"As a news anchor for all those years, Brad, what highlights stand out?" I'm often asked this question, and there are many highlights that instantly come to mind. ✔ Having the just-elected governor of New Hampshire throw up on me on live election coverage. ✔ Not eating for ten days in China (my choice). ✔ Playing goalie for Tulsa's professional indoor soccer team in an exhibition game and blocking three shots with my face (not my choice). ✔ Watching the TV station I'd just been hired to work for burn to the ground upon my arrival in Reno, Nevada. ✔ Meeting my fellow reporters for beers and sausages at Esker's Tavern when we were supposed to be out looking for tornadoes in Illinois. ✔ Interviewing Kevin Costner on live national television and quickly discovering that he had nothing to say. For four long minutes. ✔ Being stopped in a NYC guitar store by the late Lou Reed who said "I don't remember your name, but I dig your work on channel 11." ✔ Surviving several attempts on my professional life by a variety of wacky co-workers. ✔ The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the...well, before robotic cameras...camera people. But late in my broadcasting career I've been blessed to work with a truly warped bunch at The Onion News Network and the highlights happen every episode. A full day's supply of these videos, suitable for binge viewing, is available here. Below, an appetizer. Goes well with a hearty Bordeaux. |
Below, on the set with Jill Bennett circa 2008, bearing cheery witness to the impending implosion of the American economy. (BusinessWeek and its tv show among the victims.)
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