Casting a new reality show for people who LOVE TO EAT...

...and know a thing or two about food.

We are looking for a HOST for a new Traveling Food series
This is a PAID hosting job so we're looking for people who have great personalities, are talkatative, gregarious and FUNNY!!!!!
We're open to all types but we'd like to focus right now on receiving referrals of people who you think are a JIM BELUSHI/ Kevin James type (The Guy on King of Queens/ and in HITCH) - We would really love a Full Figured, Healthy kinda guy, but maybe not quite John Candy. OR IF YOU KNOW TWO BEST FRIENDS, BROTHERS, CO-WORKERS -THEY CAN SEND IN AN AUDITION TAPE TOGETHER IF THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER

The HOST will go around the country visiting restaurants and sampling food so our new host must LOVE TO EAT !!!! and be willing to eat everything from HAMBURGERS to THE BIGGEST FUDGE SUNDAE in AMERICA ! This is more of an eating show, than a cooking show - but we would love someone that's passionate about food, which is why we're calling you !"

Tell whoever is interested to email us (at livetoeatcasting@gmail.com) a pic, name, age, city they live in , their culinary background and why they think they should be a host and if we're interested we will email them back with "the packet" (submission letter, release form and host application) or Visit the website this weekend www.livetoeatcasting.com

ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY MAY 18TH SO TELL THEM TO HURRY !!!
IF THEY DON'T HURRY THEY WILL MISS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME!! THIS IS A CHANCE TO HOST THEIR OWN SHOW !!!

THE ADDRESS TO SEND TAPES IS:

POPULAR PRODUCTIONS
6210 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE B,
LA, CA 90038 -
BUT THEY MUST INCLUDE THE RELEASE FORM AND HOST APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED!!!!

THEY CAN ALSO UPLOAD THEIR TAPE TO VIMEO.COM BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO SEND IN THEIR APPLICATION AND RELEASE FORM BY MAIL TO US!!!!

You have just described GWiv, the BBQ Bear, to a tee.

Just so long as he's "talkatative"!

lizvsay: i'm pretty sure it is against the law to advertise a job for MEN ONLY. and discriminating against FAT PEOPLE ('maybe not quite john candy') is also illegal. IMO, i cant imagine a worst host type than a "jim belushi or kevin james" for a food/travel program. justjoan

Joan, it's not illegal to advertise for actors according to the characteristics of the part.

justjoan wrote:lizvsay: i'm pretty sure it is against the law to advertise a job for MEN ONLY. and discriminating against FAT PEOPLE ('maybe not quite john candy') is also illegal. IMO, i cant imagine a worst host type than a "jim belushi or kevin james" for a food/travel program. justjoan

Is it against the law when casting for a role on a show? I'd imagine it's not, since (in my very, very limited knowledge of this sorta thing, which mostly comes from watching too much TV) roles are conceived with a certain "look" in mind.

As for the host type, I'm guessing they're going for a Guy Fieri/Andrew Zimmern-sorta look. The "everyday Joe" thing seems to be all the rage on these sorts of shows these days...very "reality TV".

justjoan wrote:lizvsay: i'm pretty sure it is against the law to advertise a job for MEN ONLY. and discriminating against FAT PEOPLE ('maybe not quite john candy') is also illegal. IMO, i cant imagine a worst host type than a "jim belushi or kevin james" for a food/travel program. justjoan

Joan,

It is definately not illegal when casting a part in a TV show or a play, etc.

What everyone else said: it's perfectly legal to discriminate in this case. I also believe, and someone may correct me, that it's always legal to discriminate on body type (at least under the federal antidiscrimination laws). That is, an employer can choose to only hire thin people, fat people, tall people, or short people for any reason. I believe Michigan is the only state with a law on the books prohibiting that type of discrimination.

the more you know...

gleam wrote:What everyone else said: it's perfectly legal to discriminate in this case. I also believe, and someone may correct me, that it's always legal to discriminate on body type (at least under the federal antidiscrimination laws). That is, an employer can choose to only hire thin people, fat people, tall people, or short people for any reason. I believe Michigan is the only state with a law on the books prohibiting that type of discrimination.

the more you know...

You're sort of right, but often fat people and short people have underlying medical conditions that qualify for protection from discrimination under the ADA, so employers have to be careful with blanket height/ weight discrimination policies. And the EEOC has defined morbid obesity as the type of impairment that qualifies under the ADA. A morbidly obese person is protected if that person is "substantially limited in a major life activity, has a history of being substantially limited, or is regarded as being substantially limited."

And so, someday, we'll achieve the true promise of America by casting Waiting for Godot with short fat guys as both Vladimir AND Estragon.

Yes, and someday men will be able to get female roles in adult films. Wait, I think I saw something like that once.

Just to clarify - this project is not discriminatory in any way. The "criteria" the producers have established is not set in stone. If you or someone you think would be perfect for it and he/she is the opposite of this but has a killer personality, that's their priority. However, as it was mentioned by another post, this is a casting process, not a job interview, so they can be as specific as they want. Obviously, it would be extremely illegal were we interviewing for a chef position and only wanted funny guys to work in our restaurant, but that's not what we are doing.

lizvsay,

Thanks for the heads up. At least it is a job a number of us are qualified to do> Your job is figuring which one.

Regards,

lizvsay wrote:...and know a thing or two about food.

Lizvsay,

Welcome LTHForum and thank you for posting a media opportunity for which so many LTHForum members are well qualified.

I'd also like to apologize for the odd turn the thread took. You just never know what's going to happen on the Internet.

Best regards,
Gary Wiviott

gleam wrote:What everyone else said: it's perfectly legal to discriminate in this case.

Ed,

In this case, it's not discrimination. It's casting. There's a big diference.

Kennyz wrote:
You're sort of right, but often fat people and short people have underlying medical conditions that qualify for protection from discrimination under the ADA, so employers have to be careful with blanket height/ weight discrimination policies. And the EEOC has defined morbid obesity as the type of impairment that qualifies under the ADA. A morbidly obese person is protected if that person is "substantially limited in a major life activity, has a history of being substantially limited, or is regarded as being substantially limited."

But again, this has nothing at all to do with casting actors for a part.

stevez wrote:

gleam wrote:What everyone else said: it's perfectly legal to discriminate in this case.

Ed,

In this case, it's not discrimination. It's casting. There's a big diference.

Sure, it's casting, but it's still discrimination. I'm not using that in a negative way, just in the literal sense of showing preference. I think casting agents should absolutely be able to limit the applicant pool to fit their vision or their marketing needs, but it's still literally discrimination, just the good and often necessary kind (can you imagine Tom Cruise instead of Denzel Washington in Glory?).

gleam wrote:but it's still literally discrimination, just the good and often necessary kind (can you imagine Tom Cruise instead of Denzel Washington in Glory?).

I really don't want to belabor this too much, but discrimination is illegal. Casting is not literally discrimination it's finding a specific person (or animal) for a specific role.

stevez wrote:Casting is not literally discrimination it's finding a specific person (or animal) for a specific role.

Actually, casting is literally "discrimination," as the word is generally defined.

Casting is not "discrimination," as the word is specifically defined as a legal term under various federal and state laws.
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