Those of us who start blogs, podcasts and video shows, I think, do so dreaming of hitting the big time, though most of us also realize it’s quite a long shot.
“The Mole and Meares Show,” however, hit the jackpot recently, if only for a week. The duo was contacted by a producer at NFL Films for a piece Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” show is doing on social media and its influence on sports.
Showtime sent correspondent Susannah Collins to the basement studio where Christopher Meares Greg Molyneaux, have filmed “The Mole & Meares Show” since 2008.
The site includes weekly video, where Mole and Meares pick winners for their four games of the week. They then refer viewers to their website, www.moleandmeares.com, where they unveil the rest of their picks, publish their power rankings and host a contest where visitors can pick games and win prizes.
NFL Films shot footage of “The Mole & Meares Show” and Collins did a guest spot. In exchange, Mole and Meares shed their jerseys for suits for a week and used the NFL Films studios to tape their Week 15 show.
“They wanted to show the transformation of a basement show to a professionally created show,” Meares writes, adding that Showtime’s staff filmed the makeup process, the suiting up and the meetings with a director. Showtime also did all the editing for the show.
When Meares, who also blogs on CBS Sports, contacted me about the segment, which he says is scheduled to air Wednesday, December 22, I told him he could consider me jealous. He indicated that I shouldn’t be, that the opportunity likely arose more from the duos’ proximity to the studios — they’re 20 minutes away.
Doesn’t matter. I’m jealous anyway. Congratulations to Mole & Meares. I hope your segment leads to big things. Best of luck.
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