It's a good thing Kevin has a sense of humor.
It's been about a year now since Kevin Hodge took over sole responsibility for TV 19 news, and in that past year I've tried to educate him a bit on "Life in the 906", on what it's like to live in the UP and to be a Yooper (or as much as you might consider me as an authority on being a “Yooper”). So last night I gave him a little tongue in cheek quiz on stuff I've tried to teach him, and like the good sport he his, he played along, even revealing a deep, dark secret about himself that previously only he & I knew.
We'll get to that in a second.
If you're curious (and I know you are) I DID ask him a couple of weeks ago if he's be willing to play along, which he was. (We also needed the time to put together the special game show graphics for it). Bis only request was something along the lines of "Don't make Upper Michigan hate me", which I think we pretty much accomplished. We were able to play off his seriousness and my goofiness, and at least from my point of view--and, I hope his--we succeeded.
Check it out for yourself--
As for Kevin's deep dark secret? Well, after over a year in the UP, he has yet to try a pasty. Shocking, I know, but true. And this is something he and I have been discussing since the turn of the year. Our plan is to actually tape a piece for TV where I take him out for his first pasty and get his reaction to it, but between our respective schedules we just haven't been able to make it work...yet.
But it's something we both REALLY wanna put together.
So congrats to Kevin for passing the quiz with (relatively) flying colors, and for playing along in the first place. Not every news anchor would be comfortable doing that. I'm just glad this one was.
8-)
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