A Brief Introduction to W.A.S.T.E. (Weird and Surprising TV ENG)

Welcome to the condensed version of the last 9 months. Dug has a rare day off and I'm handcuffing him to the computer until we catch up on the blog. Here's a compilation of Weird and Surprising TV ENG or (W.A.S.T.E.) to waste some time browsing through. I've also included work that involved travel. Enjoy.

W.A.S.T.E.--January 2007 (History Detectives/Super Bowl ads with Rex Grossman & Fred Claus with Rachel Weisz)

January 15th, Dug did the "Lucy Parsons" episode of the PBS show, History Detectives, about the Chicago Haymarket Riots.

January 24 & 25th, Dug worked with Rex Grossman on Superbowl ads for Snickers and "Body by Milk" spots. Dug also worked on Superbowl milk ads which featured Marvin Harrison and were shot in Indy. Hope Rex cashed the checks before we lost the game. I hope his Snickers and milk diet didn't influence his less than stellar performance.

January 29th, Dug worked on the EPK for "Fred Claus" with Vince Vaughn. He interviewed Rachel Weisz for the electronic press kit. The film will be out for the 2007 holiday season. Ho ho ho.

W.A.S.T.E.--February 2007 (Atlanta vineyard)

February 8-10th, Dug stayed at a vineyard resort in Atlanta, GA and shot interviews with Doctors. Must be nice to see how the other half lives. Ah, drug money from Sepricor and Lunesta.

It was a brutally cold, typical Chicago February week, and both kids were sick. Dug cheerfully called from sunny Atlanta and was complaining that he forgot a swimsuit and couldn't go in the amazing hot tub. Oh that's rough. I came really close to hanging up on him. He didn't even bring home bottles of wine for us because he didn't want them to break on his thousands of dollars worth of gear. Do they have FedEx in the south, darlin'?

February 17 & 18th, Dug was back in the warm south on a Model Search NYC in Dallas, TX. Next time he heads south in February, I swear I'm stowing away in one of his flight cases.

W.A.S.T.E.--March 2007

March 1st, Dug interviewed the band, "Gomez" at The Vic.

Multiple times throughout March, Dug shot "Louder than a Bomb", the annual high school poetry slam competition. The Chicago semi-finals were held at Hothouse, with the finals at IIT. Much of the writing was brilliant.

March 12th, Dug worked on "Nancy Grace" Live for CNN.