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"While we've been spending the off-season of Awkward watching reruns repeatedly, the show's star Beau Mirchoff has been working harder than ever. He teamed up with two buddies to film a pilot preview for a summer camp comedy that they're funding through Kickstarter\u2014a first of its kind. Camp Sunshine will be a sharp, offbeat show that delves into the behind-the-scenes hijinks of a summer camp staff that's awesomely, well, awkward.\n\nWe talked to Beau about his involvement with the project (he's ecutive-producing!), his appreciation for crowd-sourcing, and his beloved character Matty McKibben.\n\nHow did you get involved with this project?\n\n \"Kanin Guntzelman is the writer, director, and creator, and Will Masterson is the producer; I've known these guys for a little while and they're really funny dudes. Kanin wrote this hilarious and unique script that has a lot of heart, and asked if I want to come aboard. I'm so excited to be involved. We decided we wanted to go the Kickstarter route and fund the pilot episode publicly to keep our creative integrity.\"\n\nHave you gotten a response from production companies or networks yet?\n\n \"We're in the beginning stages and haven't even filmed the pilot, so right now we're just working on planting the seed.\"\n\nHave you ever supported a Kickstarter campaign?\n\n \"I have. Fat Kid Rules The World\u2014it's Matthew Lillard's project, and they won the Audience Award at SXSW. They raised funds on Kickstarter and through that, were able to distribute it across the country. Without technology and Kickstarter, a lot of the movies would be lost and just stuck in a dark room. Now fans are able to have an interactive hands-on approach and direct influence.\"\n\nWhat can you promise fans who support the project?\n\n \"There are all of those incentives for the pledge amounts on Kickstarter\u2014we can promise those! But also, you'll have had an integral part in this process, and you'll be supporting the first-ever publicly-funded TV show. We're kind of being trailblazers.\"\n\nDoes your role draw on your own summer camp experience?\n\n \"It does, actually, because I did go to summer camp. I'm having a little trepidation now... I'm wondering, was I just completely oblivious to everything that was going on with the counselors at camp? I must have been.\"\n\nMatty McKibben was a camp counselor, too. Are the two characters similar?\n\n \"Yeah, in some ways. Junior from Camp Sunshine, his dad run it before him, and his dad's dad was the founder of it. The dad bequeathed Camp Sunshine. Junior loves the camp, he feels he has a responsibility to stay there, he loves the kids, but there's a large part that makes him just want to leave. He wants to see the world instead of just following in his family's footsteps. He has depth.\"\n\nThis project is exciting, but we're really missing Awkward! When is it coming back?\n\n \"Soon! We're going to start filming very soon. It should be back definitely before summer. This season takes place at the start of our junior year. Matty's with Jenna but they aren't without their problems. It's a very funny vignette. It's extremely irreverent and really pushes the envelope, unlike any season so far.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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