http://blog.tomanthony.com My Adventures with the Internet Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:38:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Tom Anthony Personal Blog 2010 tom@tomanthony.com (Tom Anthony Personal Blog) tom@tomanthony.com (Tom Anthony Personal Blog) 1440 http://blog.tomanthony.com/images/tom_trans144.png http://blog.tomanthony.com 144 144 My adventures with the Internet Tom Anthony Personal Blog Tom Anthony Personal Blog tom@tomanthony.com no no http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/12/merry-christmas/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/12/merry-christmas/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:54:38 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=357 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/12/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/12/twas-the-night-before-christmas/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/12/twas-the-night-before-christmas/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:47:28 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=346 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/12/twas-the-night-before-christmas/feed/ 0 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/04/evelyns-wildlife-refuge/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/04/evelyns-wildlife-refuge/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:59:19 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=307 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/04/evelyns-wildlife-refuge/feed/ 4 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/03/georgia-guidestones/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/03/georgia-guidestones/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:43:31 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=300 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/03/georgia-guidestones/feed/ 0 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/03/talking-to-millions/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/03/talking-to-millions/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:35:22 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=291 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2011/03/talking-to-millions/feed/ 0 0:02:45 I had the chance to talk to 3.75 million people last night. Really. My long time client and friend Joe Cipriano is the announcer on Wheel of Fortune this week as part of a working audition to get the permanent position. He was a guest on the Jim Boh[...] I had the chance to talk to 3.75 million people last night. Really. My long time client and friend Joe Cipriano is the announcer on Wheel of Fortune this week as part of a working audition to get the permanent position. He was a guest on the Jim Bohannon Show on the Westwood One Radio Network, and that show has an estimated audience of 3.75 million. I assure you that’s not what I was thinking when I called in and was put on the air. Jim Bohannon and Joe Cipriano I was nervous. The funny thing is that my background is broadcasting – I have been an announcer, newscaster, talk show host and producer among other jobs – and spent most of my youth on the air. I have talked many, many times to Joe over the years, so it was not a case of being star struck. Back in the late 80’s when I was doing radio production in Central Florida (WQPD – WLKF, Lakeland, FL) I had the occasion to talk to Jim Bohannon while he was doing some custom promos for the station. And even though Jim has been a radio talk icon for over 30 years (he replaced Larry King on the radio) I felt comfortable speaking with him. So it was a little odd that I was nervous – I guess I did not want to sound like that caller from Alabama last night. (Nothing against Alabama – he just asked a silly question) I had listened to the first several callers focus on themselves instead of Joe and I wanted to bring the attention back on him so I told a true story about how Joe goes out of his way to mentor aspiring voice over artists. Hopefully it went all right. Here is the clip. The interview was scheduled to last an hour but Bohannon held him over for a full second hour! In between hours Jim interviewed Joe for a segment of his other show – America in the morning. You can get there from here: click to go to America in the Morning website or I downloaded the clip – without permission, sorry Westwood One – and re-posted here: Click to listen Please watch Wheel of Fortune this week and let them know if you like Joe here: http://www.wheeloffortune.com/feedback/ Share/Bookmark Media, Personal tom@tomanthony.com no no http://blog.tomanthony.com/2010/12/total-lunar-eclipse/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2010/12/total-lunar-eclipse/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:52:32 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=278 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2010/12/total-lunar-eclipse/feed/ 0 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2010/11/business-owners-ripped-off-by-better-business-bureau/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2010/11/business-owners-ripped-off-by-better-business-bureau/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:29:52 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=272 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2010/11/business-owners-ripped-off-by-better-business-bureau/feed/ 0 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/08/no-one-listening/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/08/no-one-listening/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:51:43 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=188 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/08/no-one-listening/feed/ 0 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/07/beam-me-up-scotty/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/07/beam-me-up-scotty/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:57:00 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=175 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/07/beam-me-up-scotty/feed/ 0 0:17:52 In October 1994, the Star Trek Association of Towson, a fan club in Towson, Maryland, sponsored “The Big E Con,” a convention held aboard the carrier Enterprise while the ship was at its home port of Norfolk, Virginia. The events feature[...] In October 1994, the Star Trek Association of Towson, a fan club in Towson, Maryland, sponsored “The Big E Con,” a convention held aboard the carrier Enterprise while the ship was at its home port of Norfolk, Virginia. The events featured tours of the ship and appearances by Star Trek notables including James Doohan, or “Scotty” on the original series. At the time I was the production Director for WFOG radio. The week preceding the convention as part of the pre-promotion I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Doohan by phone at his home in Redmond Washington. I tried to keep the interview interesting by focusing on Jimmy Doohan, and not just the Character he played on Star Trek – but you be the judge. Here it is, almost 18:00 unedited and real life. There is a point where he corrects my pronunciation of his last name – his son called to ask for money during the interview, this was the real deal. The following week I toured the real USS Enterprise with some of the convention celebs. By some weird stroke of luck I remembered where I stashed some pictures I took during that tour. In this picture I am standing with Actress Terry Farrell from Deep Space Nine, Michael O’Hare the original Commander of Babylon 5, Herman F. Zimmerman the Chief Production Designer for Star Trek Next Generation and DS9, and another actress who’s name totally escapes me. But I think I did pretty good remembering Farrell, O’Hare, and Zimmerman after 15 years! Share/Bookmark Media, Personal tom@tomanthony.com no no http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/07/true-or-not/ http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/07/true-or-not/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:56:48 +0000 Tom Anthony http://blog.tomanthony.com/?p=171 http://blog.tomanthony.com/2009/07/true-or-not/feed/ 0