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Reports from Belo Interactive contributors at the Olympics in Sydney, AustraliaJohn Miller: Daily from Down Under 09/24/2000 By John Miller / KTVB.com, Boise, Idaho
Today I got on TV. Not like regular TV - this was network, baby. The crew was shooting some sort of Children's program in the commissary. I think it was called, "How to suffer cardiac arrest at the Olympics." The cameraman didn't speak very good English, but he seemed awfully impressed with my lasagna and hard boiled eggs. He moved in tight, and said, "Yah, dis is goot!" I didn't know if he was talking about me or my food.
You've probably noticed I spend a lot of time writing about the commissary. That's largely because they even let "C" passes in there. Yup, I'm still bitter (see previous entry). But today, Mark Johnson and his "B" pass pulled off a pretty good little stunt at the Mountain Biking venue, 30 minutes away. You see, Sun Valley's Ruthie Matthes was riding today, and well, I just had to be there - mainly because I have the camera (Side note to the IOC, NBC, the FBI, FCC, CIA, DEA, and ATF: No worries, we did NOT shoot the race and air it in Boise 17 hours early). But Mark did manage to pull some strings to get me in, along with our 22-year-old Australian driver. His name is Mario Andretti.
Anyhoo - we were able to watch the race, and interview Ruthie afterward. She finished 10th, but we were on world record pace. We jumped in the car, 45 minutes before we had to be on TV. Might I point out that Mario Andretti is not to be confused with Christopher Columbus. But after some creative backtracking, we made it back to feed the tape from the broadcast center, then sped to the "liveshot" location.
We made it, despite being stopped by the bomb unit. They put mirrors under our car and made us open the "bonnet and the booty" (hood and trunk). I asked if I could get out and run the rest of the way. The officer said, "Sure mate, if you'd like to be bloody shot." Due to my innate fear of blood and gunfire, I stayed put. luckily, they waved us on through, and we made live television.
I think it came out better than lasagna and hard boiled eggs.
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