shows and he encouraged me
to produce my own series and
feature the Bongo Boy Records
artists as Gar and I started a re-
cord label in 2010 and we repre-
sented some really cool acts on
the label’s roster.
Dick provided his years of ex-
perience and coached me to get
Bongo Boy Rock n Roll TV show
first episode aired in November
2010. I consider Dick Craig my
mentor and each time I deliver a
new TV show episode to the su-
pervisors at now 15 cable com-
panies, I think of Dick for giving
me his insight on how Public
Television works. I’m very thank-
ful for his friendship and willing-
ness to share his expertise with
me. I hope I made him proud of
what all has been accomplished.
of Bongo Boy TV show series we
had sit-down guests and Wayne
Olivieri (the Rockids, The Wee-
Gees, The New Bardots) was our
wonderful TV host. We filmed
at SHOWTIME studios in Belvi-
dere, New Jersey and had a full
crew: Todd Olivieri for lighting
and stage managing, Johanna
VanderHeyden for wardrobe,
props and stage design and our
camera crew. Editing the raw
footage afterward was the most
difficult part of putting an epi-
sode together. Cutting parts out
and determining what to cut was
difficult and hard, as all that was
filmed during the sit-down in-
terviews was great footage and
information the public would
enjoy knowing. It would take
hours of editing to arrive at a
28:30-minute episode ready for
broadcast.
What’s the most difficult part
of putting the show together?
Producing a show takes time
What’s the most gratifying as-
and planning. The first four years pect for you?
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