It was time to produce another video for the MIX Gong Show. After the failure of "Network News 2000" to get any serious attention the previous year, I decided not to try so hard anymore and just do something fun that interested me. The only real criterion I had was to not get gonged.

When I thought about what to do, I started by looking over whatever video I had already shot. I had a couple of tapes that held promise. The very first time I had a video camera in my hands, the very first thing I did with it was to shoot a jerkoff video. It was a practice that I repeated with great frequency from that point on. I wound up with tons and tons of footage of me stroking my cock and shooting loads. I figured that a compilation would make the perfect Gong Show video.

It took a while to review all the footage and pick out the keepers. But the first step in putting it together was laying down the soundtrack. A fraternity brother of mine who was a music major had shared with me his demo tape. I figured if I pinched one of his songs then I wouldn't risk any copyright issues. I would have asked his permission, but if he knew it was for an ejaculation compilation then I was afraid he'd say no. To this day he doesn't know that I used it for this video.

One of the songs on his tape had a nice driving beat to it, and an appropriate running time. I laid down the track and then began pasting clips over it. Picking the clips and sync'ing them to the sound was good practice in matching images to music, both from a technical standpoint as well as thematically. But it was rather labor-intensive. I was still editing analog back then. If this had been in the digital era then I could have easily mixed and matched clips, but as it was I had to rewind and fastforward to the start of each clip I wanted. That took some time.

When it was all done and I watched it back, I thought it turned out well. I thought it might actually have a chance at placing well in the Gong Show competition. I arrived at the program, handed over the tape, and then sat in the audience waiting for it to screen. When it finally did, I didn't get gonged, but I also didn't get a great response. One of the judges said it was "repetitive." I placed third. This was becoming a habit. Every year I placed third no matter what it was I submitted. However after the program ended I kind of got mobbed by people who enjoyed watching my performances. I guess that was the judging that really counted.