It starts all over again tomorrow.
“It”, of course, is another season
(the 40th, believe it or not) of “High School Bowl” on
Public TV 13. While the show won't actually start airing new
episodes for another month and a half, tomorrow's the day the first
new shows of the season are taped; hopefully, this year, with a host
who knows what he's doing.
You know...me!
I say that as a joke, of course. After
hosting the show for the past three years I'd HOPE I know what I'm
doing. That theory will actually be put to the test when first
Hancock & Stephenson and then Houghton & Dollar Bay take
their place on the set tomorrow morning. We've not done any
technical rehearsals or practice sessions; we're just hoping to pick
up where we left off a long six and a half months ago.
There's no danger in that, right?
That was, I think, one of the great
things about stepping into a TV show that's heading into its 40th
season. Everyone behind the scenes has been doing their job for so
long that they can just get right back into it without even giving it
a second thought. I'm hoping I can do that, as well. I don't think
it'll be a problem, as for me; at least, it does NOT seem like it's
been six and a half months since we taped last year's championship
match. Six and a half days, maybe, but not six and a half months.
Not, of course, that what I do is
difficult. I stand up there, read things, and crack bad jokes.
Trust me...it's not that hard. So if I CAN'T step right back into
things; well, maybe they need to find a new host.
8-)
I think the show we tape tomorrow airs
November 4th, so you won't have too long to see the
result. I know that, until then, Public TV is re-running the final
episodes of last year's competition beginning a week from Saturday.
So if you want to (spoiler alert) re-live Houghton's run to yet
another title, you're all ready to go.
Just like we will (hopefully) be
tomorrow morning!
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