"The Mole" Episode #3.1 (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Sean Travis

TV Series:

"The Mole" (2001)

Original Air Date:

8 January 2003 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Game-Show | Reality-TV

Plot:

This show is similar to "Mole, The" (2001/I), except celebrities are playing the game. Also, a new host.

Plot Keywords:

Subterfuge | Espionage | Spy | Betrayal | Remake

Cast

Kathy Griffin	...	Herself
Stephen Baldwin	...	Himself
Corbin Bernsen	...	Himself
Michael Boatman	...	Himself
Kim Coles	...	Herself
Erik von Detten	...	Himself
Frederique Van Der Wal	...	Herself
Ahmad Rashad	...	Himself - Host

Directed by
Sean Travis

Produced by
Luis Barreto	....	co-executive producer
Tim Bock	....	line producer
Tim Bock	....	producer
Stacy J. Gale	....	post producer
Bechara 'Bicha' Gholam	....	associate producer
Rabih Gholam	....	segment producer
Grant Johnson	....	co-executive producer
Rich Meehan	....	producer
Emily Sinclair	....	associate producer
David G. Stanley	....	executive producer
Lauren A. Stevens	....	associate producer
Scott A. Stone	....	executive producer
Frank Sutera	....	coordinating producer
Jude Weng	....	supervising producer

Cinematography by
Derek Hoffmann

Film Editing by
James Gavin Bedford

Casting by
Kate Brinegar

Costume Design by
Mia Gyzander

Production Management
Jon Kelble	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Michael Krikorian	....	sound mixer
Michael R. Mazzetti	....	sound mixer (final episode)
John Pooley	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Hugh Gentry	....	camera operator
Derek Hoffmann	....	camera operator
Kevin Johnson	....	technical supervisor: camera
Bill Paris	....	camera operator
Troy Swisher	....	additional camera operator

Editorial Department
Richard A. Dominicus	....	post-production coordinator
Stephanie Erickson	....	assistant editor
Jeanna Rice	....	post-production coordinator
Dorian Velinov	....	post-production assistant

Other crew
Arthur Borman	....	story editor
Louis Boyd	....	production assistant
John Carcieri	....	production assistant
Chris Gramazio	....	production assistant
Jonathan Gursha	....	production assistant
Kevin Johnson	....	technical supervisor
Michael B. Marshall	....	technical coordinator
Anne McCaffrey	....	travel supervisor
Ryan Quick	....	production coordinator
Jeff Schmalz	....	field coordinator
Hay Tanning	....	clearance supervisor

Directed by
Paul Morzella

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bart De Pauw		creator
Michiel Devlieger		creator
Jill Dickerson		writer
Sandi Johnson		writer
Tom Lenaerts		creator
Kathryn Price		writer
Derrick Speight		writer
Brian Szot		writer
Michel Vanhove		creator

Produced by
Stephen Brown	....	consulting producer
Christina K.Y. Lee	....	associate segment producer
Kevin Morra	....	segment producer
Carson Turell	....	associate segment producer
Michael Winter	....	coordinating producer
Deborah M. Wolff	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
John Gumina
Matt Sohn

Film Editing by
George D. Brown III
Rob Claridge
Michael Fendler
Dan Golding
Charles Kramer
Paul Morzella
Michael E. Polakow
Azin Samari
Bob Sarles

Casting by
Patti Stone

Production Management
D. Gunther Tarampi	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
George Bott	....	sound mixer
Michael R. Mazzetti	....	sound mixer (final episode)

Casting Department
Marni Wilkens	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Eli Hardy	....	post-production coordinator
Jason Pedroza	....	assistant editor
Jason Wahler	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Greg Clewlow	....	production coordinator
Stel Deleon	....	assistant accountant (2001)
Richard A. Dominicus	....	transcriber
Michael Grigsby	....	production accountant
Kara Kurcz	....	segment producer
Brian Matthew Lee	....	production coordinator
Courtney McLaughlin	....	production assistant
Mark Nunes	....	logger (2001)
Jeanna Rice	....	logger
Anna Lee Vuycankiat	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Stone Stanley Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2003) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

In one episode where the players are in a graveyard with tombstones that have actors and actresses who have died onscreen, there is a quick shot of a small tombstone labeled "A. Cooper". This is a joke to the former host of "The Mole" (2001/I), Anderson Cooper, who left after two seasons to pursue his career in broadcast journalism at CNN.

Quotes:

Kathy: This is like a sorority porn movie and I'm the head mistress.

Well.. It's not the REAL Third Season

OK. Yes I watched the "Celebrity" Edition of the Mole.

Yes. I was as suprised as everyone else when the Mole was revealed.

But COME ON ABC! I loved watching the First and Second Seasons of The Mole, because it took a 9-13 weeks and gave us time to come to a decent hypothesis on who the Mole is. The viewers on the boards (and my friends) would debate who the mole was. But to give us a pathetic 5-6 weeks of shows as a filler is ridiculous. And to churn out a "Celebrity" Mole is like what you did with "Millionaire". If you keep it up, it gets stale.

If it ever repeats - watch it because it follows the play-style of the first two seasons. But at least give the loyal fans of the show a REAL Third Season with real people. Not Celebrities.