This past Wednesday, the new Duck TV crew gathered in Lillis for the first Spring 2012 meeting. As word of Duck TV spreads across the University of Oregon campus, the audience and number of students involved is growing rapidly. For this reason, Duck TV will host a record number of 13 shows this term.

The Spring 2012 Duck TV crew gathers in Lillis 282 for the first meeting.

This will be the last term working with Duck TV for two of the three executive producers, Virginia Rice and Richard Stutsman, who will graduate this year. Overseeing so many shows this term, they have quite a commitment in their final season, but seem to also possess the energy and enthusiasm to make this season a huge success.

Executive producers Zach Shivers, Virginia Rice and Richard Stutsman prepare before the meeting.

A few of the shows airing this season are: Fumblerooski, produced by actor Ryan Hoefle; The Jaguar by Thor Loutzenhiser; Caps, by Rebekah Dorsey and Mariel Delacy (yes, they will be using actual bottle caps in their show); and A Quarter Life Crisis by the creators of last season’s Ten Second Show, Halden Hoodenpyl, Alex Mcleod, and Sean Roney.

The executive producers also selected a group of highly qualified, committed individuals to create a “Dream Team”. Writers Brent Hammack and Nicholas Maurer have been collaborating to write a screenplay for the show, which will be a drama about a car accident. Producers Eugen Merher and Allysa Veigel have completed the first day of shooting and are working to meet their first deadline.

The first set of shows will debut next Wednesday at 8pm in Lillis 282. For the next week, the producers of these shows will work hard to film, edit, and add the finishing touches to their shows before the premier.