Over the course of six half-hour episodes, this college Emmy® Award-winning webseries comedy follows three gay friends and their straight roommate as all four seek love, purpose, and a happy home.
Awarded a national Emmy® Award (TV Academy® "College Television Awards" Best U.S. College Series Category, 2014); nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award (College/University Long-Form: Fiction Category, Episode 3: Twenty-Somethings, 2013); selected as a centerpiece production and official selection at the 2014 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; awarded Philadelphia Magazine’s Best Webseries of Philadelphia (2013); recipient of eight Temple University Media Studies & Production Awards (8 total awards: Best Scriptwriting, Long Form Program (2), Editing (2), Web Design (2), New Media Production); and recipient of the Temple University Communication Studies Seed Grant and two Temple University Creative Arts Grants.
For his work on the project, creator and showrunner Michael Busza was also selected as a finalist in the TV Academy’s Emmy® Directing Fellowship (2014); was invited to study as a Diversity Scholar at the LA Upright Citizens Brigade; was accepted into The Second City Hollywood TV Pilot Writing Program instructed by Warner Brothers Writing Fellow Alumna Kara Lee Burk; was designated as the 2013 Jonathan R. Lax Gay Man of Philadelphia Scholar and a Broadcasting Pioneer of Philadelphia; was awarded two consecutive MarcDavid LGBTQ+ scholarships (including the inaugural award); and was honored with the Lew Klein Excellence in Media Scholarship.
"One of these things is not like the others."
One of the Guys has been celebrated as both Temple University's first web-based television show and its first LGBTQ+ series. Since premiere, the show has completed a 225% successful Kickstarter campaign, its episodes boast 100,000+ views, and Philadelphia Magazine thought it was Philly's best (read: "gayest") webseries in 2013.
Also, the cast was mentioned in a "Philadelphia Celebrity" Philebrity.com article, and they’ll never stop talking about how many times they’ve been recognized on the subway. Basically, there's news-clipping gold all over Michael's mom's place. She is a delight and you should meet her.
Check out select press at: (1) Philadelphia Gay News, (2) Philadelphia Magazine, and (3) Gay Philly Magazine.
Monologue from writer/performer Michael Busza at The Second City Hollywood.
Grindr. Tinder. OKCupid. Growler. Bumble. Scruff. What's love got to do with dating apps?
Written and directed by 19-year-olds Michael Busza and Lauren Pokedoff, Quarter Life Crisis follows the story of eight college misfits stuck in a class without a professor. Set against the backdrop of eclectic Philadelphia, the show also features local musicians, local talent, and well-known locations throughout the city.
As Temple Television's first hour-long dramedy, the Quarter Life Crisis pilot premiered at a screening at the Pearl Theater in North Philadelphia in October 2012 and aired on Temple University Television (TUTV) in January 2013. The pilot now runs in steady rotation on the channel.
Partial funding for the Quarter Life Crisis project was provided by TUTV, the Kal & Lucille Rudman Media Production Center, and the Lew Klein Excellence in Media Scholarship.
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