Ever been on TV?

[UrbScotty]

Who here has been on TV? National TV, local TV, something else...

I was on the news once, as part of a marching band in high school.

Not much other than that, that I can think of.

Perhaps you've been in the studio audience of a show, maybe?

[maxanne]

1. I was on the news

pretty regularly back in the 1980's - getting hauled off in a paddy wagon at NH's nuke plant, to the eternal chagrin of my mother.

I've been on local cable a bunch of times, as a candidate in 2002 and as an organizer in 2003.

[rabid_nerd]

2. National TV

Fox News and MSNBC for a Leadership '02 event where I had Re-Elect Gore stickers in Feb. 02.

I was also told I was seen when my employer opened their flagship store on CNN.

I also spoke as a Draft Gore rep on Democratic Talk Radio two weeks ago.

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. I was a guest

on a Statewide program called "Capitol Ideas" here in New Hamphsure during the contentious governor's race.

[caledesi]

4. I was on the local news in Washington DC YEARS ago...

I was a foster parent for an inner-city kid (as part of the Sasha-Bruce Project) and the station was doing a segment on this project. The Sasha-Bruce house was a place for run-aways, "throwaways"...yes throwaways...sad, where kids stayed until they were fostered out.

So anyhow I was on TV being interviewed as a foster parent. My 15 minutes of fame!

Wish I had a VCR then, but I didn't.

[Capn Sunshine]

5. I have appeared as a talking head--and am this morning!

One of those "experts"(finance)on the Stock market channels.

In the 70's I appeared several times while giving inflammatory anti-war speeches. Back then we had to time everything to the technology of the times; to get on the evening news that day you had to have pretty much done your piece by about 3 pm.
Now it's 5.

I'm actually going to be on TV this morming.

This is my conundrum. Its for the anti-recall movement. Should I wear a tie ( I have to go to work afterwards)

or appear more casual? Hawaiian shirt too far? This may go national. That would be pretty cliche IMO.The message is financial in nature; how my estimation if the recall passes is that we will spend approximately THREE BILLION in extra interest on bond issues.

Read my article on the recall; its on page 1 of DU today...

[Aristus]

6. I was on "Captain Gus" in San Antonio when I was a kid.

Then on local TV in Tacoma, playing tuba in the marching band for the Daffodil Parade.

Last appearance was as Sherlock Holmes in a short play televised for the college TV station.

[Kellanved]

7. A few times while campaigning

I always run in the other direction when I see a microphone.

http://www.spd-berlin.de/videothek/btw2002/gend-bergm_schoenf2.rm


Edit: Wow, just found a Bug in the Board software.
As I can't post the picture:
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[LuLu550]

8. Just before the war in Iraq

I was at a candlelight vigil in Albany NY and the TV news reporter interviewed me. She wanted to know if I thought baby-boomer moms would be a driving force in the next election; "peace moms" she called it, like soccer moms were in the elections of the 1990s.
I talked about my activism in the Vietnam anti-war movement and told her I felt almost the same about the Iraq war as I did during Vietnam. Then, I was afraid for my brothers and friends, this time I was afraid for my 19 year old son and his friends.
So that was my 15 minutes of fame, but I'm not sure enough moms of 18 to 20 something-year olds are frightened enough by this administration because there isn't a draft.
LuLu

[LynneSin]

9. I spent 2 weeks on Romper Room

does that count?

[LincolnMcGrath]

15. Two weeks?

I got tossed after a day. lol

[wtmusic]

20. Give it to us straight LS...

was the Magic Mirror REALLY magic?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. My brother was a Do-Bee in 1960...

He made The Pic Temple Show too...

[LincolnMcGrath]

10. Romper Room

Romper bomper stomper boo tell me tell me doo

[noiretextatique]

11. twice...maybe more

once at a campground during a holiday weekend, and recently on a cable access show about online activism. DU got a nice plug :D

[Booberdawg]

12. Yup

I was interviewed several times about 5 years ago for a death in the family due to negligence that made the news.

[UrbScotty]

16. Sorry to hear that.

How terrible it must have been to have had that happen.

[Booberdawg]

62. It sure was

It was my son. City AND State liability involved so there were news several follow ups. Frankly, all the extra *voltage* and legal business just made the grieving process so much worse. But now I know I'll never go through anything worse or as bad.

[XNASA]

13. MTV & NASA-TV

I've been on MTV, in a video. Not sure how often it ran. Twas a long time ago.

My voice has been heard on NASA-TV, usually during Live Events when an orbiting crew speaks to the media. I would do the hand-off from the media to the crew.

I also did some voice over work when I was at NASA. If you've ever seen the cartoon on NASA-TV about how the International Space Station is being built, I'm the voice of the rocket.

