Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
NEWS BLUES

I had a mountain dew just before I went on air today...bad move...I was jittery and wirey.and I blame it for the following mistakes.

Jerry Lambert our main anchor has the day off....A guy named Carl is filling in. Carl and our other Anchor Elisabeth tossed to me...."Abc newschannel 20's Ben Handelman has the story..."

I proceeded by saying....Jerry and Elisabeth....blah blah blah. I didn't even realize my mistake of calling Carl Jerry.

Mistake number two...Instead of saying 12th grade....I said 8th. A minor mistake in the scale of things (was not a very important detail)...but I'm sure the school I did the story thinks I'm an idiot. Another mistake I'm not sure why came out of my mouth.

No more Mountain Dew!
8 Comments
betsyradish
1) Hahaha! That is awesome dude. I think next time you should try a different drink, and then do a news report on how each one effects you.
I smell NEWS.
Betsy   Wednesday, August 27, 2008
lgrant
2) Maybe we should call him Dew-D instead!

I know what you mean about that stuff. Years ago I helped work a concession stand at a Winston Cup race (eat your heart out, Betsy!) in Bristol, TN. I didn't drink soda/pop. Real health-food nut then. So was my friend, Cyn. We had nothing to drink but pop so we decided we'd drink Dew instead of Coke (in some bizarre mental derangement we figured lighter color--less caffeine!). We were high as kites all day. The only good news was we worked there for 12 hours straight (long story) and had all that frantic energy to keep us moving. :)

Don't Do the Dew next broadcast. :)
LGrant   Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Leslie
3) Oopsie! So are you now demoted to file clerk?
Leslie   Wednesday, August 27, 2008
George
4) I liked your one on Saturday though. Looked pretty professional.
LimeyGeorge   Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Amber
5) i think its cute you blame it on the dew!

you're an amazing reporter...as the vp of the fan club...obviously second to the president leslie...i say you are great and eh luckily both the mistakes happend on the same day!
Amber   Wednesday, August 27, 2008
reera
6) I've heard much worse. I think he idea about the story on different drinks is a fun stoy. You could do some of those drinks that the pantries sale to truck drivers
dannie   Thursday, August 28, 2008
billpearch
7) That reminded me of a time a called a printer I was working with at the time. I left this voicemail, "Hi Bill, it's June. Damnit! I mean...June, it's Bill call me." She said they played that message for days.

This morning on WGN-TV, Marcella Raymond forgot what town she was reporting from. "Live from Wilmette...Winnetka...where am I?"
Bill   Thursday, August 28, 2008
8) Oh man, I can't handle the Dew at all.
Pam   Thursday, August 28, 2008
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