Brett Cohen’s “Fake Celebrity Pranks New York City” YouTube video has gone viral, currently approaching 4.5 million hits.
It made international news, and Brett has since made appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Jeff Probst Show, Inside Edition, and many other nationally syndicated shows.
Now that the media tour is over, Brett is fielding offers from various production companies about getting his own TV show that will be a mix of social experiments and pranks, but with a twist that he won’t give away just yet.
“I have a very specific type of show in mind, and I’m working with my team to strengthen some of the ideas and really polish it," Cohen said. "It’s something that has never been done before on television and I can’t wait to find a home for it” says Cohen.
Even with all of this media fanfare going on, Brett is still in school, studying media management at SUNY New Paltz.
“I’ve always taken my studies very seriously, and I have every intention of finishing school," he said. "It’s my senior year, and my hope is to move out to LA the day after graduation.”
Since the beginning of the semester, Cohen has already traveled to Los Angeles twice, along with his crew from the video, to produce a segment for The Jeff Probst Show, which airs weekdays on NBC. This segment is scheduled to air next Monday, Oct. 1, and Brett will appear on the show alongside Judge Judy.
Cohen is currently in talks with four different production companies about doing a pilot, but has already turned one of them down.
“There was one company that reached out to me about doing a show that’s basically a replica of a show that’s already on TV, and that’s not something I want to do," Cohen said. "I want to do something unique and revolutionary, and I need to be working with people who share my creative vision and know that television show exist beyond what you see on the screen.”
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Brett Cohen in Talks to Get TV Show
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Greg Bashaw May 21, 2013 at 09:32 pm
As for the mandate, maybe YOU should run for the Board, we need a change and thats WHY I am…Read More running... Thanks for the info though!
Greg Bashaw May 21, 2013 at 09:30 pm
FYI- Rosemary Corliss, mentioned it 2times as something are are planning to loo at....at Meet the…Read More Candidates Night......
Pat Boyle Egland May 20, 2013 at 04:06 pm
The NBUFSD BOE has not mentioned cutting bussing in over a year, it is not a part of the 2013-2014…Read More budget.
The pensions and benefits are not regulated by the BOE it is a state mandate.
Pat Boyle Egland May 22, 2013 at 02:48 pm
Eliminating the CHSD is a great idea but it needs to be voted on by the citizens of all 4 districts…Read More . In BM we have 5 set of administration - North Bellmore, Bellmore, North Merrick, Merrick and CHSD . Pensions are a are a state and national battle NOT local
Greg Bashaw May 20, 2013 at 12:50 am
Well for starters, why not give candidates 401K's and only pay a proportion of their benefits...Hire…Read More teachers and adm that actually live in our district...... Has anybody proposed dismantling the high school district......From the way I understand they have tried unsuccessfully to combine, well then how about saving moneu and splitting up the 3 high schools...This was we wont need 2 administrations...... I will try and I will think out of the box!
Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meeting…Read More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....its…Read More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).