Jamie's thumbs flew over the keys of his Blackberry as he texted one of the leading men in his NewTubers webshow.  Barry Heinemann was the one performer who had appeared in every one of the twenty-eight--soon to be twenty-nine--episodes of The NewTubers.  Not only was he the most consistent to appear in the show, but he was the most consistent performer on the show.  A brilliant and talented actor who approached a script with director's eye.  In Jamie's opinion, the defacto standard of perfection for a internet actor.

They had known each other for years, and had bonded over writing and producing videos.  For the longest time, they remained several states apart, but when Jamie's and Josh's production company got its first batch of funding, Jamie moved Heinemann into a place slightly more convenient.

Rarely did a day pass without a flurry of text messages being exchanged between the two.

TO: HEINEMANN
FROM: JAMIE
Josh is gonna eat shit. I got Kindman.

TO: JAMIE
FROM: HEINEMANN
No fucking way. R u serious?!

TO: HEINEMANN
FROM: JAMIE
Just got the email a few hours ago. He's in for the 3-episode arc.

TO: JAMIE
FROM: HEINEMANN
Dude, that fucker has over 500k subs! 1 episode with him will send the show thru the roof! o fuck--this is gonna happen on Joshs 50th??

TO: HEINEMANN
FROM: JAMIE
That asshole won't know what happened. We're gonna bury him in a day. It'll be awesome.

TO: JAMIE
FROM: HEINEMANN
This is great. I saw Pam last nite-- everything ok with u 2?

TO: HEINEMANN
FROM: JAMIE
Yeah, fine. Why?

TO: JAMIE
FROM: HEINEMANN
She was with Sherry n it looked like a bitch-fest.

TO: HEINEMANN
FROM: JAMIE
Dunno. Saw her yesterday morning n things were fine.

TO: JAMIE
FROM: HEINEMANN
Yeah, it was prolly nothing. Prolly Sherry venting about that bum she married. Oh, dude, guess waht?

TO: HEINEMANN
FROM: JAMIE
What?

TO: JAMIE
FROM: HEINEMANN
WE FUCKING GOT KINDMAN!!!!!!!

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