Airing things out...
Here it is...the first weblog entry from Florida at "Beat the Clock" central. I arrived a few hours ago. The flight was quite nice. I flew with my boss Jeff, our host Gary Kroeger, and our exec producer Mark Maxwell-Smith. Before I boarded the plane, I got paged over the intercom. I needed to re-check in. I got a bit worried…Did I do the E-Ticket thing wrong? Were my bags misplaced? What did I do?!? So I go up to the counter and I handed in my boarding pass. It was just like any other E-ticket boarding pass…a coach pass in the 24th row. They take it and exchange it with another one. I look at my boarding pass and discover that it’s a seat in first class. Sweeeeet…
The flight was quite smooth and the food was ok. For entertainment, there was some movie with Ray Liotta and Vanessa Redgrave followed by episode upon episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” And the service was decent. It’s funny…the head flight attendant looked strikingly like a mix of two people from my dating past. And I would have sworn he played for the team…but I noticed what looked like a ring finger on his hand…Hmmmm….
We landed around 5-ish Eastern time. As we approached the ground for landing…I was reminded about the skewed nature of cities in Florida. I could pick out a the nuclear power plant in a sea of marsh followed by a new community development with mini-strip malls flanking it, while just blocks away was a trailer park community…Ahhhh….Florida…
It was clear that it had just rained when we landed. The tarmac was wet and there were walls of clouds all around us. And they call this the Sunshine State. Bah!
Ethan, one of the PAs, picked us up and took us to the studio. It was quite surreal to be back at the place where I would often vacation with my family while growing up. It was even more surreal to see roller coaster sprouting up just feet away from the soundstage and production offices.
So we arrive at the offices which happen to be in the same building as the offices for Nickelodeon in Orlando. This was a very cool treat…The halls were adorned with memorabilia from the various Nickelodeon shows that taped there. I was introduced to the staff and soon after that I got a tour of the set. After a production, we headed back to the hotel.
Quite a full day to say the very least…
Here it is...the first weblog entry from Florida at "Beat the Clock" central. I arrived a few hours ago. The flight was quite nice. I flew with my boss Jeff, our host Gary Kroeger, and our exec producer Mark Maxwell-Smith. Before I boarded the plane, I got paged over the intercom. I needed to re-check in. I got a bit worried…Did I do the E-Ticket thing wrong? Were my bags misplaced? What did I do?!? So I go up to the counter and I handed in my boarding pass. It was just like any other E-ticket boarding pass…a coach pass in the 24th row. They take it and exchange it with another one. I look at my boarding pass and discover that it’s a seat in first class. Sweeeeet…
The flight was quite smooth and the food was ok. For entertainment, there was some movie with Ray Liotta and Vanessa Redgrave followed by episode upon episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” And the service was decent. It’s funny…the head flight attendant looked strikingly like a mix of two people from my dating past. And I would have sworn he played for the team…but I noticed what looked like a ring finger on his hand…Hmmmm….
We landed around 5-ish Eastern time. As we approached the ground for landing…I was reminded about the skewed nature of cities in Florida. I could pick out a the nuclear power plant in a sea of marsh followed by a new community development with mini-strip malls flanking it, while just blocks away was a trailer park community…Ahhhh….Florida…
It was clear that it had just rained when we landed. The tarmac was wet and there were walls of clouds all around us. And they call this the Sunshine State. Bah!
Ethan, one of the PAs, picked us up and took us to the studio. It was quite surreal to be back at the place where I would often vacation with my family while growing up. It was even more surreal to see roller coaster sprouting up just feet away from the soundstage and production offices.
So we arrive at the offices which happen to be in the same building as the offices for Nickelodeon in Orlando. This was a very cool treat…The halls were adorned with memorabilia from the various Nickelodeon shows that taped there. I was introduced to the staff and soon after that I got a tour of the set. After a production, we headed back to the hotel.
Quite a full day to say the very least…
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