At the beginning of May, I worked my first tv job since being diagnosed - the "Alma Mater" - a golf match play competition pitting famous coaches and alumni athletes from the same school against each other. Marshall Faulk, Cornelius Bennet, Del Curry, Eric Dickerson and Chan Gaily all represented. The show was strangely appropriate for me as my first one back because the Executive in charge of Production was Mike Pithey (in the red below), my very first client. Now a good friend, Mike has flown me all over the world and treated me to such special treats as safari's in South Africa, driving a Nascar at the Brickyard in Indie and ascending the China's Great Wall. Mike knows how grateful I am for these experiences. He also has formed a tight tv crew which he gathers for his shows every so often. This show was a big reunion of some of my best and oldest friends in tv. Being my first show back I was given some special treatment - no heavy lifting and a later call time. I was touched by all the concern. To be honest, I did not know what to expect from myself and I remember having a strange feeling being back in the real world and not being the hospital or horizontal on a couch. But, despite being a bit tired at times, my show went well and I loved being with all my friends again. The show will air on Christmas day (CBS) and, sorry, I can't say who won - you'll have to watch! I think you can tell from these photos that we had a lot of fun.
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06/27/2007
TV Family 1 - Alma Mater
This is John Delveccio and Jim Walton, our Director and Producer. I've known them over 10 years now and they've helped me a lot in my career. They watched me coming up as a utility and gave me opportunities to run a camera for them - for which I am grateful. You don't often see a director stepping behind a camera....
Cousin Sean worked the 17th hole. I took these photos with an iso of 400 accidentally, which is why they are so grainy, I think....
Cousin Jim (Bear) worked on the spider, a platform that rises for height.
Mike and I 10 years ago!
this creek on 16 was full of cool critters.....
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[this is good] Wow, Chris, this is great news. You have some really special people around you and some special gifts to share with them. Thanks for the post!
Posted by: jp | 06/27/2007 at 08:04 PM
[this is good] How wonderful. This is like another new beginning. The great wall of china. Oh I am so jealous. Great photos as always. Thanks for sharing this wonderful time for you. Remind us when the time comes. I just went back to look Christmas Day. Wow, this will be seen by a lot of people.
Posted by: SweetMisery | 06/27/2007 at 08:32 PM
Chris,
Great pix. Good to see you at work again. When will we see the US Open shots? By the way, do your cousins ever work on the ground? The only pix I ever see of Jim or Sean they are in a Spider or on a tower. Only Vanessa has her feet on the ground. Hm. You look like you were having a helluva time. Watch out for those water moccasins.
Love ya,
Buck
Posted by: Buck's Blog | 06/28/2007 at 01:42 PM
Great pictures Wing, looks like you had a great time at that event. Good to see all the boys having fun at work. See you in Montreal very soon.
Posted by: bflka | 06/28/2007 at 02:40 PM
Great shots. Glad to see you upright again.
Tournament results revealed:
http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050207aaa.html
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Hi, Chris! I finally made it!!
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Yo Chris,
Steve here spent a few weeks with you on 11 Long. Here it is 2012, I'm working on my fifth year out from experimental auto transplant. Scary stuff, but good Docs have me kicking it yet!
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