David Webb
Mr. Webb was born and raised in Middle Tennessee. Upon graduation from college, he immediately began working in video and television production in the Nashville area. He gained production experience producing corporate training videos as well as promotional videos. Feeling the need to be in a more creative environment, and hearing of the production opportunities and facilities being built in Orlando, Florida, he decided to make a move to Central Florida to pursue his dreams of producing TV shows. In an effort to build relationships from the ground up, he jumped right in with opportunities to work on numerous television projects including Nickelodeon’s Figure it Out, Universal’s Swamp Thing, Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club and Holiday Specials.
While freelancing his production skills in Orlando, he also worked for the Walt Disney Company in their resort entertainment department as a video production technician assisting with corporate meetings in Disney hotels along with live events in the Disney parks.
During his career in Orlando, he co-created and produced the television game show pilot, Culture Quest. The series was licensed in the Asian market and aired for five seasons. He was the co-writer for all 260 episodes. The series maintained the same sponsor throughout its run. During its run, Culture Quest ranked fourth amongst format shows in terms of advertising revenues. The most recent year's ratings for the series put it in the same class as another American import, Wheel of Fortune.
Another show he created and produced while in Orlando was the TV dance show pilot, That Swing Thing. In addition to creating the show, his responsibilities included all areas of producing the show: from hiring crew and talent, to securing the location, and overseeing editing.
It was around this time Webb decided to move back to Nashville to raise his family. Once again, he began freelancing his video skills and creating concepts for shows, which include the kids’ TV game show Karpool Kids, a kids’ game show in a party bus. The pilot show of Karpool Kids is currently being shopped around the world as a format show.
Another show in Nashville he co-created and produced was Dance Time, a kids’ TV dance show. It is also currently being marketed around the world.
He has also pursued the world of video Internet streaming, creating and producing the music show Surviving Nashville, a coaches’ baseball show, and a live call-in business show on the Internet.
Not long after his move back to Middle Tennessee with his young family, Webb realized the obvious void of good family entertainment in the area he had grown up in. Stirred by his passion for theme parks and wholesome family entertainment, while having lunch with a friend at the Sub Stop on 21stAvenue, the concept of Ole South USA was born. From its inception at this meeting in 2004, Webb has fervently continued to research and learn all that it would require to bring a quality theme park back to the Middle Tennessee area.