[wtmusic]

14. I was on the Tonight Show

played keyboards for a group called "All-4-One". Also Good Morning America, Regis and Kathy Lee, Today, blah blah blah.

Big deal.

[VelmaD]

17. at the Cottom Bowl

in January 1988. I was in the SeaWorld of Texas All-Star Marching Band. We played the national anthem at the Cotton Bowl and I was the lucky percussionist who was right up front playing those great cymbal crashes. (And doing all sorts of other neat flippy things with 'em in between along with the rest of the guys). Got a nice close-up as part of that.

Was also on several times as part of the Going Band from Raiderland back when I was at Texas Tech. The people on the sidelines playing xylophone and bells are always easier for the cameramen to get to. :-)

DV

[Crewleader]

18. yes local and national

Local News I was interviewed working for the Census 2000 as a Crewleader. I was hosting a funded picnic for an area that was making the last effort to have people get involved and be counted.
Being in charge there was no running from the microphone but I was smart enough not to quote numbers like others have done who did not come close to their goal.

National News was TV cameras' everywhere at the Florida Democratic Convention where I was a Florida delegate who was lucky enough to speak with Al Gore and have the picture to show you.

[eileen from OH]

19. I was on a national

commercial for Final Touch fabric softener that ran for over a year. I was an idiot housewife, caught on hidden camera, gushing orgasmically about her laundry. To my embarassment, got recognized all over the place.

But for an hour of my time, paid verrrry well and I do it again in a hearbeat.

eileen from OH

[bunk76]

21. Bowling for dollars...

with Bob Gamere...got a spare,I think I won 100 skins.It was the seventys,I was a bit "cloudy". :evilgrin: :hippie:

[WoodrowFan]

22. Uncle Orie (sp)

TV kids show in Dayton Ohio in the 60s.

[donotpassgo]

23. That's kinda my job...

But the best time was when I didn't intend to. I went to see Star Wars Episode I. I lived across the street from Mann's. So we had a HUGE party the night before, drinking, some to-remain-nameless all natural drugs and NO sleep for two days.

After the movie got out, I was absolutely loopy from the experience...and the drugs...and had some guy from CNN stick a camera in my face and interview me while I was high as a kite.

That thing played on CNN every hour and every 15 minutes on Headline News. Yikes.

[MisterP]

24. local, holding a brown pelican

[THUNDER HANDS]

25. lots of times

On the local news for a boat show.
In the background during Geraldo Rivera's old talk show.
In the audience during Conan O'Brien's show.
In the background behind the football announcers at college games (every week, I was in the press box next to them).

And the most famous time was when my school ran an ad by a holocaust revisionist that caused a major stink on Long Island. Every, and I mean EVERY tv news crew came to the student newspaper office the next day to inteview the newspaper crew.

I ended up on CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, UPN, WB, MSNBC, ect all on the same nightly newscast. It was fun flipping the channels and seeing your face all over the news.

Had I known they were going to show up, I would have picked a nicer shirt to wear.

:)

[Breezy du Nord]

26. local tv station for 2 years

I was in my Communications teacher's plays, and he had a thing agianst Iowans, so in the first year I played a member of the Iowa Chapter of the Elvis Lives Society. (we chased elvis around a lot, of course) and the yar after I played a bingo lady from iowa who thought a supermarket wa a bingo hall. They were all on TV, jsut local though.

[AWD]

27. Yes

5 times while I was at Ohio State sporting events (always had great seats), 3 times was on nationally, twice locally broadcast.

Once was interviewed for a peace protest.

But my big screen debut may come soon...I was interviewed extensively for a documentary film called "Liberty Bound" (www.libertybound.com). I've seen a rough cut of the film, and they use my interview a lot for the OSU/TYBOB incident, and they use a lot of my comments on 9/11.

Counting the days until I get that long-awaited imdb.com listing!!!!

[Kolesar]

30. Peace rally at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, February 2003

They were interviewing and taping a family who was standing right in front of me. So I got to shake my fist and make peace signs on camera while the congressman was speaking to the attendees. I was on the news twice that night. Many of my friends and coworkers commented on it.

[tarkus]

28. Presidents and hopefuls visited my schools in 1991 and 2000

When I was a little kid George Bush (I) visited my school and I was near him for the picture on the front page of the paper and probably on TV because our school was very small (I was too young to hate him, and my parents were smarter than to do anything about that- my dad taught at that school) and In 7th grade Gore visited my middle school. I knew enough to support Gore then. My middle school was huge though and so I don't think I was able to be seen on TV or the paper, but I may have been somewhere.

[catzies]

29. 5 times. Twice in childhood, 3 in adulthood.

I was on the White Baron and Skipper Chuck, both South Florida 60s/70s era kids' TV shows.

