Comments on: garbage is the last american dream

By: Donno

Donno — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:55:39 +0000

By the way, there’s dead snakes in a petstore dumpster.

By: Donno

Donno — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:54:56 +0000

I’m seeing the jeopardy version. What’ll it be?

Peepshow dumpster?
Recovery center dumpster?
Pet store dumpster?

By: al

al — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:09:38 +0000

The key to dumpster diving is knowing what dumpsters are gold on what days. The randomness is taken out of it. It is not like finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. It takes time and resources, plus you have to get there before the other guy.

The process is boring,you have to show the times when the security guy shows up with his big stick and chases you off the property holding onto the broken lamp. Or beating the crap outta some guy cause he is encroaching on your turf. That is what gets you viewers.

By: Lyle_S

Lyle_S — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:31:58 +0000

I think you guys are overthinking this. Get 10 people together and 5 camera men. 5 teams of 2, make a list of ridiculous items, scavenger hunt all over the city. Dumpster diving is OK but outright thievery will bring the audience.

If you really want to do a dumpster thing, I suggest finding an empty one, put 4 or 5 guys in and a bunch of booze and beer. Nobody leaves until all the alcohol is gone. Adult diapers optional but recommended.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:31:01 +0000

I would keep the clothes on, and pick one dumpster, don’t film it, write a description or illustrate a couple of caricatures of your opponent, Have a stop watch and go at it, kind of like a metal piÃ±ata, punch and scratch your way to the bottom with a mouth full of milk. Get what you think is worth something, then get out and spit your milk out on eachother, then dripping with milk, go to a hawk shop and see who can get the most, details get lost in video, words paint a better pic.

By: oggy

oggy — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:35:26 +0000

Conventional approach: I recommend a competition between two (2) pickers of garbage to heighten the drama and expand the footage area. Explore different strategies. That is one constant in all the shows: competition. Someone has to win and someone has to lose. Maybe have three pickers. Or start a multi-city competition…and an online forum with advertising. “junkswapfleamarket.com.”
Maybe follow a homeless shopping cart picker around to compare what you both get.
And a short history of junk picking would be nice. Interview junk pickers (“why do you dumpster dive?”) and sociologists and urban planners. Police (“Is it legal?”)
Basically, go beneath the surface of dumpster diving and freecycling. Be smarter than the A&E producers. They only scratch the surface and offer nothing more than capitaist porn. You can control the content and manufacture your own media. Manipulate me cleverly.

Unconventional approach: do it all naked.