mtvU’s fall line-up of online, on-air and on-campus programming features a variety of new shows, including “Does this look infected?” hosted by Ball State senior Josh McCutchen.
McCutchen, also known as mtvU VJ Jam Jamma Josh, made his way around campus Monday asking questions and joking with students about health and wellness for the new mtvU show.
After he won the mtvU VJ search competition at Ball State last November, mtvU programming administrators took an interest in McCutchen and gave him the opportunity to host the show.
“We wanted to find a way to have him on the channel and introduce him so that way everybody could fall in love with him the way we did,” Ross Martin, head of mtvU programming, said. “Jam Jamma Josh could not be a better host or more appropriate.”
Martin said the show was meant to give “unreliable health advice that you need,” and students should e-mail mtvU with health questions they want answered.
He referred to McCutchen as a “defender of the student body” and a “superhero” in his role hosting the show.
“I just have a lot of God-given talent,” McCutchen, a fine arts major, said. “As a young child. I practiced acting a lot in front of a mirror.”
“Does this look infected?” answers the health-related concerns and questions of college students in a comedic tone, he said.
“The other week they set me on fire with kerosene,” McCutchen said. “It’s all for the entertainment of the folks at home.”
The first two episodes of “Does this look infected?” can be viewed by going to mtvU.com.
Another popular mtvU show coming this fall is “Stand In,” where famous people will take the place of a college professor to teach a class.
The four episodes to be aired will feature Martha Stewart, Kanye West, Melissa Ethridge and the Vice Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres. The names of the four colleges at which the “stand ins” will teach are not being released by mtvU.
“That show has taken on a life of its own,” Martin said. “Artists and celebrities are coming to mtvU and asking to be a part of the program.”
He said it gives the celebrities a chance to reconnect with college students, which they don’t otherwise get a chance to do.
mtvU is also holding a “Best Film on Campus Contest” again this year, where students from mtvU colleges across the nation can enter a movie trailer they’ve created that depicts the movie they would make if they could actually make a full length film.
“It’s a great way of doing what I think mtvU does best - harnessing the talents of college students,” Martin said.
Other shows for the fall include “Global Summer,” which takes viewers into the lives of students who traveled to different places around the world for summer internships; “Video Gamefix,” which uses video games to help college students solve everyday problems; and “Death Cab for Cutie Unveiled,” which will take an exclusive look at the indie rock band’s new album being released Aug. 30.
“We talk to our audience everyday of the year to figure out what they want,” Martin said, “Students are creating mtvU everyday on campus.”
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