I was on Jeopardy in '88 and Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001.

In 1990 or '91 I was interviewed by my local ABC affiliate at a pro-choice rally I attended as a member of NOW and my soundbite made it to the evening news.

[THUNDER HANDS]

31. wow

so what'd you win?

[catzies]

32. On Jeopardy I came in 3rd, but I actually won Ben Stein's money

I was on back in the days when all Jeopardy gave was crappy consolation prizes and no money to runner-ups. The questions were harder too. Now it's so dumbed down (IMO) it's unwatchable.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

50. Catzies, Did you ever hang out

in Acme catchat?

I was "ZooLady" :-)

[catzies]

60. Nope, that wasn't me. Sorry.

But nice to meet you anyway. :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

63. Likewise!

There was a regular visitor there who was also from FL, was into cats(I think her nick was Bluecat, if I remember right), and she was a Jeopardy contestant...

May be your evil twin! ;-)

[Mr. McD]

33. April 1975 local news, Sacramento CA.

Just shortly after my daughter arrived from Vietnam there was a story about our adoption. She arrived on April 5th 1975.

The following link has the story of her flight. It was part of operation Babylift.

http://www.adoptvietnam.org/adoption/babylift-photos0.html

[proud patriot]

34. Yes !

I was in a teacup spinning around like crazy at Disneyland
for a local news report ...All I saw of myself was my redhair
:shrug: but it was me ...

[bbernardini]

35. Yes, complaining about mail service, and "Double Dare"

When I moved to my new home last year, the development was still being built, and the post office refused to deliver to my street, even though there was no reason not to (no construction trucks, nothing blocking the street). Due to my teaching schedule, I would have only been able to get my mail on Saturdays. I somehow managed to get the local Fox affiliate to cover this problem as a "What's Buggin' You?" segment, and lo and behold, my mail started coming.

When I was in 7th grade, I was in the studio audience for a taping of "Double Dare". You know, back when it was still good.

[KCDem]

36. yes, both here and in Russia

I was interviewed about something unimportant over there and made the local news. Here, I've also been on local news... you know, random "who are you going to vote for in the primary"-type stuff, once for the local Million Mom March, and once for some protest thing.

[SiouxJ]

38. My claim to fame is that I was in a Rod Stewart video

can't even remember the song now. I even got a close-up. They filmed a concert I was at. I was up front and there are glimpses of me throughout the video as well as the 90 minute concert that ran on Showtime. (or was it Cinemax?). I was smart enough to wear a bright pink tank top so I would be easy to pick out ;-) (This was in the 80's btw).

Also, I'm in the audience of 3 tapings of "Name That Tune" which my dad was on in 1976. He won the whole enchilada btw :-) .

[MiltonLeBerle]

39. I was on Oprah. Up on the stage.

Back in her more Maury-esque days.
The topic of the show was "Men who Date Married Women".
I was 26 at the time, and had "dated" about 7 different married women(Some interesting stories there, especially the cop's wife who had told me she was "seperated", but in fact it was just that he worked nights)
Anyway- as far as Oprah-
I hadn't told anyone in my family that I would be on, but my mom was laying in bed drinking coffee when my sister called her and told her to turn on Oprah, and she almost did a spit-take all over the cats when she did.
She also got a call from my aunt in Albequerque.

[sexybomber]

40. I hosted my high school's news program for two years

and that was broadcast to the greater capital region, so I guess that counts.

[noonwitch]

41. I was on Bozo the clown once

Circa 1970 in Grand Rapids, MI on WZZM. The guy who played Bozo was also a newscaster-his daughter went to my high school. Poor girl, long after Bozo was cancelled, everyone still called her Bozo's daughter. They probably still do, if she still lives in GR.

[MiltonLeBerle]

42. I was on Bozo once too.

In Chicago.
Wearing a bear costume and pantomiming playing a bass fiddle in a jug band.

[SOteric]

43. Local several times, and one time on National

it was a few years back and all of it was in relationship to a cause I champion. There were some awards won by a documentary, which I helped with/wrote, discussing that cause.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. A few times...

For a local magazine show, when I was a high school student, I was interviewed about the youth orchestra I was concertmaster with. They also taped the orchestra in the studio.

The local news cameras have panned across me performing for this or that event. I was also in a studio audience for a Saturday Night Live years ago.

I also played in the back-up orchestra for the PBS special
"Piano! Grand" which aired a couple of years ago, and for a
Boyz II Men spot in a national promo for "Prince of Egypt".

[RebelOne]

45. Yes, on the Sally Jessie Show in Miami

Not going to say why, but it was related to Halloween.

