Ham Whiz?

What is Ham Whiz you ask?

 

Well, lets just say I have a long and sordid past.

 

Just kidding.  In college (UH) there was this closed circuit TV station called the Student Video Network.  It was broadcast on the "Blue Network" as we called it to every dorm room and office that was plugged unto the UH on campus cable network.  A whopping 2500 to 3500 outlets.

Since there was the TV station laying around, a bunch of the students got together and started making shows.  There was this group called The Young Pups.  Funny stuff.  You can see clips at www.gimpysoft.com.  Be close to the bathroom, though.  You very likely may wet your pants while watching.

 

One night, after running out of beer, my roommate and I said "We could do that".  So, we went down to the studio and started learning how to make TV shows.  A few months went by and I gravitated to a live "comedy" show called Pirate TV.  We meandered around and I learned some stuff about pre-recorded shows from the Young Pups.

 

Next thing you know, over the summer, me and another buddy come up with an idea for another "comedy" show.  Luckily I was now the Vice Chair of Operations at the studio and the one who approved stuff that would get on the air, which means any crap I put to tape would make it to air.  So, we put together this show that was about 5:00 of funny crammed into 30 minutes of show.  The next semester we did it again, but this time there was a solid 10 minutes of funny.  The third episode of Ham Whiz will air in the spring.

 

What is Ham Whiz, though?  Well, if you have liquid cheeze and liquid bread, the only thing you need to have a drinkable sandwich is liquid ham.  Hence, the creation of Ham Whiz.  (I actually made some of the stuff, put it on a cracker, and ate it.  We also discovered it was a great way to make a cracker stick to a wall.)

 

That was my 15 minutes of "fame".  It was fun.  It was also all destroyed in Alison.

If you're ever at UH and near a TV, feel free to flip on channel 6.  Maybe even call the studio and ask why they never play Ham Whiz anymore and snicker at their complete lack of knowledge at this minor blip in their studio's historical records.