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Not so bad in person, really
All last week I've been saying, "I can't believe I'm seriously considering subjecting myself to Tim Ezell. At oh-god-it's-early in the morning, no less!"
Fox 2 News was doing a Stitch-n-Pitch promotion and "Tim's Travels" segment at Knitorious, and as one might guess, I went.
6:45 this morning, in our pajamas and bathrobe (as was suggested by the Knitorious folks), Chris, Tammie and I went to the knit shop. I had to sit at home with a puzzle and some coffee for about twenty minutes after Tammie left before I could face Outside, but the whole event was actually a lot of fun.
There was a large crowd, in fact: most of the usual Wednesday Night Knitters and quite a few other customers, as well as several of the other LYS owners in the area. The 30% discount didn't hurt attendance, of course.
Unsurprisingly, Chris got a moment of airtime. Big hairy man knitting in his bathrobe? Are you kidding?! I was sitting next to him and was probably also on TV; we'll check it out later tonight on the DVR. The green Sweater of Doom also made an appearance (and got about two rows closer to being completed; the finish line is in sight!) and was oohed and aahed over by the whole room.
But despite my serious misgivings about Tim Ezell (I have always hated his segments -- something about the forced enthusiasm and bouncing-off-the-walls flaky behavior) he was quite pleasant and personable when he wasn't on air. Appears all that is a shtick for the program. Whaddya know.
Fox 2 News was doing a Stitch-n-Pitch promotion and "Tim's Travels" segment at Knitorious, and as one might guess, I went.
6:45 this morning, in our pajamas and bathrobe (as was suggested by the Knitorious folks), Chris, Tammie and I went to the knit shop. I had to sit at home with a puzzle and some coffee for about twenty minutes after Tammie left before I could face Outside, but the whole event was actually a lot of fun.
There was a large crowd, in fact: most of the usual Wednesday Night Knitters and quite a few other customers, as well as several of the other LYS owners in the area. The 30% discount didn't hurt attendance, of course.
Unsurprisingly, Chris got a moment of airtime. Big hairy man knitting in his bathrobe? Are you kidding?! I was sitting next to him and was probably also on TV; we'll check it out later tonight on the DVR. The green Sweater of Doom also made an appearance (and got about two rows closer to being completed; the finish line is in sight!) and was oohed and aahed over by the whole room.
But despite my serious misgivings about Tim Ezell (I have always hated his segments -- something about the forced enthusiasm and bouncing-off-the-walls flaky behavior) he was quite pleasant and personable when he wasn't on air. Appears all that is a shtick for the program. Whaddya know.