Driving to WBUR at 6 AM on Tuesday morning, on her way to volunteer at the WBUR fundraiser, Marash Girl heard tell of Obama's comments to Medvedev, unintentionally aired over a mike that was still live. It brought Marash Girl back to the 1950's and early television with Big Brother Bob Emery and his show, Family Fun, a locally broadcast program meant for young families. Big Brother Bob Emery, a native of Newton, Massachusetts, always ended his show toasting the President of the United States (who was then Eisenhower) with a glass of milk, "Big Brother's Favorite Drink". "A toast to the President," he would say, as he raised his glass of milk to the picture of President Eisenhower, and sipped. The show always ended there. But one day, soon after his toast to the President, Big Brother Bob Emery was seen by families all over the Boston area pouring himself a "drink" (of something other than milk) and cursing at "the little bastards" (or some such nefarious phrase)! Needless to say, not only was the mike hot, but the camera was hot as well, and Big Brother Bob Emery was never heard from again on Boston area television.
Somebody else told me that story about Bob Emery a
ReplyDeletelong time ago. There have been many "hot mike" bloopers over the years.
Marko Pasha