Dan was on TV!
Thanks to the magic of Twitter, Dan found himself in the good company of a local Phoenix public relations expert (the wonderful Barb Harris), who just so happened to secure him a spot on NBC's afternoon news program, EVB Live.
I got to hang out backstage and, I don't know, play with the pretend fruit? They had all kinds of fake fruit lying around in bowls on coffee tables, like grandmothers do at home on the tops of their refrigerators because in any grandmother's house, the bowl on the coffee table is reserved for individually wrapped Werther's candies.
You know this to be true.
Anyway, it was surprising just how few people are required to film an hour-long television news program: there were just the two hosts, a weather woman, the producer, a cameraman, the director, the sound technician, and then me and Dan and Barb. On this huge set.
Not really sure why I felt the need to tell you that, but there it is. Here are some pictures!
And then, when it was over, I ran up to the blue screen and screamed, "Take my picture in front of the eggs!" And the producer kindly obliged.
I hope the video ends up on Youtube! Looks awesome :) I was at the CNN studio in Atlanta when I was 15, and I felt the same way - so few people involved! It seemed so easy to do a news broadcast. But I didn't have a man-friend get on TV, nor did I get a photo in front of fake blue eggs :( :(
ReplyDeleteThe video is already up on YouTube! Here's the link, if you'd like to see the first part of his interview and the first song he played: http://youtu.be/MnvAZGHHqCA
DeleteHow did it come to be that you were at the CNN studio in Atlanta at age 15? I feel like there's a story there . . .
Yea! Now I know someone famous! I can be like "omg Dan Coyle stayed in my apartment!!" Almost as awesome as seeing Vince Vaughn ;)
DeleteAnd totally, super exciting story - high school band trip to Atlanta, and a tour of the CNN studio was part of our trip itinerary. DON'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE NOT IMPRESSED. [/Ron Burgundy]
AMAZING! Congratulations, Dan! Jessica - you are looking super tan!
ReplyDeleteDan says thank you very much!
DeleteAnd I AM super tan! We've been outdoors a lot on this trip, and with being in the South and Southwest it is freaking HOT and SUNNY. Plus we had the added bonus of staying at a motel with a pool, so we spent the day prior to his TV appearance lounging poolside. :-D