by: Winifred Fordham Metz l How Stuff Works Now it’s time to shoot the pilot episode. A pilot is the first episode of a show — they’re shot, fittingly, during pilot season, between January and May. If the network likes the pilot, it will pick
A deejay (alternatively spelled DJ) is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim (rhythm). Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like Hip-Hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are calledselectors. Deejays who are more
To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States. Melba toast is named after Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931). Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876,
Today there are almost a billion TV sets in the world. China has the most TV sets (200 million). US citizens watch the most TV. By age 65, an American would have watched the equivalent of 9 years uninterrupted screening, viewing more than 20,000 TV