Comments on: Amanda Congdon logs off abcnews.com

By: james

james — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:13:37 +0000

What’s that? The sound of her 15 minutes passing? Actually I think you got 20 minutes, girl. Times up!

By: michael

michael — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:22:20 +0000

Which begs the question, where will web talent come from? Will the web grow their own? Will broadcasters ever willingly make the switch to online only.

The paradigm of “on air talent” is very different on the web vs. TV. We are seeing web talent listings on our site (www.collectivetalent.com) that were not there a year ago. But our talent subscribers seem unwilling to make the switch. Money and visibility.

By: Gorman

Gorman — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:07:50 +0000

Spot on, Howard. Makes me wonder who will fill in the Gary Charone role for RB in a few years…

By: Howard Owens

Howard Owens — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:51:16 +0000

I’d compare Rocketboom to Van Halen …

FWIW, Amanda has a post on her blog where she says is returning to ABC next week.

She has a year contract and that contract isn’t up yet, but she is leaving ABC to start a new project. So she says.

And she links to an NYT article she says is accurate.

By: Safran

Safran — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:06:08 +0000

Choice of metaphor withdrawn, intent kept. Fair enough?

By: discreet_chaos

discreet_chaos — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:42:08 +0000

…and though the Beatles were groundbreaking, both Lennon and McaCartney’s solo work has been pretty damn interesting. In fact, I’m sure that if you were to ask random people on the street to name a Lennon song, half or more would name something from his solo career.

By: GD

GD — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:12:08 +0000

Please tell me you didn’t just compare Rocketboom to the Beatles.

By: Steve Safran

Steve Safran — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:36:48 +0000

It’s more of a case of what happens when a band breaks up. I wrote at the time that Rocketboom wasn’t Amanda or Andrew - it was the whole combo. R-Boom isn’t the same now, and Amanda’s stuff wasn’t the lightning in a bottle that it was with R-boom. This isn’t to disparage either, mind you. As much as they didn’t get along, Lennon and McCartney’s solo stuff wasn’t nearly as interesting as The Beatles.

By: discreet_chaos

discreet_chaos — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:48:25 +0000

I thought she did pretty well with those Amercan Express video ads, so as long as she can keep something in front of the public eye, she’ll probably do fine. My “issue” with what I saw of her work for ABC is much the same as my “issue” with Yahoo!’s “9″ — It’s fun and interesting for a while and there’s nothing wrong with occasional viewing, but as far as I’m concerned, neither qualifies as “Must See TV”.

By: tdc

tdc — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:12:07 +0000

she’ll do ok.

she’s still young and so is the net.

By: "John Galt"

"John Galt" — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:55:27 +0000

But it does prove that someone with limited talent can get many more than the vaunted 15 minutes of fame.

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:33:42 +0000

There’s an interesting study here on why some web phenomenons don’t translate when folded into a traditional online media environment.

By: John Proffitt

John Proffitt — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:13:34 +0000

Sorry? What’s to be sorry about? RocketBoom was the only thing she’s done that deserves any kind of credit. And much of the RocketBoom charm was because she was (a) pretty, and (b) a little odd.