Year 1: “The Thing About Lunch” or “The Worst I Ever Had”
Let’s get one thing straight. Television production is about one thing and one thing only: lunch.
It was my first job in the business. I was working on a real TV show, on a broadcast network, with my name in the credits. I was psyched.
I would soon be crushed. It was the worst job I’ve ever had. Read the rest of this entry>>
Year 4: The Night I *Almost* Met William Shatner
Winter 2001/2002: I was working on Weakest Link and we had a Star Trek theme show. All 12 contestants (or 8 or 10 or whatever it was) were Star Trek cast members from the various shows – there was Shatner, the chick who played Tasha Yar, George Takei I believe, LeVar Burton, the hologram doctor from Voyager, that Neelix dude from Voyager, etc. Nobody else memorable. The tapings took 2-3 hours and I was psyched to meet Shatner – I was busy with my job duties before and during the show (my job was in the control booth, not on the stage), but my plan was definitely to somehow meet the guy after the taping. Read the rest of this entry>>
