KayvonTV
KayvonTV'' is a Canadian television series that features the real life adventures of Kayvon Zahedi. KayvonTV has been featured on MTV, CBC and Global in Canada.KayvonTV'' was launched on May 31, 2007, and has currently run over 200 episodes.
KayvonTV was originally launched on the internet via the KayvonTV website, and KayvonTV youtube account. KayvonTV quickly developed a loyal cult following on-line, both KayvonTV's youtube account and official website have received over a million viewers since KayvonTV first aired.
KayvonTV also airs on Canadian television via BiteTV, a digital cable channel, and on aux.tv, a Canadian music website.
KayvonTV is directed and produced by John Bortolotti, Richard Budman, and Christopher Harte for D.C.R. Productions Inc.
Content
KayvonTV has described as "An Internet TV show hosted by some 5-foot British-sounding Canadian but doesn’t look Canadian or British, wears strange hats, could be 18 but has a moustache, could be 35 years old really, probably drinks a lot of caffeine, could be on speed. I don’t know how else to describe him other than [...] weird"
The series is intended as a parody of the many internet reality shows that youtube has spawned. KayvonTV has featured many celebrities from both sports and entertainment, including Gene Simmons, Perez Hilton, Kobe Bryant, Sidney Crosby, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Troy Polamalu, KRS-One, Flavor Flav, Russell Peters, Slash, Dave Chappelle, The Pussycat Dolls, and many more.
KayvonTV first reached national notoriety when an episode featuring Gene Simmons of KISS was upload to youtube. The episode managed to spread virally across many different Kiss sites and fan forums. In that episode, Gene Simmons reacts to KayvonTV's ambush style of interview, with covering his face with his hand, and then his jacket. This set up a firestorm amongst Kiss fans, who debated over who was in the wrong, KayvonTV for ambushing Gene, or Gene for covering up his face and ignoring Kayvon.
KayvonTV's next controversial segement featured New York Rangers GM, Glen Sather, who set up a Gene Simmons type controversy when he told Kayvon to "piss-off" when Kayvon approached him to shake his hand.
KayvonTV's'' approach to film maker is both [...] edge and controversial, he has become well known in NBA circles for his video's with various NBA teams outside their Toronto Hotel,KayvonTV'' also made a splash with NHL fans, when on valentines day 2009, he waiting outside the Pittsburgh Penguins hotel to give Sidney Crosby, and Evgeni Malkin, homemade valentines.
Perhaps KayvonTV's most well known segement features celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton. Kayvon first meet Perez at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards, Perez seemed fascinated by Kayvon and even gave him a "kiss". Perez Hilton was back in Toronto for the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards, this time Kayvon waiting outside his afterparty in full tuxedo, with a bouquet of flowers for Perez. When Perez exits the party, gets in a cab, and blows Kayvon off, KayvonTV responds by chasing Perez down in a taxi, all the while keep the film rolling, and documenting the chase. The taxi ends up following Perez to his Toronto hotel, once at the hotel, Kayvon finally gets back up to Perez, who seems to be genuinely enthused and surprised at the lengths in which KayvonTV'' went to secure a follow up interview with him. Once the video of Kayvon's second meeting with Perez was posted on-line, Perez embedded the video on his popular blog, PerezHilton.com, and the video instantly became one of the highest played, and highest ratedKayvonTV'' videos. The video became the number 1 most watched video on youtube for the final week April 2009.
KayvonTV has had two videos picked up by Youtube as featured videos, the First One being a segment entitled "Kayvon goes go-carting", which featured Kayvon's adventures at a local go-cart track in Toronto. KayvonTV's second youtube feature video, was an interview with Canadian comedian, Russell Peters. The interview takes place at the 2008 NHL awards and was met with both praise and criticism by Russell Peters fans. Kayvon's interview with Russell Peters remains the top played KayvonTV video on youtube, followed closely by KayvonTV's meeting with rock legend, Slash.
On the KayvonTV'' website, the most viewedKayvonTV'' episodes are as follows, Kayvon's original meeting with Gene Simmons, Kayvon's first interview with Perez Hilton, and Kayvon's trip to the Hooters bikini contest.
KayvonTV'' has currently run 200 episodes, and continues to release 2 videos a week via both youtube and the officialKayvonTV'' website.
See also
References
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