Get your team shirt on TV.

[Mr.G]

I will be on a TV show and it will be filming next week Oct 26. I would like to wear multiple team shirts over the 5 days of filming to help support FIRST.

If you would like to donate a shirt please pm me.

There are a couple requirements though:
No web addresses
No phone numbers
No corp names. Local businesses are fine.

If your shirt doesn't fit the above requirements parts of it maybe able to be covered up and still work.

Thanks for your help.

[Mr.G]

Thanks for the pm's. I am still looking for some more.

Some have asked what show it is going to be, but all I can say is it is not out yet so I don't think I can say the name. It is going to be on the Discovery channel though.

I have been in First for 10 years and am excited to be able do some advertising for it.

Thanks everyone.

[Ken Patton]

Kevin, from what I have heard this is gonna be very cool and will be good for FIRST. I have a small pile of shirts that will get to you tomorrow. Hopefully you can use 'em.

I can't wait to see this when it comes out!

Ken

PS, to those who are wondering if this is on the level, it is.

[JVN]

I'm sending a few tomorrow. Good luck!

[teampronto]

Is it too late to send you a shirt?

[Mr.G]

Thanks all for sending. I will post when I get them.

It is not to late to send...We will be filming all next week, so even if I get some on next Thursday I can still wear them on Friday.

I am almost more excited about being able to support FIRST then being on TV building something.

I don't think I am going to have to many shirts, but if I do I am sure some of the other 4 guys on the team will wear them, so keep them coming.

[ebarker]

We should be sending about 3 shirts to you.

We have several runs of the shirt.

All the shirts are theoretically the same except for the back. We have gone through multi-generations of backs, with the final answer being the tiny longhorn.

The previous generation had the giant goofy angry longhorn but the printing on the shirt front and sleeve is very high quality, looks very good and I think that is the version you are getting.

Should be there Monday.

Ed

[KelliV]

Hi,

Not to burst your bubble but I think you should contact the people at discovery about your clothing choice. Especially FIRST shirts that have corporate logos on them.

I thoroughly encourage you to try and get team shirts on TV but its best to contact them first or else you could not be allowed on screen at all. There are a lot of rules associated with shirts and things that you can have on TV and you want to go about it in the right way or you will have to tape your shirt up and cover all logos.

For example, I shot a show that was sponsored by Nokia so I couldn't wear my WildStang Shirt with the Moto bat wing logo on it. The same goes for common companies like FedEx, BAX Global, and many colleges.

Good luck!

Kelli

[Mr.G]

KelliV, you are correct to some of the points...I have talked to them and there requirements are in the very first post as stated below.

There are a couple requirements though:
No web addresses
No phone numbers
No corp names. Local businesses are fine.

[KelliV]

I'd always just double check and run final shirts past them as things change.

[Mr.G]

I talked with the producer on monday about the requirements. This is the 14th of 18 episodes and he did over 30 episodes the last time they did a show like this, so I am sure he nows. He encouraged shirts from businesses and advertising. He just doesn't want shirts from large corporations that would be in conflict with advertisers that are already on the network. And no .coms and phone numbers. I do plan on whiting or blacking out some of the text on our shirt.

I'd always just double check and run final shirts past them as things change.

[Josh Drake]

Shipped a MiM shirt yesterday, hopefully you will get it early next week.
None of that no-no stuff on it.

[Mr.G]

Thanks. From the videos they look like great shirts and are going to work great.

Shipped a MiM shirt yesterday, hopefully you will get it early next week.
None of that no-no stuff on it.

[ajlapp]

Team RUSH is in, but we don't have any shirts at the moment.....we sent gold and blue body paint and a stencil kit. :eek:

On a serious note, it will be really cool to see the team colors on the small screen!

Thanks.

[Mr.G]

Thanks this is working out great.

So far I got shirts for teams 65, 910, and 47. I also got some FIRST crew type shirt from prior years and an assume FIRST jacket. Thanks a lot Ken Patton you are a role model for all of FIRST, and you will be getting that jacket back it is very nice.

