Laughs with Dave Russo and Teri Granahan

December 8

Today was my last Thursday with the show. It was a great show filled with a lot of laughs and plenty of food.

In the kitchen was Dave Missey from Smokin’ Vittles. He had enough food on the show today to feed the entire South Franklin Street. I really enjoyed the corn bread and smoked ham. Because I am still getting over a cold, I couldn’t really enjoy the homemade hotdogs and other specialty items. This was Smokin’ Vittles second time on the show and he did a great job. He brought his wife and his son. His son even got to appear on television during the comedy segment.

Dave Missey from Smokin' Vittles

Every Thursday, Ralphie Aversa from 97BHT gives his weekly Ralphie Report. Today he dished on the new Miss PA USA winner and singer Adele’s demands. Ralphie always does such a great job, and I am always amazed at the interviews that he gets with big name celebrities.

The main reason I wanted to get better for this show today was to see comedians Dave Russo and Teri Granahan perform. Both are communication graduates from Wilkes University, and I was involved with their comedy show held at Wilkes tonight. I talked with Teri a lot on the phone for interviews, but I never got to meet her. It was so nice meeting her since I already knew so much about her. It was also really cool to meet Dave Russo. Dave performs at big comic events and comedy clubs around the country. They even brought a studio audience to PA Live! today. The audience was made up of my professor, Doctor Jane Elmes-Crahall and fellow members of Zebra Communication, our public relations agency at Wilkes University.

Doctor Jane Elmes-Crahall with Comedians Dave Russo and Teri Granahan

I think both comedians, Dr. Jane and my fellow classmates had a great time at the show today. One of the benefits was getting to sample the food at the end. There was definitely plenty of it to try.

Group picture!

It was really cool to have comedians on the show because we never had a comedian actually perform one of their routines before. Dave was hilarious and incorporated many aspects of the show. My favorite part was when he incorporated Dave Missey’s son. Our “studio audience” and all the other guests laughed almost the entire time Dave and Teri were on the air. This was a really good segment, and I am so glad I was able to get both of them on the show.

We also had professional dirt-bike racers from the Ama Arenacross series on the show talking about their upcoming event at the Mohegan Sun Area. We definitely had a busy show with a lot of guests.

Members from the Ama Arenacross series talk with Monica

When I was posting video after the show today with Monica, it hit me that my internship is finally coming to an end. I need to make the best out of my last day tomorrow.

A Familiar Face on PA Live!

October 25

I intern with the show on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Tuesdays are like a Monday to me. I was looking forward to this show because one of my classmates, Faith Lane, was coming on the show today.

Faith owns her own business called Faith’s Homemade Sweet Potato Pies. A portion of the proceeds from her sales goes to charity. This November Faith teamed up with Zebra Communications, the student-run public relations agency at Wilkes University, to help raise money for the Salvation Army’s Kettle Drive. Each pie is $10.00 and a portion of each pie goes to this wonderful cause.

I wanted to get Faith on the show because she has such a great personality, and I wanted her to have the opportunity to promote such a wonderful cause. Despite being a little nervous, Faith did a marvelous job during the show. I really liked that she got Monica involved with mixing the pies.

Faith had pies baking in the oven throughout the show. This made the whole studio smell wonderful. The smell reminded me of Thanksgiving and Fall.

I never had a sweet potato pie prior to this show so I was a little skeptical of what it was going to taste like. After an hour of smelling, I was finally able to have my first taste of a sweet potato pie. The pie was delicious. I think the pie was better than a pumpkin pie. That is huge for me to say because pumpkin pies are the only pies I eat at Thanksgiving.

After the show, many from WBRE said that they definitely were going to order a pie from Faith because they liked it so much. I’m ordering a few pies for my family and friends for Thanksgiving.

If you would like to order a delicious pie and help out a great cause at the same time, call Zebra Communications at (570) 408-4158. Orders will be taken until November 11th. Pies will be available for pickup on November 21st and 22nd.