No one died, and the set is still
standing. So I guess that's a good thing!
Yesterday's taping of “The Ryan
Report” went off without a hitch, despite Don's having a rather
non-important guest on, and his then letting me babble for most of
the half hour. We talked radio a little (Don having started in radio
60 or so years ago), “High School Bowl” a little, and history a
lot, and before you knew it the half hour was up. If you're a
serious masochist and actually want to sit through it, it's scheduled
(at least at this moment) for Sunday, August 12th, but it
could get bumped to a different date should a serious and/or more
interesting person show up.
I'll keep you informed.
It was actually the first time I was at
the TV-6 studio since the last telethon I hosted there, and that was
sometime last decade. It's changed a little, too--
No camera operators, nice cool lights,
and HD monitors all over the place. It's a bit different from
shooting “High School Bowl”; more sleek, and without a studio
audience off of which to bounce bad jokes. But, at least in that
respect, I tried.
You have to see for yourself if I
succeeded when the show airs next month.
*****
Today, by the way, starts one of my
favorite times of the year here in radio land—the start of our
annual “Fairground Frenzy” contest, in which listeners have to
impersonate farm animals to win tickets to the U.P. State Fair. I
love doing this contest, if only because some people REALLY put some
effort into their impersonations, and some people don't try as hard.
Either way, I get to have fun with the callers, and that's the most
important thing.
So if you're in the area, tune in some
time during the next ten days and see what I'm talking about!
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