This is Ed Evangelista, a friend and colleague here at the company where I work. He's just been selected as one of four onscreen judges for a new TV show created by Simon Cowell and the producers of American Idol, American Inventor.
American Inventor is a reality show that will undertake a nationwide search for America's best new invention. Prospective contestants can enter a sketch, prototype or concept, and the judges will select a shortlist of the best, to whom $50k will be awarded to develop, refine and test their idea for the cameras. America will then vote for the best one, and the winner will receive a million bucks in advance royalties from the distribution of the idea. Ed's a great choice for this role, as not only is he one of the best creative minds here, he's also a master at rebuilding classic sports cars from the ground up (and a comic art collector to boot).
The show airs in March on ABC and I wish Ed all the best - he's promised me he'll give us an exclusive interview once the show gets underway. In the course of my work, I've presented ideas to him before, and believe me, he's a very hard taskmaster who ALWAYS speaks his mind, so those inventor geeks are going to have their work cut out to impress him.
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Will his catch phrase be: "how you doin', how you doin"?
thanks for your suppport.....its been a lot of fun .... i hope to see more inventors come out of hiding and step up the game with even better inventions next year...we need to keep america on the cutting edge of new ideas, thinking, communication and technology.....otherwise india and china are going to eat us for breakfast....