Until it happened to us, I was clueless that a person or a story could be bumped from a TV show. Since I have learned this, I have seen or heard of it happening dozens of times. A month or two ago, when Ann Coulter got bumped from the Today Show, she made a huge deal out of it. It was all over Twitter. Wow, lots of people hate her!

Last June, before I had a blog, my DH, the Artist, aka Stephen Spears, was supposed to be on the Today Show. He had actually flown to Colorado with 1 nights sleep under his belt after being in France for 10 days. Severely jet-lagged, he was interviewed for a story that was to run on NBC’s Monster morning show. The story is about his D-Day Monument to Navy Veterans and was scheduled to run on the Anniversary of D-Day. I sent out a mass email telling people to watch for him on that Friday’s Today Show.

Imagine our surprise when he was never on. Instead, musical guest Chris Brown, performed in every single segment for 40+ minutes. I remember thinking Beyonce and Fergie didn’t get near as much air time when they were the guest musicians. Steve might as well have been scheduled on the same day Elvis was in the building.  At the time, I was embarrassed and disappointed. I had told hundreds of people to watch the show for Steve. And he wasn’t on it. yikes!

People were able to view the story on MSNBC online and we got over the disappointment. But today, I have to give a shout out to Chris Brown. Because if he were not headline news, I would not have remembered that I have a blog now.  I can post the video that was intended for the Today Show and you can see it here!

So enjoy this story that was meant for June 6th. It’s still a fabulous story any day of the year. Not just because the sculptor is my husband, but because thousands of men gave their lives for Freedom on the beaches of Normandy that day. It is right and fitting that they be honored. And not be bumped from the Today Show.

February 10th, 2009 | Tags: Ann Coulter, Beyonce, Chris Brown, D-Day, D-Day Monument, Fergie, France, MSNBC, NBC, Rhianna, sculptor, Today Show | Category: Lifestyle, the Artist | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL