The other night I participated in a telephone survey about our local elections. The primaries are next Saturday, and one of our two House Representatives (Ed Case) is challenging a long-time Senator (Dan Akaka) for his Democratic seat in Washington. At the end of the survey I was asked if the local news station could contact me for a follow-up if it was so inclined. I said sure, gave my name, and thought no more about it.
Yesterday I got a call from a reporter at the station suggesting he’d like to do that follow-up. I agreed, and about half-an-hour later he showed up with a cameraman. They liked the visuals of my driveway or something, so we did a five-minute interview right there. I expressed my opinions about Representative Case (I don’t like his stance on issues — he’s Republican-lite), and they aired the spot last night.
I’ve never done that before. It’s a credit to the reporter (Stephen Florino) that I completely forgot the camera was running. He asked good questions and kept my attention on him. I had about a minute-and-a-half of air time, and my family has been teasing me all morning about being a TV star.