Category: Douchebags

Apr 21

The Art of Finding The Perfect Douchebag

So I received this comment on my about me page and I thought I would address it:

“I too am a casting recruiter looking for douchebags. I realize you’ve moved onto PA things, but if you had a chance to e-mail me and talk about how I might attract these types, I’d appreciate it.”

Casting for douchebags can honestly be very difficult.  You would think that these guys would be easy to find because you see them everywhere, but it is of course a catch 22 and when you are really looking for them they are no where to be found.  There are a couple of ways to approach casting for these types of guys and  here are a couple of tricks that I have learned:

First a foremost you have to approach these guys with the attitude that this is the best possible thing for them.  No matter what show you are casting for you have to spin it for the guy so that he thinks he will look great.   If he sees the show as a positive thing that promotes how totally awesome he is, he will more likely be all about it.

Another important thing is to not be afraid to go up to people.  The more guys you talk to the more likely you are to get good numbers for your casting director.    Trust me you will get a lot of guys that are pissed off that you are asking them to be on your show.  When that happens just be nice and move on to the next douchebag.

Next you have to know the right places to find these guys:

1.  Go out at night

Now this is pretty obvious but a great place to find douchebag guys are out at clubs at night.  I have found that most go out Wednesday through Saturday,  but occasionally you can find people out at other times.  Think of the most popular club in your area and head there and you will find tons of guys there.  Be careful though because douchebags out at night means that they will most likely be drunk.  Most of the drunk douchebags will be totally into whatever you are casting because they are blitzed  out of their mind or be so belligerent that they are not able to comprehend you.  The best thing to do is to try to explain to them that you are casting and grab their name and number.  Call them the next day and talk to them more about it when they are all sobered up.

2.  Gym/ Tanning Salon

A lot of douchebags like to look fresh so hitting up the gym and tanning salons can sometimes be a gold mine.  Now this can be tricky because most businesses consider  a casting recruiter as a solicitor.  You can always approach the owner of the gym or tanning salon and explain to them what you are doing but most don’t like it.    The best way to approach both of these places is to act like you are actually going to tan or go to the gym.  If you see a guy that would be perfect keep your eye on him until he leaves and try to catch him as he walks out.

3.  College Campuses

Two words: Fraternity boys.  Hang out at the Student Union, or find out about when the frat parties are.

4.  Malls

This is another tricky place because most malls think of casting as soliciting, so be careful.  Try to get people as they walk out rather than inside the mall.

5. Outdoor Activity

I live in Florida so I would go to the beach a lot on the weekends.  If you don’t live near the ocean check out parks or other weekend activity places.  Check out basketball courts and sports fields.

With these tips you should do great.  Just keep your head up and eyes open and you will find the perfect douchebag for your show.

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Oct 07

Is it really that hard to answer your phone?

 

So my casting booker called me today because she needed help with calling our prospective douchebags.  At first I thought this would be fairly easy… boy was I completely wrong.

I got the list in my email around 2:30pm.  This is where all the drama began.  Apparently microsoft office now has a new version of their program.  Me being not the most computer savvy person did not know about this.  I see that it is an excel document but there instead of the normal .xls on the end of the title  it is  now some new .xlsx  Now you would think that magically excel would be able to recognize that it is a new form of the program and just allow you to choose to open it in the older version…but no.. microsoft has to be difficult and make it so you buy the new version of the program to see the damn document.

I do a quick google search and find that there is some converter thing that you can download that will help with the problem.  I search for a good two hours to find this so called converter only to find that they do not make one for macs.    I finally give up and head over to a fedex kinkos and open the document there and send it back to myself saved in the old format.  Finally when I get home it is 4:00 pm and I have yet to call a single douchebag.

I start going down the list and begin to call people.  Little did I know that this would just cause even more drama.  The first 10 people on the list don’t pick up so I leave a message .  The next 10 have no idea what I am talking about, and are extremely confused why I am calling them.  As I try to explain the show to them, they get all pissed that I am calling them a douchebag and some of them hang up on me.   The last few people I call answer the phone and say they were really drunk when they met the casting associate and don’t really want to do the show.

Honestly people, I know you are drunk when you go out..but if you don’t really want to be on a reality show then why do you give your number to someone who is telling you that they want to put you on a reality show?

It is now 6:00 pm and I still don’t have a single person scheduled for a interview with my casting director tomorrow…crap!

Thankfully I did get some calls back and booked a couple, but I have to say I have a new found respect for my casting booker and the drama she puts up with.

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Sep 24

Hunting for Dbags

 

Casting for a reality show can really be hard.  Especially when you are casting for a show where one of the participants is basically getting made fun of the entire time.

Is She Really Going Out With Him isn’t like The Real World, or Survivor.  There are no prizes to be won, no cool houses you get to live in.  However, there is the whole getting to be on national television, having an entire episode about your life, and getting paid part that sways most peoples opinions about the show.  Like I’ve said before this show takes a very special guy to do it.

I went out to a local Irish themed bar last night with hopes of finding some great couples for the show.  First off it was a Monday night, and honestly there usually isn’t much happening on Monday nights.  So I was really excited when I heard from one of my college contacts that this Irish bar has beer pong and drink specials on Mondays.  I got to the bar around 11ish took a seat, ordered a beer and began to look around.  At first there weren’t too many prospects, just a few normal looking people playing beer pong and a couple of cute girls at the bar.  As time went on though a ton of college kids began to show up and drink their Monday night away.

As I was sitting at the bar a guy walks up and tries to get the bartenders attention.  The bartender was busy doing another drink order so the guy was forced to sit and wait.  Apparently this was just not acceptable.  This kid leans over the bar and yells “Hey Yo!” at the bartender and tries to grab her arm.  She nudges him off, gives him the death stare, and walks off to help another customer.  At this moment I smile because I believe I have found a prospective douchebag.

The guy tries to get the bartenders attention again and of course fails.  He looks over at me and smiles.  Now is my one shot, I hop out of my seat and introduce myself.  I begin to tell him about the show and he interrupts me.  “Wait.. you don’t know who I am?”  I am now confused.  Have I met this d bag out before?  I smile innocently and say “No am I supposed to?”  He laughs and says “Yes, I am a big sports celebrity.”  I quickly rack my brain for any “sports celebrity” that I would know of that would be down here in Florida.  I am quiet for a second and the guy starts to look surprised.  “Do you watch golf?” he asks.  I start to laugh and say “Absolutely not.  I hate golf.”  This kid then goes on a rampage of how he is a “famous” golf player, he’s on the PGA tour and that I really should know who he is despite my hatred for what is apparently the best sport in the world.

Once he is finially finished with his rant about golf, I smile and say that I will be right back.  I quickly ran to the bathroom, pulled out my cell phone and started to google this cocky d bag.  To my amazement this kid really did play golf, and really did play for the PGA tour.  I continued to look his stats and smiled when I found what I was looking for.  He sucks.  He has lost every game he has played in the last year, and has never qualified for any of the bigger tournaments.  This kid obviously thinks he is amazing, which just makes him an even bigger douchebag.

I run back up to the bar and thankfully he is still standing there attempting to flirt with the bartender now.  I tell him all about the show and of course he is super excited to be on tv.  I have officially found our “golf bag”.

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