August 2000 was when "The Zuma Dogg Show" first hit Los Angeles Public Access cable TV.
Zuma Dogg did not appear at City Hall until April 2006. By the first time I walked into City Hall, LA Weekly had already declared my show, "Top 10/Brain-seizing artistry" and fans of the show included "A" list Academy, Grammy and Emmy Award Winners -- along with the anonymous everyday 14-49 year olds who really liked the show. (I think as of this past month, or so, I am finally known more for my City Council apperances than Comedy/Variety public access show -- but I already lived with day to day constant street-level recognition way before City Council chambers became my home away from homeless.)
Since "the City Council era", I have spent all my time and energy on the TV 35 aspect of television (City Council meeting broadcasts), but still crank out an occasional Public Access Special.
Last night, this show was broadcast on the Time Warner cable system covering 400,000 homes.
So I guess this is the "Zuma Dogg 8-Year Anniversary Special." But what it really is, is a half-hour rant, mostly summarizing the problems Zuma Dogg sees with the City of Los Angeles based on his attendance of every one of the Council meetings over the past four months.
Keep in mind, there's a little bit of "Zuma Dogg Update" (shameless self-promotion) for this show, since it has been a while since ZD has addressed this public access audience -- but once that is out of the way, it really comes down to a half-hour "Zuma Dogg Public Comment" where I run down the big items of concern for the 2009 Los Angeles elections.
ZD Election Special '09 (Part 3)
ZD Election Special '09 (Part 4)
AND PLEASE: If you like the "public comment" message contained in this video, please email this thread to others. We have an election coming up in November, and we really have to start getting the message out to voters about a few things. So to all the activists out there, if you like these videos, especially this one, too:
ZD Election Special (Part 2) [GOOD RANT TO PLAY FOR OTHERS]
PLEASE EMAIL THIS THREAD TO YOUR EMAIL DATABASE!: 3 Shows, plus "Best of" Archives (see below)! It really sums up four months (plus two years) of what ZD feels are the things voters should be aware of this election season. It doesn't do any good for the same core of "Mayor Sam/Zuma Dogg/Ron Kaye/Mailander/Moore" readers to get a kick out of these videos.
YOU NEED TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO GETS THIS MESSAGE OUT TO OTHERS WHO DON'T READ BLOGS REGULARLY! AND THE GOOD PART OF YouTube/Internet Technology is that you don't have to get a bunch of people in a room for a meeting. YouTube is the town hall meeting that can reach thousands of people (with their full attention) IF YOU EMAIL THIS KINDA STUFF AROUND TO EACH OTHER. And I was able to cut something that has a little better production value (a lot better) that is worth blasting. (As good as I'm gonna be able to get it.)
CLICK HERE http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=zumadogg&p=r for recent Zuma Dogg videos including San Fransisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraiogsa, Arnonld Schwarzenegger, and all the recent half-hour public access shows; plus ALL Zuma Dogg YouTube including classic segments from "The Zuma Dogg Show" (Comedy/Variety) from BEFORE the "Pandora's Box of Zuma Dogg" was unleashed on the Los Angeles fraud, waste and abuse factory, otherwise known as LA City Hall -- Home of 15 knuckleheads and one socio-pathic Douchetonio bag.
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