Dori Monson
Fighting For the Same Guest
–Producer Phil writes
As an old Gig Harbor friend of mine likes to say “I’d rather be lucky than good.”
Dave Ross’s producer and I were battling for the same guest for today’s (Thursday) show.
Now to give you the behind the scenes story, the “guest battle” happens fairly often. Dave and Dori frequently gravitate to the same stories that make for good talk show topics and on days like today when they both want to discuss the same story, one host usually loses out in the “guest battle”. Unless a story is really huge we try to avoid having the same guest on multiple shows. That way the shows don’t sound repetitious.
Today Dori wins. UW econ prof Theo (Tay-oh) Eicher joins Dori at 1:05pm. Dori wins, luckily, because Prof. Eicher is teaching class during Dave’s show.
Like I said, I’d rather be lucky than good. At least, sometimes, I’d rather be.
BREAKING BLOG UPDATE. As I typed the last line above, Ron and Don’s producer walks across the news room and says she has booked Prof. Eicher for the 3 o’clock hour. Now she’s bummed that they may have to cancel their interview.
Advantage: Monson.
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