If people want any of the stuff back when I am done with it next week let me know. I can ship it back.

Thanks again to all.

Team RUSH is in, but we don't have any shirts at the moment.....we sent gold and blue body paint and a stencil kit. :eek:

On a serious note, it will be really cool to see the team colors on the small screen!

Thanks.

[Mr.G]

Over the weekend I got shirts from 148, 343, and 217. They all look great. A couple I had to cover up some names and .coms. I used patches and then spray painted to get the color to match. I am really happy with the results.

I think there are 2 more coming from 1311 and 27.

Thanks all for contributing, filming starts tomorrow. :ahh:

[ebarker]

1311 has three new ones on the way.........

[JVN]

Over the weekend I got shirts from 148, 343, and 217. They all look great. A couple I had to cover up some names and .coms. I used patches and then spray painted to get the color to match. I am really happy with the results.

I think there are 2 more coming from 1311 and 27.

Thanks all for contributing, filming starts tomorrow. :ahh:

BTW - You can keep the 148 shirts. I know you were threatening to return them, but that is NOT necessary. Just be aware, you might find yourself getting bigger when wearing a shirt from Texas. You know how the saying goes...

-John

[Mr.G]

Well it went great today and they had not problem with me wearing the shirts. I am going to try to wear 2 shirts a day the rest of the week. Today was a half day of filming.

Yes John, I felt even smart just trying on the shirt. Maybe I should save them for the last day.

Thanks all for your help.

[ebarker]

keep the shirts.

Ed

[Mr.G]

Well are today was a really good day. They finally asked about the all the robotics shirts I have been wearing I have wore 6 in three days of filming so far. They wanted to know what it was about and why I do it. So they asked for me to bring in some of our robots for them to see. So we pushed it and brought 3 students 3 robots and Andy our teacher. They put a hidden microphone on Andy and filmed the students driving the robot and talking about it for about 2 hours with 2 cameras on them most of the time. They really got into it and integrated me coming off the build to talk to them and then going back on set. All the filming people loved it so I hope it makes the cut and gets integrated into the show but who knows.

[Josh Drake]

keep the shirts.

Ed
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I hope things went well this week, and I hope to hear more details about the show.

[Mr.G]

Thanks all for your help. We finished filming last night. It should air in the spring. I did wear every shirt that I got.

[Joe Ross]

What happened with this?

[nikeairmancurry]

Kevin was on the Television show "Motor City Motors". The epsiode was entitled 'flip car'.

If you want more details on the show I'm sure kevin will post more details. I'll let him know.

[Katie_UPS]

Has it been aired yet?

[Vikesrock]

Has it been aired yet?

If that is the correct episode name then it has not yet aired according to TVRage.

[nikeairmancurry]

Yes it aired a week or two before the championship event.. Ill find the link..

Aired March 28, 2010..

Heres the preview, that has kevin and a 65 shirt on..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EJKQ1M

[Mr.G]

As Nick has said the show has already aired. I have only seen it off a laptop. One of our mentors tivo’d it and saved it to his laptop. It was played in the middle of the afternoon. I didn't even know when it was going to be on. I have not been able to find out if it is going to be played again. We are guessing that maybe the series got canceled? I did give them names of other FIRST mentors that I thought would have been good for the show. When I was filming they said they gotten approval for a second season but who knows.

I had a great time during the filming. I did end up wearing all the shirts on the show, but never got the chance to wear my own team’s shirt. :ahh:

Some of the team members did get to be on TV also. I talked the producer into bringing some of the robots onto the set and they spent about 2 hours filming the students and the robots. So all in all there was quite a bit of FIRST exposure. The students ended up getting about a 30 second showing.

Thanks again.

[jsasaki]

Hey Kevin,
Saw the show yesterday! What a great thing you did for teams and giving them exposure. Sorry for your loss on the show, it would have been great to see you guys finish the flip car.