Down on Jump Street

About 3 years ago, I get a call from my good friend G that he’s amped to remake one of the season openings for the classic show “21 Jump Street”, featuring the comical acting stylings of myself and the Read More Comics gang.  I grab a camera from work, pick up some DV tapes, assemble my “wardrobe” and we’re off and filming.  Good times are had by all, I grab the gear, capture the footage, burn it to a data DVD, and set it aside.  Knowing that I’ll get to the edit soon.

“Soon” became nearly 3.5 years. While a lot of life has happened in that time, this “quick little project” has been festering in the back of my mind all the while.

Finding myself up and alert at 4:30 this morning I decided that now was the time. Today would be the day.

And, well… it almost was.  Apparently I didn’t capture all the footage, and had I started this edit closer to the time of filming, I may have been able to tell G, “Oh, hey… we need to do some pick up shots.”

Better incredibly late, and incomplete than never?

Anywho, here’s the eternally unfinished version featuring a nearly 26 year old me. I might go back and attempt to finalize the color correction and redo the titles (maybe even track down the source DV tape) sometime before the end of the world. But I wouldn’t hold your breath.