January 8, 2008

A Page's Worst Nightmare

One of the best experiences of my life was the year I spent in the NBC Page Program. It was the reason I got to move to New York City and helped me gain a ton of experience and contacts in the media industry. Besides all of the great thing I learned there was also lots and lots of repetitive information spewing at worn out tourists who really just wanted to know if they were going to see where Friends was taped (it was in LA, people.)

As with any time one is forced to say the same speech over and over again, sometimes words and phrases can slightly change and alter themselves over the course of a year. And if you hear someone say an incorrect piece of info enough times you're bound to start believing it as fact. Luckily for me, I never really had to interact with any of the talent who we talked about on the NBC studio tours, but that wasn't the case for some unfortunate Pages who had their tour hijacked by Late Night host Conan O'Brien last week. This would be my worst nightmare. Check it out:


So glad that never happened to me. Who knows what crazy phrases were tossed around while I was a Page. Seriously though, it was a blast, so I'd like to share a few photos of me in my "blues" from my time as a Page. Click below to see them.

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Here's my and my fellow Pages at the NBC Upfronts in 2006.


Here's me showing people which door to use. It was that one.


And me with Katie Couric on her last day at NBC. Eat your heart out, Kenneth.

If you were a Page, what's your favorite tour memory?