A little known media secret: we reporters tend to laugh at the people camping out in line on Thanksgiving waiting for the stores to open on Friday…the so-called Black Friday.
Case in point: Hallie Jackson interviewed a woman who blew off Thanksgiving dinner so she and her family could wait in line at Best Buy. They [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Black Friday? No Thanks!
November 28, 2008
the Gas Guzzler Myth
November 26, 2008
Someone recently said to me that American cars are all gas guzzlers. That statement couldn’t be more untrue. Check this out: http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/the-american-gas-guzzler-myth.htm
Help for the Big Three Automakers
November 18, 2008
There has been considerable debate over whether the federal government should step in and help the ailing auto industry to the tune of $25 billion dollars. It seems most people I talk to realize something needs to be done, because a collapse of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler would be catastrophic to the economy. In [...]
Goo Goo Dolls and Elmo
November 6, 2008
I used to watch the news or Morning Joe or Sportscenter in the morning, but those days are gone. Now I watch Sesame Street with my daughter, and I must say, it totally rocks…literally.
Helena loves Elmo, and knows Snuffy, Oscar, Zoe and the gang. For some reason she says Big Bird, with a Long Island [...]
Election Night Behind the Scenes
November 5, 2008
What an historic night to be working. At approximately 11:04 PM, Denise and I announced that Barack Obama had been elected the nation’s 44th president. Normally, the networks would make that announcement, but since we were in local programming at the time, we got to make the announcement.
We had a full staff working and here [...]
The Final Piece of Adriaen’s Landing
November 4, 2008
Ten years ago, a retail, residential, civic and entertainment district was proposed for a series of vacant parking lots in downtown Hartford called Adriaen’s Landing. Now, as 2009 approaches, the final piece is finally getting underway. It’s called Front Street.
Adriaen’s Landing consists of the Downtown Marriott Hotel, the Connecticut Convention Center, the Science Center of [...]
Election Night
November 4, 2008
Election night is usually one of the most fun nights to work in a television newsroom. First of all, we have a full staff made up of some dayside folks who work an extra long day. Denise and Al will be here, and as tradition dictates, Denise will wear the blue velvet dress that she [...]
Radio Rules
November 3, 2008
Jeannine Jersey
I heard something kind of bizarre on the radio the other night. I was leaving work after the 11PM news, turned on 96.5TIC in the car, and heard two familiar voices: Damon Scott (the bizarre aspect of him we’ll discuss another day!) and Jeannine Jersey. They are usually on in the afternoon, not at [...]
Forgot a job!
November 3, 2008
I forgot to mention in my previous post on jobs, that I worked as an extra for the television series “Spenser for Hire.” I walked around in the background and met the late Robert Urich. The show was filmed in Boston, so it was convenient. The hours were long, but the pay wasn’t bad and [...]
