april 08, 2009 12:48am
August 24, 2008 Show Time!
Monday August 25, 2008
Show Time!
This day started with rain. That seems like the norm this year. I went to the CTV studio for the live broadcast to be aired at 8:12 east coast time. I met the camera-person in a small back room at the studio. You would think that there would be a big broadcast centre, but this room was very small and dank. The camera-person put in my ear piece and the producer from Toronto did a sound check for the broadcast. I don't know if people out there know how the news business is in the big city but as a subject of an interview you are alloted a curtain amount of time on air. Keep in mind I can hear in my ear piece the guy being interviewed before my interview. He is talking about American politics, he is going on and on and He is cutting into my time. I keep looking at the clock and this person is talking and talking about nothing. So it comes time for my segment and the A-hole before me used about 2 minutes of my 4 minute time slot. I wanted to mention my gas Sponsor, Journey's By Gerry Van Dyke from Cambridge Ontario, but all I could talk about was a overview of our charity. I managed to get in a good line about my son. The Commentator asked me how I felt about the possibility of my son joining officer training and the possibility of him going to Afghanistan. My answer was “I trust that the Canadian government make the right decision with my son's life”, I hope that the audience out there got the message. I thought about what I said and how can we trust a government that got us into this mess in the first place.
We rapped up the interview with me almost begging for donations. I will do what is necessary to make a success of this mission even if it means swallowing my pride.
