MTV's The Buried Life (TBL) will be in the Curris Center Ballroom at 8:00 on November 1, 2011
The Buried Life (TBL) originated in 2006 when four guys set out in an old RV to complete a list of "100 Thigns We Want To Do Before We Die," and help out strangers along the way accomplish something off their own lists.
These gentlemen, Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn, and Jonnie Penn, are from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They borrowed a '57 Dodge Coachmen RV, bought a secondhand camera for $100 on eBay and than ...hit the road.
By 2008, after 3 years of pursuing their list, building an online community and funding it through sponsorship and working extra jobs. TBL had people from more than 139 countries participating on their website, without any promotion or marketing.
In mid-2008 MTV's Revellie's Howard T. Owens helped the team check off item #53 off their bucketlist: Make a TV show, by capturing the four in a reality show, in real time with no manipulation and no assistance from MTV, except for cameras rolling.
Over an 8 week period, a grassroots movement grew to over 1.2 million Facebook Fans, more than 150,000 Twitter followers, a following from people in 220 countries and 2 million views per month on their website.
TBL now receives between 500-800 messages daily during the show's seasons, most of which acknowledge that TBL and their mission has changed, and in many cases have saved a persons life.
These gentlemen, Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn, and Jonnie Penn, are from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They borrowed a '57 Dodge Coachmen RV, bought a secondhand camera for $100 on eBay and than ...hit the road.
By 2008, after 3 years of pursuing their list, building an online community and funding it through sponsorship and working extra jobs. TBL had people from more than 139 countries participating on their website, without any promotion or marketing.
In mid-2008 MTV's Revellie's Howard T. Owens helped the team check off item #53 off their bucketlist: Make a TV show, by capturing the four in a reality show, in real time with no manipulation and no assistance from MTV, except for cameras rolling.
Over an 8 week period, a grassroots movement grew to over 1.2 million Facebook Fans, more than 150,000 Twitter followers, a following from people in 220 countries and 2 million views per month on their website.
TBL now receives between 500-800 messages daily during the show's seasons, most of which acknowledge that TBL and their mission has changed, and in many cases have saved a persons life.
