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My Appearance on the Food Network

December 6th, 2006

Well, I finally got my face on television. Now, it’s only for a few seconds, but still, it’s there. Here’s the story of how it happened:

My good friend, Noel, has been running this blog called TexasBurgerGuy.com for over 2 years now. He takes it seriously and has a passion for good hamburgers, so his reviews are very well done. Apparently, a lot of people at the Food Network read his blog, so they contacted him about doing a segment of a new show with him in it. The new show is called The Hungry Detective, which features a Los Angeles police detective that goes from city to city to find good restaurants that people may not know about.

When Noel got the news that they were going to film him, he let me know. But when I found out that it was going to be during the week and at Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack, which is right down the street from where I work, I just had to ask if I could pop my head in during the shoot. I took my good friend, Trey, along for the ride as well. Noel described the experience on this blog post, so I won’t get too descriptive.

In short, it was very interesting and fun to watch a television show get filmed. We actually showed up around 11AM, which is our normal lunch time, and there was no one there except Noel and a couple of crew members. We were hungry, so I finally ordered Trey and I a burger. After we got about half way done with our burger, the producer told us to save some room for another one so he could film us. So, after digesting our first burger, the producer set up a shot of Trey and I ordering our 2nd burger from the counter. We actually had to do 2 takes because they wanted to get audio of the shot (which they didn’t end up using). Later, they had the cameraman film us eating, which made me feel quite self-conscious! After that, we signed some release forms and we went back to work. Noel, on the other hand, had to stay the rest of the day for his part.

Here’s the clip that Noel posted on YouTube. You can see my back (behind the line) at the 3:39 mark, Trey and I eating at the 4:15 mark, and Trey and I ordering at the 4:28 mark.

Thanks to TexasBurgerGuy.com and the Food Network for a neat experience!

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