 ACTION
FIGURES is ready to roll in your city! A successful beachfront
shoot in Huntington Beach, California brought together championship
athletes (surfers CJ Hobgood and Danny Nichols, volleyball
star Misty May and mountain biker Brian Lopes, artists
Joshua Serafin and Crazy Al, musicians (sixatenine
and the Reventlos) and bikini-clad beachgoers for a half hour
of the most down-to-earth TV talk show in years.
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Co-Host
Rana Townend and Host Brent Weber
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ACTION
FIGURES is a live television celebration of the alluring southern
California lifestyle. Imagine The Tonight Show but during the
day, with beachfront flair. Our host sits behind a bar-style
tiki desk, the set including casual chairs for guests. Basic beach
adornments including beachgoers casually making up the audience on
their blankets by the Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach. Volleyball
action plays on behind the set, with surfers behind them as the ultimate
active backdrop. Beneath bright blue skies in front of the white sands
of Huntington Beach, California, your host, former CNN anchor Brent
Weber, engages uniquely exceptional athlete.
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Co-Host
Rana Townend with the band The Revelentos
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The guests and their stories focus on the inspirational and the unique;
notorious guests need not apply. ACTION FIGURES is about the
positive, upbeat if off-the-beaten-trail athletic tales that embody
the modern California Dream. From mountain climbers to surfers to
skateboarders and triathletes, these unique athletes delve into what
makes the real action sports athlete tick. No so-called "action
sports" program provides these athletes with such a forum.
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Brent
Weber being interviewed by local media on the set of Action
Figures
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The
pavilion set - faced by a stadium style setting seats several hundred
invited guests from the active sports community - with two definitive
artistic locations to either side of the main interview area. To the
south, the episodes' musical guests, a band or musical artist emblematic
of the positive so-cal musical vibe - performs a soundtrack to the
shows events, entertaining the audience during breaks and throughout
the taping.
To
the North of the main set, in front of the Plaza's "mosaic
wall", you'll find our "artist in residence", where
the day's visual guest, a painter, sculptor, photographer or the like
plies his/her trade during the taping of the show, creating a unique
piece of art commemorating each episode.
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Artist
Josh Serafin and co-host Rana Townend
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And
co-host Rana Townend, a long-time part of the action sports
scene, brings the musicians and artists close to the audience with
periodic interviews during the show. She will also be responsible
for interacting with the audience, keeping them involved and will
bring developing involvement throughout the evolution of the series.
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Danny
Nichols, Misty May and Brent Weber
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Each
episode features vignettes, including: the SURF FOR GENERATIONS
SUPER HERO - an individual or group recognized for their environmental
efforts; the SECRET SPOT video montage of a local action
or adventure spot where athletes ply their trade - we will not divulge
the location; CALIFORNIA POSTCARD, a video montage of an
event in the southland, including the US Open of Surfing,
AVP volleyball, Pacific Shoreline Triathlon, or the
X-Games Experience at California Adventure. And more.
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Pro
Surfer CJ Hobgood and Artist Josh Serafin
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The
close of each show culminates in the convergence of the artist,
guests and musicians front and center, as the artist presents his/her
artwork, later to be auctioned off on the internet with proceeds
benefiting SURF FOR GENERATIONS. And each guest is presented
with a ceremonial Surfing Monkey statue, the traditional
gift from host Brent Weber.
ACTION
FIGURES brings together the world's most active and diverse
community of athletes, artists and musicians - the men and women
who continue to make the California Dream endure.
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The
band 689 on the set of Action Figures
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To
find out when and where ACTION FIGURES is available peruse
your local TV listings, check back frequently or you may e-mail
us at actionfigures@weber-creative.com
to be put on our mailing list.
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