Episode 402: “Two to Tango”
Airs: Wednesday March 12 at 9
TAPS visits my old neighborhood as they visit a former ail that used to house condemned criminals in Mount Holly, NJ.
Click here to visit Weird NJ where you can read all about the haunted jail.
– Pictured: (l-r) Grant Wilson, Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Kris Williams — SCI FI Channel Photo: Giovanni Rufino
On this week’s episode of Bravo’s Make Me A Supermodel, the models participate in a creepy New Orleans Haunted Mansion style photoshoot that is bound to delight any haunted television fan.
Check out Perry in his ghostly undertaker garb. And wait until you see the gorgeous costumes and ghastly make-up on the other models.
Don’t miss Make Me a Supermodel, this Thursday at 10:00 on Bravo!
Pictured: Perry — Bravo Photo: Virginia Sherwood
“Home But Not Alone”
Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) attempts to help Ned (Christoph Sanders) by investigating if his new girlfriend is being haunted by her late father, on GHOST WHISPERER, Friday, April 4 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Kim and Ian have updated their “Ghost Whisperer” blog over at TVGuide talking about the truly creepy “Bad Blood.” I’m such a Universal Studios fanatic, I just think it’s cool that they filmed in the “Best LIttle Whorehouse in Texas” house. I’ve been by that so many times on the tram and ironically it sits just below the “Psycho” house, so it’s a truly haunted area!
Read all about that house and see what’s been filmed there at The Studio Tour website.
"Burn Baby Burn, Part I"
In the first of a two-part episode, when Joe’s mom Marjorie Dubois abruptly arrives for a visit, Allison frets about seeing her mother-in-law for the first time since her psychic abilities were publicly revealed - until she learns the real reason for the trip, on MEDIUM, Monday, March 10, 2008 (10:00-11:00PM ET/PT) on NBC.
Meanwhile, as Ameritips investigator Cynthia Keener attempts to nudge Allison’s dreams towards open cases, Ariel foresees the death of a classmate’s mother. Later, an arson-related murder brings Allison, Devalos and Detective Lee Scanlon back together in an unexpected manner. Leon Ichaso directs the episode written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach.
ALLISON’S LOYALTIES ARE TESTED WHEN HER VISIONS IMPLICATE DEVALOS’ CHIEF POLITICAL SUPPORTER AND FRIEND SENATOR GARRITY (GUEST STAR EMMY NOMINEE GREGORY ITZIN, “24”) IN A HORRIFIC CONSPIRACY — DIRECTED BY STAR MIGUEL SANDOVAL
Allison (Emmy winner Patricia Arquette) does her best to support Devalos’ (Miguel Sandoval) bid to reclaim the D.A.’s office, as her visions place his strongest political supporter and longtime friend Senator Jed Garrity (guest star Gregory Itzin) in the center of a horrific conspiracy. Meanwhile, Bridgette (Maria Lark) has a dream about a persistent creditor, calling from a world away.
March 3 on NBC.
Ian Sanders and Kim Moses put themselves in the hot seat as they participated in the first CBS Veoh Live Chat. With about 150 participants in the chat room, the Ghost Whisperer show runners talked about their vision for melding both TV and the web and more about their web series "The Other Side."
I got to ask the first question, so of course I asked about the cool special effects on the series. I was surprised to learn that everything on the show is done in the office during editing instead of in some fancy special effects house (which would cost a lot of money.) Says Ian, the show is shot on HD, just like a movie with two cameras. But unlike big movies, they’re able to look at the footage (the dailys) as they shoot and their team actually works on a rough cut while they’re still filming. That way they can make sure they have everything they need before leaving a location.
Unlike shooting a big TV series, doing a webseries means it’s all-hands-on-deck at all times with everyone performing multiple duties. It also means finding clever short cuts in order to get things done, like running to the Lowe’s to buy a leaf blower in lieu of a specially made wind machine.
Says Kim, it’s all very reminiscent of when you’re a kid and it’s, "come make a show with me in a tent." Which she finds very exciting. Ian emphasis that small crew and small budget doesn’t mean it can’t look professional, and this show really does. Says Ian, "We have the wow factor on the web."
Don’t know what the "wow factor" is? Just watch an episode of "The Other Side" over at CBS.com. You’ll be amazed by how much they pack into a few minutes and the special effects are. . . shall we say. . .to die for?
Which brings us to the cast of "The Other Side." After a short video tour of the Ghost Whisperer set (at my favorite place, Universal Studios), Mark Hapka (Zach), Marie Westbrook (Haley), Lucas Alifano (BJ) and Peter Douglas (Luke) sat down in front of the live chat cameras.
Mark parked himself right in front of the laptop and was constantly distracted by the steady stream of silliness coming from the chat room. There were some friends online as well and some great questions. They talked about their backgrounds and how they got into acting. Mark said he started by forcing his parents to watch him reenact the entire Star War The Empire Strikes Back movie while Marie started out as a science teacher but found she liked acting better!
