The Pittsburgh Film Office Just Doesn't Get It

I just fielded a call from the Pittsburgh Film Office. The exchange went something like this:

Me: "Hello?"

Keith: "Hi, this is Keith from the Pittsburgh Film Office. I'm calling to inquire about the status of your... Something to Be Desired."

Me: "Um... status in what regard?"

Keith: "Is it still filming or is it over?..."

Me: "Um... no, we're still going. New episodes every Monday..."

Keith: "Okay, thanks."

Click.

Something tells me that somewhere in the bowels of the Pittsburgh Film Office there resides a database of all the titles currently listed as "in production" within the Pittsburgh city limits. STBD is one of them. And the PFO's only interest in these projects -- be they feature films, short films, student films, web series or TV shows -- is whether or not they're still in production, so they can tally them up and insert a number into an upcoming press release touting the virility of the local film industry.

Meanwhile, clearly, they have no idea what STBD is, nor do they realize we have a website and a blog, or they would have been able to grasp these answers themselves.

This hearkens back to the days of not so long ago, when I mentioned to people around Pittsburgh that I produced a web series and their first response was, "Oh, so do you, like, want to be on public access someday?"