Andrew Jenks on World of Jenks

Andrew Jenks visited the University of Oklahoma Memorial Union November 30th to give listeners an insight into his fortunate life as a documentary film-maker. He is currently working on the second season of his show, World of Jenks, where he infiltrates the lives of several individuals to flush out the lifestyles of typical Americans.

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His fortune came at the young age of 19 in the form of a documentary he shot at Harbor Place in Port St. Lucie, Florida five years ago. Home Box Office, HBO, would buy the documentary rights and would eventually show on January 15th, 2008. Shortly after, Jenks would meet professional baseball manager, Bobby Valentine, and after an agreement would shoot a documentary over the former baseball player in his journey to Japan, which would premiere the 12th of May, 2008

Jenks spoke mostly of his living conditions, his no-budget antics, and several hilarious phone-calls made to "fake and make it". He was interested in film-making but not in college, and was glad he jumped on this rare chance at documentary film making when he did.

The Campus Activities Council Speakers Bureau, Allison Mrasek was the woman responsible for Jenks's appearance, and she was more than grateful for the message that Jenks had given his listeners. "I love that he talked so much about how he just went out there. He kept getting no and he kept trying, and I think that's important for us to hear as we're all job searching as well." (VIDEO: Matthew Shaffer, Kelsey Hightower 5:06)

World of Jenks season one was 12 episodes according to their main website, and were 30 minute episodes about one person each. In season two, he says that the whole season will be covering three individuals in one hour episodes. The second season is scheduled to start in early 2012.