I am proud to announce that SOLO has garnered FOUR NOMINATIONS for the Inaugural International Academy of Web Television Awards (IAWTV):
Best Directing (Comedy): Frederick Snyder
Best Male Performance (Comedy): Jonathan Nail
Best Original Music: Rob Gokee
Best Design: Jonathan Nail & Michael Levinson
This is truly an honor. And congratulations to all the IAWTV Award Nominees! Your work inspires me continually.
Introducing Bob Severns of Ohio! With his fantastic “Send Bob To Mars” video response, he won the iPad 2 – a generous gift from DataDirect Networks and Rocket Munkee Productions. Congratulations, Bob! Don’t get in trouble for using the iPad at work…
And now his winning video…
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DataDirect Networks and Rocket Munkee Productions are happy to announce our Mars Madness “Comment & Win” Sweepstakes Winners!
Episode 4 Winner: Matt Wiatt of Florida – “I would learn how to farm hamsters and then open a dairy hamster milk farm when I returned home.”
Episode 5 Winner: Cathy Diaz of California – “Message: ‘Hey, how are you? And, oh, you’re going to die. See ya!’”
Episode 6 Winner: Gary Wischstadt of California – “My Space Ninja’s super power would be the ability to turn a man to putty with just the right look a get him to do whatever she wanted…. a lot like what yours can do I’m sure.”
Episode 7 Winner: Jared Hoy of California – “I’d play raffi’s banana phone over and over on a repeating loop a la Noriega to torture and get my information!”
Episode 8 Winner: Jason Smith of Alabama – “I’m quite fond of poking… death pokes.”
The winners were chosen at random from all valid entries per episode. The 5 winners each received an Apple TV! Congratulations and enjoy! You better be watching SOLO on iTunes with your new Apple TV.
Now to give away an iPad 2 in the Mars Madness “Mars or Bust” Contest!
We are looking for the most awesome, craziest, talented person on the planet! And we want to send you to MARS!
Well, OK, not really. We can’t afford to send you to Mars. But we can choose your video and give you a 32GB iPad 2 as a consolation prize! So, the question is:
Why should we choose you to be the first person to fly to Mars?
It’s the ultimate reality show and the stakes are sky high! Film and edit your “audition video” – make it really good because you are up against some fantastic competition. Why should you be the first person to go to Mars? Why should we pick you? What are your talents? Mad skills?! Keep it clean and mean – no more than 3 minutes in length. Submit your audition video as a “Video Response” in the comment section of Episode 9. All eligible entries will be judged by a select team of judges – so make sure your video looks good!
1. You must be member of YouTube and SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/WATCHSOLO
2. Watch Episode 9 on YouTube.com/WATCHSOLO. Contest officially begins May 17, 2011.
3. Create your “Audition Video” and prove why we should pick you to go to Mars! Submit it as a video response in the comments’ section in order to enter the contest. No more than 3 minutes in length, please.
4. Please read and agree to the rules. Official Rules are available by clicking here.
5. You have until 5:00 p.m. PST on June 14, 2011 to enter this contest. One (1) potential winner will be selected to win an iPad 2.