[tridim]

46. When I was 8

I was chosen by my gymnastics coach to be filmed for a 'human interest' news segment with the Olympian Bart Conner. It was an absolute dream come true, my teammates were very jealous. I still remember when they asked me, "Why do you like gymnastics?" I said, "Because you get muscles and stuff". :)

When they filmed me performing, I was so high on adrenaline that I ripped the hell out of my palm on the high bar and didn't even care. Fellow gymnasts will know what a "rip" is. Basically it's when the skin of your palm rips off in one big sheet while swinging around the bar. We considered them battle scars.

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. No, but did I tell you my daughter was in the National Spelling Bee on

ESPN last year??? Stop me if I have-- Speller #107, out of Michigan.

We were so proud. I think I might still be.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

48. During grad school

I was the announcer for a singing group I participated in, and we appeared with another group on Connecticut public television.

In Portland, I once literally forced my way onto TV. It was at an anti-WTO protest, and another middle-aged woman standing near me said, "They're interviewing the kids with the green hair," meaning, of course, that the reporters were trying to portray fair trade types as "fringe."

The two of us, looking very respectable, confronted the reporters, pointed out the tremendous demographic range of the protestors, and found ourselves being interviewed about why we were at the protest. The other woman was a teacher in a blue collar town in Washington, where the main employer had just moved all its production jobs to Mexico.

The other time I was seen on TV was when local news cameras came to our church to show it as one example of the local religious institutions that held prayer services on September 11, 2001.

[soleft]

49. I was on Sally Jessie Raphael

She was doing a show on "when disciplining your child goes too far"

I made a comment as an audience member

[zekeson]

51. Last week

Shaking hands with Mark Dayton (DFL Minnesota). Very decent * bashing speech and campaign to increase employment to rural MN. It was during work hours. My supervisor came in the next day and asked me for my autograph, having been shocked to see me on his screen the night before. I handed him my timesheet that showed the 2 hours off. It was all in fun.

Previous of that I was on the Duane Elliot and Floppy show in Des Moines back in 1965 for my 4th Birthday. It was the noon hour kids show that showed cartoons and I was the only guest so Duane interviewed me. Floppy (stuffed dog in Duane's hand) had the "flu" (he was getting his box redone - last time that happened and he was on for at least a decade longer) and I was bummed and pouted and was not a good interview....

[GalleryGod]

52. This Morning-Waving Behind Al Roker!

New Yawk! New Yawk!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[cosmicdot]

53. when I was a Senior in high school

... a local radio station had televised dances featuring area high schools ... and, being the student body president ... I had to actually say something in the interview segment ...


((of course, entering stores, I've been on a TV monitor a lot))

[NightTrain]

54. December 26, 1995

I was living in the small gambling town of Laughlin, Nevada, whose locally owned and operated TV station had a locally produced daily program called "The Morning Show." On a lark, I called the host one day and asked if he might be interested in having me come on the show to talk about record collecting and show off some of my more offbeat LP jackets. He was very receptive and scheduled me for the day after Christmas.

The host and I immediately established a great rapport, and the LP covers were unusual enough to elicit plenty of colorful commentary from the both of us. My appearance lasted a good 20 minutes of the show's one-hour running time. It was a whole lot of fun, even though I had to be at the station by 7:00 a.m!

[ohmyman1]

55. tv

interviewed during the 50th celebration of the ufo crash in roswell new mexico. it was during the costume contest, i dressed as a dennis rodman alien.
i thnk those people who stand outside the morning shows are idiots.

[MiltonLeBerle]

56. " I think those people who stand outside the morning shows are idiots..."

What would that make the people who go to Roswell dressed as Dennis Rodman aliens?

[americanstranger]

57. MSNBC with Joey the Scar

Me and Sym took on 'Puffy Chandler' Scarborough and that bug-eyed senator from Florida over the Limbaugh boycott.

A completely underwhelming experience.

-as

[alfredo]

58. Yes

I was the go to guy when the subject was bicycles in our town. On national TV during New year in time square. that's how my parents learned I was there.


My wife was indirectly on TV. An advertising agency used her bio as the base for a character in a commercial. One of her friends is the owner of the agency. they used her unique first name, her location, and her profession in the ad. The Ad was for Wal Mart. My wife has never been to a Wal Mart.

found a long lost friend because he was on the Evening news. He had rowed across the atlantic and crashed on the Irish shore.

[TrogL]

59. In the background

TV cameras lurk around my workplace and I've been on a few times just walking from my office somewhere.

There were a couple of long shots of me at a gay rights demonstration and an anti-war demonstration.

I got interviewed for 15 minutes on CBC Radio - presumably my 15 minutes of fame.

[thermodynamic]

61. I have, last year!

Gay pride day in Mpls. I was fortuitous enough to be walking by the channel 5 camera! :D :D :D </ego>