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The Jensen Project – Watch Tonight!!!

6 Comments 16 July 2010

Back in March I had the most incredible opportunity to visit the set of The Jensen Project – a joint movie project by Walmart and P&G in an effort to bring back family movie night. This is their second project in this endeavor – the first being Secrets of the Mountain. The Jensen Project stars Kellie Martin, Brady Smith, Patricia Richardson, and LeVar Burton, to name just a few of the all-star cast.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience – check out the recap of our time on set below! (Which, for the record, can also be seen in the “bonus features” section of the DVD!”) Pay close attention to the last 5 minutes of this video where I prove, once and for all, that I am a GIANT. GOOFBALL.

For the record, my experience on-set was AMAZING. But, I should also state, for the record (who keeps these “records” anyway?) that I support this movie for several reasons – the least of which was the trip to Canada to hang out on the set. So here ya go – reasons why I am 100% behind The Jensen Project.

1. Family Movie Night is back. Well, it’s about time! How much junk is there on TV, seriously? Even when the programming itself is mild enough to watch with your kids, you end up covering their eyes during half of the commercials for shows like “Desperate Housewives”. You can watch this together with your family – all of them! Sa-weet!

2. The movie is awesome. I know what you’re (potentially) thinking. After school special? Captain lame-o? Sorry to disappoint you, naysayers of the world – this movie is SO not lame. Secrets of the Mountain proved that Walmart and P&G can indeed swim in this made-for-TV-movie world, and the all-star cast of The Jensen Project proves that again.

3. I adore the cast. I simply cannot say enough NICE things about them all. This is the most down-to-earth, kind, genuine, hardworking group of people that I’ve ever met in ANY profession. For instance, before we “officially” met, Kellie Martin and I ended up in the same elevator at our hotel. We chatted away like old friends. I arrived later that day on the set and went – oh, right. So that girl from the elevator (who’s ear I TALKED OFF) was Kellie Martin. She greeted me with a smile when I walked in and immediately said “We met in the elevator!” Why yes, yes we did!

I grew up watching Patricia Richardson on TV each week, but in a very surreal moment, she stood and talked to me for 20 minutes about her children, her hiatus from work, and Twitter – and this was after the cameras stopped rolling on her interview with us. I was totally geeked out.

Of course there was LeVar Burton who graciously played along with my antics both before and during my interview with him – and was so much fun to talk to. He even gave a shout-out to my dad during our interview – a longtime Star Trek fan!

And then there was Brady Smith (CONGRATS on the new beautiful baby girl, Brady!) who showed off pictures of his beautiful pregnant wife, and then asked to see pictures of my daughter. The next day, he saw me wandering the lobby of the hotel and invited to give me a tour of Montreal and to have lunch with him and Kellie. So for several hours on the last day of shooting they voluntarily hung out with a random blogging chick from Louisiana – and they made me feel right at home.

…so there you have it. This is the short of the long story – a story that I could go on and on about for a bit, but it boils down to this.

Watch The Jensen Project tonight on NBC at 7pm CDT.

You won’t regret it. Follow me on Twitter for updates, and follow @Kellie_Martin and @LeVarBurton as well!

PS – Want to win a copy of The Jensen Project? Leave a comment to be entered to win the DVD + CD combo – available in Walmart on July 17th! Contest ends July 25th at 11:59pm CDT.

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6 Comments so far

  1. Laura DeLuca says:

    My kids would love to have this movie!

  2. Simply Cathi says:

    Hi Erika!
    I’d love to win! I love that the Walmart/P&G movies have such high standards. I can sit and watch them with my grandchildren and not worry about them seeing anything inappropriate. I love that you were able to visit the set. What an awesome experience!!

  3. Diane says:

    Loved the Movie–so fun to have family movie night again!


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