Saturday, February 03, 2007

Super Bowl Day 11

Day before Super Bowl and we are ready. Pre-game crew is practicing and rehearsing and going thru another technical run thru. Tempers are a little shorter today due to yesterday's long day. Also, it is getting closer to game day so everyone is getting nervous as well. From a technical point of view, we are ready. We have given production all of their needs and we are now wanting to get this over with. One engineer said it best when he said you know setup is over when you start striking (removing) the equipment. John Doyle from Fosters asked me in an interview what the difference is in my opinion of doing a Super Bowl over an Olympics. I told him an Olympics is an international event with lots of athletes and lots of venues with excitement everywhere. Super Bowl is more of just one game with lots of partying. And I guess you could just say that Super Bowl (like World Series, NBA Finals, and Stanley Cup) is just another tee shirt in the closet for us. I haven't asked Brian how he feels about being here but I am sure on our final notes, that he will describe his own feelings of what it was like for him.

Look for the interview of Brian and myself in tomorrow's Fosters Sunday News.

The entertainment tomorrow will be outstanding. With Prince at half time and Stevie Nicks and Cirque du Soleil and the Thunder Birds flying overhead, it will be quite a show. Sometimes, with all of this entertainment, you wonder if the football game gets in the way of the entertainment. Also, with the new commercials that are introduced, yet another thing that the football games gets in the way of. The graphics will be dazzling in both pre-game and game show. We have over 48 cameras for this as well as aerial shots of in the stadium and out. The NFL experience is another addition that we cover. Our pre-game show will be 6 hours long and there will be lots to see. DO NOT LOOK FOR BRIAN AND MYSELF BECAUSE WE ARE TUCKED AWAY IN THE COMPOUND. We have always been asked if there is a chance of being seen on the show. The answer is NO!

So, dear readers, hang on to your hats because tomorrow should be very interesting. I am still on site writing this while they do their last minute graphics updates. Brian has been released and will get a decent meal before the storm hits.

I hope you all enjoy the Super Bowl

david and brian

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