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| Imaginary Bitches | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy |
| Created by | Andrew Miller |
| Directed by | Andrew Miller |
| Starring | Eden Riegel Brooke Nevin Elizabeth Hendrickson Connie Fletcher-Staton |
| Ending theme | "Not Alone" by Ben Harrison |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Andrew Miller |
| Producer(s) | Seth Adam Cohen and Judson Pearce Morgan |
| Editor(s) | Tatiana S. Riegel |
| Running time | 5-7 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | distributed online |
| Original run | May 2, 2008 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
Imaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller that premiered on May 2nd, 2008. 13 five- to 7-minute webisodes comprise season one. New episodes are released weekly on Friday nights at 11:00PM EST on the Imaginary Bitches Official Web Site, and on the Imaginary Bitches YouTube Partner Page.
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[edit] Overview
The series tells the story of a single girl who deals with the lonely reality that all her friends are in serious relationships by creating imaginary friends to talk to... who turn out to be serious bitches.
The show stars Eden Riegel, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Brooke Nevin and Connie Fletcher-Staton. Season one guest stars include Michael Traynor, Jessalyn Gilsig, Aaron Staton, Greg Rikaart, James Kee, Chandra West, Brittany Ishibashi, Sam Page, Charlie Koznick, and Billy Aaron Brown.[1] Female cast members go by their real names on the show, while male cast members have character names other than their own.
The series is directed by show creator Andrew Miller. Miller is the sole credited writer on episodes one through five and episodes 8,10,12, and 13. Episode 6 is written by Miller and Sam Riegel. Episode 7 is written by Bo Price and Miller. Episode 9 is writen by Jeff Poliquin. Episode 11 is written by Nicole Millard and kathryn Price, who, as a team, also wrote the Disney film The Game Plan (film).[2][3]
The episodes are edited by Tatiana S. Riegel, who also edited Lars and the Real Girl, co-edited There Will Be Blood, and won an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for her work on the HBO film PU239.[4] Quyen Tran is the Cinematographer.[5] Each episode begins with a short musical introduction and ends with a theme song by Ben Harrison entitled "Not Alone." [6]
Imaginary Bitches episodes have been viewed over 1.5 million times.[7] In May 2008 Imaginary Bitches became a YouTube Partner, allowing the creators of the show to share revenue from advertising on YouTube video pages.[8]
The show is something of a family affair. Show creator Andrew Miller is married to lead actress Eden Riegel. Riegel's half-sister, Tatiana S. Riegel, edits the episodes, and her brother, Sam Riegel, co-wrote episode 6 and sound edited episodes one and two. Quyen Tran, the cinematographer, is Sam Riegel's wife.
[edit] Episodes
| Episode | Title | Released |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | "It's Not Easy Making Imaginary New Friends" | 2 May 2008 |
| 1.2 | "The Dirtier Isn't Always the Better" | 9 May 2008 |
| 1.3 | "Where Were You When Eden Got Drunk and Puked All Over Me And Lizzie?" | 16 May 2008 |
| 1.4 | "A New Leper in the Colony" | 23 May 2008 |
| 1.5 | "It's Totally What You think" | 30 May 2008 |
Episode 1: It's Not Easy Making Imaginary New Friends When her friends are too busy with their boyfriends to hear about Eden's amazing date, Eden (Eden Riegel) creates an imaginary friend named Catherine to listen too her. Unfortunately Catherine doesn't just listen, she talks back. And says things that Eden doesn't want to hear.
Episode 2: The Dirtier Isn't Always the Better When Eden's Friend Lizzie (Elizabeth Hendrickson) doesn't invite her to a "couples-only" dinner party, Catherine appears and argues that Lizzie is a terrible friend. Eden creates another imaginary friend, Heather, to defend her.
Episode 3: Where Were You When Eden Got Drunk and Puked All Over Me and Lizzie When Brooke (Brooke Nevin) learns about Eden's imaginary friends she decides to take on the bitches in order to win back her best friend.
Episode 4: A New Leper in the Colony Eden is very excited when she is invited to a singles party, only to learn that real girls can be bitches, too. In this episode we are introduced to Jessalyn (Jessalyn Gilsig), Eden's nemesis.
Episode 5: It's Totally What You Think Eden's friend Connie (Connie Fletcher-Staton) sets her up with a guy from her office, Mark (Greg Rikaart), who has an imaginary life of his own. But the date ends badly when Eden and Mark's imaginary worlds collide.
[edit] Press
On April 30 soap news website DaytimeConfidential.com posted an article about Imaginary Bitches, and included an interview with series lead Eden Riegel. [9] Since the show's premier Daytime Confidential editor Jamey Giddens has posted a weekly review of new episodes. [10]
On May 1st, the day before the premier of Imaginary Bitches, Michael Starr mentioned the series in his column "Starr Report" in the New York Post.[11]
On May 6th Canadian blog Sweetspot.ca, which calls itself "Canada's Sweetest Lifestyle Guide," posted an entry about Imaginary Bitches recommending the series as something of interest to Sweetspot subscribers while they await the opening of the film Sex and the City: The Movie.[12]
On May 29th Entertainment Tonight Canada (ET Canada) aired a segment on Imaginary Bitches, which included behind-the-scenes footage of the cast and crew on set filming new episodes. Andrew Miller, Jessalyn Gilsig and Eden Riegel were interviewed. ET Canada featured Imaginary Bitches because several members of the cast and crew (Andrew Miller, Jeff Poliquin, Brooke Nevin, Jessalyn Gilsig, Chandra West, and James Kee) are Canadian-born.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imaginarybitches.com/Cast.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696986/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2106978/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726187/
- ^ http://www.imaginarybitches.com/Credits.html
- ^ http://www.imaginarybitches.com/Credits.html
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/ImaginaryBitches
- ^ http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=72851&topic=12638
- ^ http://www.daytimeconfidential.com/2008/04/30/daytime-confidential-234-eden-riegels-imaginary-bitches-interview
- ^ http://www.daytimeconfidential.com/tv/imaginary-bitches
- ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/05012008/tv/starr_report_108903.htm
- ^ http://sweetspot.ca/content/view/5290/
[edit] External Links
Imaginary Bitches Official website
Imaginary Bitches YouTube Channel
Imaginary Bitches on the Internet Movie Database
Imaginary Bitches Press Page with links to articles and cast interviews
Imaginary Bitches on MySpace
