Comments on: TV Will Break Your Heart Every Time

By: sarah henry

sarah henry — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:39:57 +0000

How ’bout this: You actually agree to do an on-camera interview, the producer sends you a DVD of said show, and it’s been well over six months and you just can’t make yourself watch it, even after people have approached you from unlikely quarters saying: “didn’t I just see you on…”

By: Casey@Good. Food. Stories.

Casey@Good. Food. Stories. — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:59:35 +0000

As a former PR flack, I’ve also been emotionally bruised when my clients’ TV appearances or magazine spreads were inevitably shelved. Clearly you need a lackey to blame! Is Baby Bird still available to be a long-suffering assistant?

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:29:17 +0000

My first husband was on TV once when my son was about 3. I can’t remember why he was on — his expertise was the foreign policy of the Soviet Union and they wanted a professor to say something wise about some skulduggery of the Russians, I guess. What I remember is that my son was badly frightened as we watched his father on the tube. “How is Daddy going to get out of the TV?” he asked me tearfully.

By: Vera Marie Badertscher

Vera Marie Badertscher — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:27:42 +0000

I can only surmise that your last name is too long to fit on the cue cards. No other excuse for passing up such fascinating people. (and parrots)

By: Living Large

Living Large — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:09:18 +0000

This was lol funny! I think many of us who have had our 15 seconds of fame (or not) on television can relate.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:33:46 +0000

I think it might be time to give up on the tv dream…until someone else comes calling. So close…yet so far. And so funny . Maybe e next tv gig could be as a stand-up comedienne??

By: Winston

Winston — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:23:04 +0000

After decades, I learned the power of TV was in the plug– I finally pulled it!

As for your dream of being the next Shirley Temple (snicker)– with your straight hair? Well, move over, sister! I wanted to be THE next Spanky McFarland!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:37:33 +0000

I had a radio show in France. To make a long story short, the new owner of the station planned to buy a TV station and dangled a job on TV before me, but TV never tempted me. I did love doing radio though. I love these posts, Ruth. You always make me smile.

By: Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart

Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:42:56 +0000

These are important lessons. Many, many, many times when I worked in PR, we would get frantic calls from producers from Oprah (or the like). We would bust our behinds to get them the information they needed, and they NEVER, ever used it. Never.

I hope the Rock Center thing does air, and I’d still be wildly giddy to see your hubby on The Daily Show or Colbert Report.

By: Melanie @ Frugal Kiwi

Melanie @ Frugal Kiwi — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:42:30 +0000

My 6th grade class was supposed to be in a TV documentary about local writer Willie when I lived in Mississippi. I got the chicken pox and was home covered in spots for that one.