Sunrise on the Jersey shore.
This week, WPIX morning news asked me if I'd like to be apart of their live telecast from Jenkinson's on the Jersey Shore, which I of course jumped at the chance to do. I always love working with WPIX in New York, but 99% of the time we're in the studio, which can be a bit of the same old thing, so something different was a welcome idea. Plus, live on the Jersey shore, how crazy does that sound?
Me with Bianca, my partner in crime.
Pretty crazy as it turns out because we were there in partnership with local radio station WPLJ, who sponsors a big music concert on the boardwalk every year for Memorial Day, and apparently it's a big deal. I arrived there at approximately 5:45 a.m., and not only it was already packed people, but they were pretty thoroughly doused with liquor. You would not believe how many people, of almost all ages (no toddlers, but still), who were trashed by 7a.m. One older gentleman, term used loosely, took a header into the sand and then refused any assistance getting up, because of course he claimed to be perfectly fine. Then a not-so-gentile woman, also 60+, soiled herself, to which she casually replied, "It happens." Again, this was all in the early morning, so their days were just getting started.
Everyone waiting right before the second segment.
As for my day, it was nuts. I agreed to host three segments for WPIX, something I had never done before, much less on the beach surrounded by such, uh.... exuberant folks. In my estimation the best segment is the first one, and they kinda go downhill from there, as the morning wore on and the people got crazier. The segments are below in the order we did them Friday morning. Here's my behind the scenes on each segment: In the first one, when we started the segment, there was no one under the solar tent, it was completely empty. Somehow, during the segment the producers found some people to run under there to fill out the space. So when I turned to start talking about it, I was like "Oh, there's people under here." In the second segment, people were starting to get nuts, and they were really close behind our chairs. Someone actually was hitting my mic pack while I was talking, which was strange to say the least. In the beginning of the third segment, you can see me checking my notes, something I never, ever do. I always memorize, since I'm an expert I should know what I'm talking about, but for three segments, I just had to have some help. How do you think I did?
And lastly, of course there were plenty of fashion tragedies on the beach. I'll be updating soon with those, so make sure to check back!
Thanks so much to all the great partners who helped make these segments possible including: Lands' End, MiracleSuit, Physician's Formula, VPV Hypoallergenics, Bodum, & Beach Store.com. And also to everyone from WPIX who were so sweet to ask me to be apart of their big day, and were very lovely and facilitating all morning long.
