Eric does the weather on KBYU News: April 1999
Here’s another blast from the past. On the last broadcast of the semester in April 1999, for some reason I was the guest weatherman on the KBYU News. I don’t remember whose idea it was or how it came about. I was the editor in chief of The Daily Universe by then, and we worked closely with the TV people, so I guess it was synergy in action.
It wasn’t scripted; instead, you’d just watch the monitor in the camera and read the numbers off the screen, making you no more a meteorologist than the people at home doing the same thing. At the 1:32 mark, the numbers leave the screen and I realize I was warned about this and that I failed to glance at the last couple stats I would need before they disappeared, like I was supposed to. So instead I make something up.
Note: I don’t know what the anchorwoman’s name is (Joanna something) or what the deal is with my sweater.
Also note: They told me to take off my glasses so they wouldn’t get a glare off the lights.
Final note: I found this on the same tape as “Venus Envy.” What additional wonders will this old VHS tape hold??
December 12th, 2007 at 7:28 am
That is a really lame sweater.
December 12th, 2007 at 8:17 am
I thought the sweater was rather dashing.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Oh Eric… I hope you don’t do your hair that way anymore. *cringe* A part right down the middle, with thick hair like that? You poor boy.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:39 am
I don’t think he has that much hair anymore. So we’re probably safe from the part down the middle.
December 12th, 2007 at 11:11 am
The “box sweater” was popular back in the day. “Lookin’ foxy tonight! Hey, is your troop going to be selling cookies again this year?”
Nice ad-libbing.
December 12th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I like how you said “Eastern Seaboard.” Or is it “Eastern seebored”? Anyway, it’s a phrase you only hear weathermen use, so good job.
December 12th, 2007 at 11:48 am
ChocolateStu’s comment could be taken to mean that I am going bald, so let me clarify that such is not the case. It is by choice that I don’t have much hair anymore. If I didn’t keep it buzzed, let me assure you, it would be long, thick, and plentiful.
Randy Tayler, on the other hand, he’s totally bald.
December 12th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
I see that Eric, like me, spent much of his twenties looking like a 12 year old. Fortunately I caught up over a two week period sometime in my mid thirties.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
That sweater puts Bill Cosby to shame.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
That was actually pretty good.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Bill Cosby, nothing. He stole it from Mr. Rogers, didn’t you Eric?
December 12th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
I wouldn’t say “totally” bald. I’d say more like “screw you, Eric.”
December 13th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Not a bad job at all. I don’t know if you’ve watched a heck of a lot of weather or just adlibbed well. I love that little 45-degree smirk you somehow maintain the entire time.
(For the record, watching myself on tape has an effect on me comparable to chewing styrofoam.)
December 13th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I like the general wave to your right when you were indicating the Midwest…even though, the Midwest is much more eastern than…Oregon. *snort
December 13th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
So, is it better to be purposefully bald by buzzing or naturally bald? Obviously with purposeful baldness, you sort of have this long vs short choice. But, if you’re going to pick bald anyway, then naturally bald saves time.
I imagine that a purposeful comb-over would take a TON of time and effort.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Who knew Eric had looks to go along with that sense of humor?