Glllllaaaaaaadiator!!!!!!
On this morning's show, we featured a piece I did with "Venom" from the TV-show American Gladiators. Her real name is Beth Horn, and her "Gladiators" outfit is way skimpier than it looks on TV.
Never before had I told an interview subject, "Just so you know, I'll be staring into your eyes for the next 2 hours, because I'm uncomfortable looking anywhere else."
Turns out, though, every other man in this building was plenty comfortable.
I've shot at least a dozen pieces in this building, and not once had someone offered to help light it. Well, no one offered this time either.
They just showed up.
Stagehand Dave and his friend, Stagehand Steve, materialized out of nowhere with lights in hand. Guys who hadn't spoken to me in weeks approached to "see what was up." The quietest men in the building transformed into Casanovas. I had more volunteers than the Red Cross.
It was all a little embarrassing, to be honest.
Not so much the part about them wanting to meet an attractive blonde- I suppose I understand that. What was really embarrassing was how little game they had. Honestly, every one of them had the same opening line.
"Do as many takes beating up Pat as you need."
I was waiting for someone to ask if her Daddy was a thief.
*to learn more about Beth, go to http://www.bethhorn.com