Kevin and the Peacock – Part Four
Here is the recount of my last days as an NBC Page, but bear in mind these were not my last days at NBC. No, Burbank was not done with me yet. Not by a long shot. NBC Page (conclusion) As March of 1999...
View ArticleKevin and the Peacock – Part Six
Believe it or not, until this installment, I had yet to receive a paycheck from the National Broadcasting Company. I interned for CNBC, thus receiving no paycheck. As a page, my check was cut by Kelly...
View ArticleKevin and the Peacock – Part Seven
The thrilling conclusion to the YBB story, complete with lots of pictures and a behind-the-scenes video. Though I’ve been in Studio One several times since the show wrapped, this was the last time I...
View ArticleKevin and the Peacock – Part Eight
In 2007, a decade since I had given my first NBC Studio tour, I was given the chance to do it one more time. As a school teacher, I had tried to tell my students about life behind-the-scenes, but they...
View ArticleKevin and the Peacock – Part Nine
If you are one of my Facebook friends, you can check out the photo album I posted featuring several pictures of NBC’s Burbank facility. But I took the pictures to show my students, and I don’t want to...
View ArticleKevin Marousek, peacock wrangler
Happened to spot this on the L.A. Times’s excellent Daily Mirror blog. It’s from the April 6, 1969, Times. Of course, I can’t help but wonder if anyone took them up on the “live peacock” offer — and...
View Article“Proud Peacocks And Other Endangered Species”
“Proud Peacocks And Other Endangered Species (A Lazy-Eyed Look At Television)” is a collection of my writing about the world of television, some of it about my days working in the industry, and a lot...
View ArticleThe Year That Was
I have no interest in doing a “Year In Review” retrospective on the events of my life over the course of the year 2009. To be perfectly honest, I’d rather shove a pencil in my good eye. Fortunately for...
View ArticleOprah/Jay blow-by-blow
FWIW, here is my own blow by blow (I had to do something to avoid sticking a fork in my brain while I watched it). I am surprised that there is no live audience cheering on both Oprah and Leno – that...
View ArticleTurning the final page
I’m a romantic, and it is nice to know I’m not alone. Nearly 15-years-ago I wore a polyester suit and tie, affixed a pseudo-brass plated name tag and peacock pin to the lapel of the jacket, and led a...
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