Ecce Siddo

"Ecce Siddo" ("Here's Siddo") is the pilot episode and series premiere of the web-television series The House of the Honorable Contos, which premiered on Paglia TV on January 6, 2006. It was written and directed by Andres Contos. Contos was the creator of Paglia. It was originally aired as a Epiphany Special.

The episode was made as a pilot for the new Paglia series, based upon the comic novel The House of the Honorable Contos, released in 2005. After the show was initially announced on December 10, 2005, Andres Contos had to wait the purchase of some kind of shooting equipment. The show utilized the existing set of the Smoking Room.

The show made its debut to a mixed critical response, an assessment which was upheld by critics reassessing the episode following the end of the entire series.

Plot
Sid experiments with digital video shooting for the first time in his life thanks to a recently purchased Trust webcam, introducing himself politely to the large Paglia audience.

Starring
Andres Contos as Sid

Continuity

 * Sid utters the first blasphemy, which will then become a custom in the course of the series.
 * Sid starts the first cigarette, another recurring event in the series.
 * The Room of the Sid, later known as The Smoking Room, is seen for the first time.

Background informations
In 2013, Andres Contos admitted that this episode was initially made as a video to be sent to voltron, _SKA_ and Cpt_E6, some of his friends on IRC. Only later it was chosen as the pilot episode of "The House of the Honorable Contos".

Associate producer

 * Shitty Trust Webcam

Music by

 * The Silence

Casting by

 * Andres Contos

Unit Production Manager

 * Andres Contos

Awards

 * 2006 Bugo Award in the "Best Dramatic Presentation" category.

Memorable quotes
Sid: "Hello ... bastards! It's me, it's Sid!"

Sid: "Finally ... you can see me!"

Sid: "Holy shit...!"