The producer pulled up to the MOUSETRAP in an undecorated golf cart and walked up the individual in charge and said:

"Ok, charlie is going to be here in like 15 minutes so everything set? We wanna see something spectacular so make sure you smash something that will look really impressive on camera ok?"

someone over hearing this shouted out "How about your golf cart?""

to which the crowd began chanting "Golf Cart, Golf Cart, Golf Cart!!"

Harvey in a 1999 interview for WildWeb

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As posted by Kernul Killbuck - Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:24 pm

On Tuesday night, as Miniman begged his father to acknowledge him... which he eventually did... I was approached by the Discovery crew for an interview. They did fully describe why they were, and what they were there for-- and said they would not film me without a signed release.

Well, being a (sorta) shameless self promoter, I fully agreed. As the interview began, a fellow in a tan suit with an accent began to question my responses to the question of "what Burning Man means." He was rather good at it... but so am I-- profession don't you know... and I enjoyed the barbed banter. I also had the advantage of having seen this person also engage another in an interview a few minutes before off in the distance- but when he came forward with me, I understood he was no average BRC citizen, but the appointed shill, there to do the job of having the interviewee question his or her own assumptions.

In the end, I left them with a laughing phrase they surely will never use, even on cable.

As posted by DaMongolian - Thursday, September 8, 2005 - 4:10 PM

hah!!! I had a first hand interaction with the DCT crew this year.

It was Saturday afternoon, and I was leading the pyro perimeter team around the man, so that the pyro team could load the fireworks etc without being disturbed. Anyway, at one point, the crew up on top of The Man started yelling that someone was throwing eggs, after a few moments, I identified the offender, who was being filmed by a film crew. I jumped in to interact as the Pyro team was mighty pissed (not to mention nervous....initially they didn't know what was being thrown, and wether or not it might ignite what they were working on) Initially, I started out a little hot, because I was being protective of the pyro team. So when I saw that the film crew was now filming my interaction with the host, I asked them not to film, and they quickly complied by turning the camera away.

After a few moments of talk with the egg thrower, I realized that this was the (infamous) DCT crew, after confirming this with the film crew, I told them to go ahead and film, somehow this knowledge also helped me to relax a little. Turns out the host, had interviewed Larry, the day before and asked if he could throw an egg at the man.....something which any other day of the week would not have been a big deal. (other than the moop factor) But as it turns out.....they picked the day of the burn, during the pyro load in to do that particular shoot. I explained the situation, and they were very apologetic. After, I signed a release. Then....one of the producers pulled me aside and said sheepishly....when he threw the egg....we weren't filming....any chance we can just get a shot of him going through the motion, he won't actually throw it.

I thought about it for a second, and then asked them to do it as a cut away from farther away from the man....(at about the L2K ring) As luck would have it....it wasn't far enough away, the Pyro team saw it, and freaked out again, even calling into their Supe and asking that the crew be ejected from the event. Once again, I interacted and explained what I had 'okayed' thankfully they got it that time, and I told them to go far far away from the man, until that evening for the burn. As far as I know, they did.

I personally, have no problem with them filming or with the way the crew behaved themselves....the host....well.....he might be a bit of a yahoo and an ass...(or at least his screen persona is) but then....there are plenty of other asses at BM....so big deal.