Hands up if you've been on TV
- angloconvoy
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Hands up if you've been on TV
*Raises hand.*
So about three weeks back some guy comes up to me while I'm looking at Transformers (seriously) and asks if I like Star Wars. I say, "kind of", so he asks me to come with him. He then asks if I can speak Japanese, whips out a camera and has a little chat with me about these star wars chopsticks in the shop (I wasn't really impressed).
I thought the guy worked for the shop, figured it was some kind of in-house promotional thing, but then a couple of days ago some of the kids at school walk up to me and ask if I was on TV. I'd forgotten all about it to be honest, so I said no, then they said they must have made a mistake but it looked a bit like me (but, you know, all us white folk look the same) and it was about chopsticks.
I kind of wish I'd seeb it, even though I'm pretty sure I'd be horrifically embarrassed.
So about three weeks back some guy comes up to me while I'm looking at Transformers (seriously) and asks if I like Star Wars. I say, "kind of", so he asks me to come with him. He then asks if I can speak Japanese, whips out a camera and has a little chat with me about these star wars chopsticks in the shop (I wasn't really impressed).
I thought the guy worked for the shop, figured it was some kind of in-house promotional thing, but then a couple of days ago some of the kids at school walk up to me and ask if I was on TV. I'd forgotten all about it to be honest, so I said no, then they said they must have made a mistake but it looked a bit like me (but, you know, all us white folk look the same) and it was about chopsticks.
I kind of wish I'd seeb it, even though I'm pretty sure I'd be horrifically embarrassed.
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I have been on American news. Standing next to my friend outside that big toy store in London (Hamlin's? Something like that) as he was interviewed about the American take over of the shop. He bluffed magnificently despite having no knowledge of the subject ("To a certain extent it's a shame, but if Yank.inc can revitalise it..."), just for the sake of getting on foreign TV.
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Mine was neither an interview or any commercial stuff. I was on a headline news.
13 years ago while I was still at my country, I was an employee at the capital city mayor's foundation and also an administrative staff while he was running his reelection. At the campaign night, we all gathered around the square in front of the campaign headquarter with lots of crowds and I was standing right below the center stage watching big screen TV. Unfortunately my boss lost, while people were still shock about this news, there were few drunk people running up to the stage waiving wooden sticks. Don't know what I was thinking, I was not even a security guy, I was the first person running up to the stage tackling the first guy who was waving his stick. Fortunately nobody was hurt and the short brawl was down. Few hours later while we were cleaning up, I got a call from a friend who I didn't contact in 3 years, he said: "Hey! I saw you on TV news."
Actually I was on TV few times during that campaign but more like filled in the crowds besides the event above.
13 years ago while I was still at my country, I was an employee at the capital city mayor's foundation and also an administrative staff while he was running his reelection. At the campaign night, we all gathered around the square in front of the campaign headquarter with lots of crowds and I was standing right below the center stage watching big screen TV. Unfortunately my boss lost, while people were still shock about this news, there were few drunk people running up to the stage waiving wooden sticks. Don't know what I was thinking, I was not even a security guy, I was the first person running up to the stage tackling the first guy who was waving his stick. Fortunately nobody was hurt and the short brawl was down. Few hours later while we were cleaning up, I got a call from a friend who I didn't contact in 3 years, he said: "Hey! I saw you on TV news."
Actually I was on TV few times during that campaign but more like filled in the crowds besides the event above.
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No wonder her hair fell out.Cliffjumper wrote:
- Audience member on Vanessa. Got to lift up Gail Porter. I forget why, or even if I was meant to, but most of our class got to try. Someone actually tried to run off with her.
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Not on TV per se, but my name was read out on when I was top prize winner in a Blue Peter competition back in um... the 80's (it was acceptable at the time).
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I was on TV at the 1999 Royal Rumble. During the Mankind vs. Rock "I quit" championship match. It was at the part where Mankind & Rock were fighting in the audience. Right before Mankind charged Rock to send him over the barricade, he pushed me aside because I was tapping tapping his shoulder. I'm the one wearing a white Raiders #26 jersey. So much fun!
Here's the video. At 4:23...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klc2eCE5 ... re=related
Here's the video. At 4:23...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klc2eCE5 ... re=related
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Ooh, just remembered a particularly chucklesome incident (if you're a middle aged woman)
My family and I were in the background of a local news report in Cornwall, eating massive 99 ice cream cones, but my nan didn't know she was eating on screen and showed the report to her slimming group!
My family and I were in the background of a local news report in Cornwall, eating massive 99 ice cream cones, but my nan didn't know she was eating on screen and showed the report to her slimming group!
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To provide the eye candy?angloconvoy wrote:I was in a magazine in Japan too. They were interviewing my coworker and they wanted me to be in the photo with her.
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