A Star is Born: Michael's TV Debut

With the start of school, my five-year-old son, Michael, joined his Daddy on a couple of TV interviews. Michael was excited and was interestingly his own harshest critic when watching the television footage later. He wanted to watch them over and over.

The first one was for Central Florida News 13 and aired on August 15, 2007. Reporter Ron Lee, formerly on New York City's NY1 news operation, was the lead on this one. I've worked with Ron before and he is very pleasant to deal with. Ron even came by the house to make it easier since I had Michael in tow.

The Central Florida News 13 piece dealt with using the Internet to check on sexual predators that live near your child's bus stop, school or home. As I explained to Ron, the locations of sexual predators and offenders can be checked on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement website:
http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/Search.jsp

You can see Michael's video here or on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZHYvQ32Y9U




Michael helped out yet again (stars are so helpful) with two live Fox 35 Morning News segments on August 16, 2007. My wife Anne (Michael's mommy) came along to cater to the star.

Working with the morning news crew folks was as nice as it was dealing with the evening people. The segment was on bus stop safety. I had previously gone and bought a Coleman glow stick (Target) and used Michael's back pack (Land's End) with reflective strip to demonstrate safety tips.





You can see Michael's Fox 35 Morning News video here or on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfPPu0H6E7w



They were very friendly. Michael, Anne, and I even had a tour of the Fox 35 News facilities after we were done. Anne found it fascinating and they particularly enjoyed the huge green screen that is used for the computer generated weather graphics. Fox 35's Weatherman, Jim Van Fleet, even joined us at the green screen. It was a great experience and I appreciate their hospitality to my family.