be the new girl Joanne Whatserface. I added a music track too. I think it an improvement.
the latest Rocketboom
At 9:24 AM,
Ironic1 said…
Future Tense did a podcast about Amanda and Rocketboom on Monday including an interview with Chuck Olsen.
At 9:34 AM,
Jes said…
careful! I used to work in the outlets. it's addictive! give your parents your money or you'll never make it home.
good luck and enjoy!
At 10:51 AM,
G' said…
Now we see that it is Amanda that made RB and not the otherway around: 'Manda's been Digged - the geeks have spoken.
At 12:44 PM,
Jabin said…
it ok that you left of Ze.. he doesn't want any of the "new viewers" that would come from such a plug.. we can keep it for us in the know :)
At 1:17 PM,
Howard said…
So, Someone left a comment at
http://www.joannecolan.net/index.php?/archives/3-Hello.html#comments
claiming to be Amanda and saying "Don't forget to sell your soul to Andrew."
You, or not you? Inquiring Minds want to know..
At 1:54 PM,
SomeoneGotPowerHungry said…
New Rocketboom is up.
They sent Amanda props and took the high road by showing respect.
I must admit...I liked today's episode.
At 2:37 PM,
Dean Martin said…
And everybody at the Tiki Bar TV Forum loves you too. Rocketboom was only the begining. It's on to bigger better things for you now. My advice? Go on a drinking binge in Vancouver B.C. with us, the members of the forum and the cast of Tiki Bar TV September 9th. That way we can all drink to you! And make toasts boasting of all kinds of things! It's going to be an all out party! :)
www.tikibartv.com
www.tikicon.com
At 2:38 PM,
J.W. said…
I'm in Amanda's camp for the duration.
Rb beta 2.0 doesn't compare to 1.0
At 10:03 PM,
Amanda said…
Hey Howard,
Nah, that wasn't me. Hope that satisfies the inquiring minds!!!! ;)
At 3:34 AM,
welcome to wallyworld said…
Amanda babe, I wish you'd tell us what you're doing next. And this time I hope you make some real dough. The offers must be coming in thick and fast. Can't you just give us a hint?
At 1:56 PM,
WO7 said…
Very nice job on MSNBC, Amanda rules!!!!!
At 4:56 AM,
Ori said…
:-)
I just love this blog.
You Rule!!
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