Lucas was asked if he really knew how to skateboard and he had to laugh. "I said I could skate, but I’d never been on a skateboard in my life," he confessed. After getting the part, he took a "crash course" in boarding from a friend then spend a whole weekend in a parking lot practicing. "I fell on my butt a lot!"
Still it wasn’t the skateboarding that made performing his role difficult, it was the cold. Since The Other Side is a dark and dreary place, the scenes were shot during several long, cold and rainy nights.
"I was so cold that my teeth were chattering," says Lucas.
"And you were wearing a hoodie!" says Peter with a laugh. His most difficult day on the set was when he had to create the head shimmy effect used in the series. He had to shake his head side to side over and over and over again in order to capture it properly so it would look right when speeded up. The next day he arrived on set with a hangover only he hadn’t had a thing to drink! Who knew that simply shaking your head could be so hard on the brain!
All in all it was a fun chat. The actors had fun with each other and the hostess, the lovely Sunny, gave away some cool prizes. And kudos to the staff at Veoh for keeping track of the questions on the fast moving chat board.
You can see Mark and the whole gang on Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side II when you visit cbs.com.
Reaper returns with new episodes, March 13 following Smallville. (Temporarily filling in for Supernatural)
"Hungry for Fame"
JAMIE KENNEDY GUEST STARS — Sam (Bret Harrison) tries to save an untalented musician (guest star Jamie Kennedy) from selling his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise) to become a rock star. Meanwhile, Sock (Tyler Labine) is stunned when his mother (guest star Marilyn Norry) returns from Las Vegas and announces she got married. He refuses to accept her new husband (guest star Henry Nah), so he moves in with Sam. Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym, Valarie Rae Miller, Donavan Stinson and Andrew Airlie also star. James Head directed the episode written by James Eagan (#111).
GHOST WHISPERER: THE OTHER SIDE II cast members and executive producers will answer viewers’ questions live from the GHOST WHISPERER sets during an interactive online broadcast to be streamed Thursday, Feb. 28 (5:00-6:00 PM, ET; 2:00-3:00 PM, PT) on Veoh, an online partner of the CBS Audience Network.
The live streaming will feature interactive interviews with Ian Sander and Kim Moses, the executive producers of both the television and online "Ghost Whisperer" series, as well as GHOST WHISPERER: THE OTHER SIDE II cast members Mark Hapka, Lucas Alifano, Peter Douglas and Marie Westbrook. Additionally, viewers will get a behind-the-scenes set tour of GHOST WHISPERER and learn skateboarding tricks from Danny Minnick, the lead stunt double for the webisodes.
The streaming can be accessed via the "Viral LIVE" channel on Veoh (www.veoh.com/virallive). To ask the producers and cast members questions and chat live with other "Ghost Whisperer" television and webisode fans, viewers should use the Viral LIVE chat function. This broadcast marks the premiere of "Viral LIVE," an interactive Web series on Veoh Networks.
GHOST WHISPERER: THE OTHER SIDE II, the online companion series to CBS’s television series GHOST WHISPERER, began streaming on cbs.com (www.cbs.com/primetime/ghost_whisperer/the_other_side2/) on Friday, Jan. 18 and is also streamed across the CBS Audience Network. New episodes premiere each Friday through March 7, though, the earlier Season Two webisodes can still be viewed on cbs.com. This season’s webisodes continue to explore the underground world as seen through the eyes of Zach (Hapka), an earthbound spirit. Zach is joined by characters such as Luke (Douglas), a dark mysterious spirit collector; Haley (Westbrook), a spirit seductress; and BJ (Alifano), an urban skateboarder who has been stuck in the Dark Side for nearly 20 years.
They were asked the question, what is scarier: plumber work or ghost hunting work?
Jason Hawes: Well the problem is, half the plumbing jobs can actually be listed under paranormal. So yeah, plumbing is more frightening. You never know, what if you make a mistake and somebody’s house blows up? Yeah, so…
Grant Wilson: . . . there are a lot of similarities. I mean, in both situations you got people who…
Jason Hawes: . . . call you in because they need your help.
Grant Wilson: . . . they don’t understand the situation. And then you go in with the knowledge, you help them out and you leave them feeling better. And, you know, you never know what house you’re walking into. Some people are crazy.
And on they go, finishing each other’s sentences time and time again. I guess it’s what comes from spending hours and hours skulking around in dark rooms and ancient tunnels in search of that one definitive paranormal experience. They’re the leaders of TAPS — The Atlantic Paranormal Society, and they’re also the stars of one of SCI FI Channels highest rated TV shows, "Ghost Hunters."
Grant and Jason and the whole gang are about to embark on Season Four so they sat down with reporters to inform, enlighten and tease a little about what’s coming up.
