Have you ever been on television?
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I was on the Austin news about 6 years ago. I was out with my parents, my hubby(then-hubby-to-be) and my nephew, buying a Christmas tree for mom and dad to haul back to their house.
They needed a story about the Christmas tree stands doing well--but we were the only customers there. So we got interviewed--or I did; no one else wanted to go before camera.
They needed a story about the Christmas tree stands doing well--but we were the only customers there. So we got interviewed--or I did; no one else wanted to go before camera.
I was on a game show three times back when I was in elementary school. I was part of the group that was selected from my school. We won our first game, and then the semi-final. Missed winning the championship because a friend of mine tripped up during the obstacle course race. The show was called "California Countdown" and was hosted by Jim Lange of the Dating Game fame. Second place wasn't bad, and we all wound up with three of the shirts from the show. Which made us all the big shots at school. We'd all wear them every other day until we wore them out. We even wore them for the class picture. Oh, we got other prizes too. Tickets for Great America in Santa Clara (this was the year it first opened), record albums, pen sets. But those shirts were the bomb.
I was on-screen again in the early 90's. I was at an Oakland A's game with some sweet seats right at the 3rd base dugout. Mark McGuire hit a foul ball near by me during the game. I didn't get to the ball first. But I did check the videotape of the televised broadcast that I recorded at home. And sure enough, the camera followed that foul ball and my ugly ass ended up on screen once again.
I was on-screen again in the early 90's. I was at an Oakland A's game with some sweet seats right at the 3rd base dugout. Mark McGuire hit a foul ball near by me during the game. I didn't get to the ball first. But I did check the videotape of the televised broadcast that I recorded at home. And sure enough, the camera followed that foul ball and my ugly ass ended up on screen once again.
I've been interviewed a few times on some public access channels for various plays I have performed in, the most recent one being in January. Sometimes I'd get to perform scenes for the broadcast as well; in fact, once, one of the major GTA news stations showed a clip of myself and some other actors performing in our outdoor theatre during their noon news hour. It was pretty neat.
I was a background performer in a TV movie once... or maybe it was direct-to-video, I'm not really sure. I haven't really bothered to look it up. I'd love to actually perform on TV in a real, speaking part one of these days. No luck yet, but I'm gonna keep trying...
I was a background performer in a TV movie once... or maybe it was direct-to-video, I'm not really sure. I haven't really bothered to look it up. I'd love to actually perform on TV in a real, speaking part one of these days. No luck yet, but I'm gonna keep trying...
I've been on public access TV three times:
When I got my High School Diploma.
When I got my Associate's Degree.
When I got my Bachelor's Degree.
Anyone noticing a pattern?
You go to school for the attention?
When TNG folded, a local TV station here did an hour-long special devoted to it with ten-minute interviews from several people who lived in the area and who'd worked on the show - myself, Lisa Putman White and Marc Okrand.
Austin News Channel 8 spent one morning doing cutaways to a young reporter covering the filming of Starship Exeter - the only one online at Youtube features our director, but I and a number of other folks were interviewed at about the same length. What was stressed to all of us by the producer was to get a call out for volunteers into every one of our stand-ups, and we all did.
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Austin News Channel 8 spent one morning doing cutaways to a young reporter covering the filming of Starship Exeter - the only one online at Youtube features our director, but I and a number of other folks were interviewed at about the same length. What was stressed to all of us by the producer was to get a call out for volunteers into every one of our stand-ups, and we all did.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ZVYly557A&feature=PlayList&p=E90F9C48A4844B14&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=27[/yt]
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Jetfire
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Twice that i can remember right now. Once, when i was a kid, about 6 yrs old, on the TV show "BOZO THE CLOWN" and once as an adult i was interviewed because a registered sex offender moved in two doors down. I seriously could have lived without that one.
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Jetfire
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How in the world sex offenders can move into a family community is beyond me...this should never happen.
I assume Randi your neighborhood is a family community.
^ There were 11 kids on my block alone, and my block only has about 8 houses. We are also a no bus school district, meaning that the kids all walk to and from school.
It was a very very frightening experience, let me tell you.
It was a very very frightening experience, let me tell you.
doubleohfive
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Remember Magnum, P.I. ?
That was me.
That was me.
I was on MTV Globally Dismissed.
I've been on TV twice:
Back in the 70s Jim Neighbors (aka Gomer Pyle) had a talk show, and my family got tickets to see it when we were in LA on vacation. My little brothers and I were cute little kids and they showed us in the audience a few times.
Shortly after 9/11 I was interviewed by local news about fears of public transit. They nabbed me as I was walking though the bus station on my way to work. I really didn't want to do it, but the reporter was really annoying and kept following me, and I probably looked like the most sane person in the train station at the time.
Back in the 70s Jim Neighbors (aka Gomer Pyle) had a talk show, and my family got tickets to see it when we were in LA on vacation. My little brothers and I were cute little kids and they showed us in the audience a few times.
Shortly after 9/11 I was interviewed by local news about fears of public transit. They nabbed me as I was walking though the bus station on my way to work. I really didn't want to do it, but the reporter was really annoying and kept following me, and I probably looked like the most sane person in the train station at the time.
doubleohfive
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Yeah, I've been on TV. I mean, who hasn't?
But seriously, I've been on TV mostly due to my days as a dancer with a group of fellow school kids. Local TV at that. I've also been in local news bulletins in the background for various reasons, most notably for music performances with our old band at public events or two.
But seriously, I've been on TV mostly due to my days as a dancer with a group of fellow school kids. Local TV at that. I've also been in local news bulletins in the background for various reasons, most notably for music performances with our old band at public events or two.
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