I Made My Television Debut on The Donna Drake Show

I recently made my television debut on The Donna Drake Show to talk about my books, one of which bashes television! How did it go? Much better than I expected, actually. I’m a writer, not a performer, and was very nervous, but I only messed up once (I couldn’t remember one of the awards Déjà View won), but fortunately, the taping wasn’t live, so they were able to edit around it.

As mentioned before in an older blog announcing this appearance, The Donna Drake Show is an inspirational talk show that airs on certain CBS affiliates in 10 markets, including New York, Boston, Dallas, and Seattle. Donna has interviewed over 17,000 people, including Robert De Niro, Mike Tyson, Tony Bennett, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Fonda, and Mel Brooks. And now I’m one of them! Towards the end of the interview, Donna almost made me cry. (She’s that good!) Watch your back, Oprah!

Not counting being in the audience of the tapings of several episodes of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, I’ve never been on a T.V. set before, so it was interesting to see how the sausage is made. It was fun watching the P.A.s and stagehands move the furniture around a zillion times to get the camera angles just right. Also, I felt like a celebrity when they mic’ed me. Honestly, it was a surreal experience: equal parts daytime talk show and Wayne’s World.

My episode will air on multiple CBS affiliates across the country, including New York, Boston, Dallas, and Seattle, on Saturday, March 22^nd, but this is a sneak preview. Right now, only the YouTube version of the interview is available, but I’ll update this blog once I learn more details about the specific channels and times.

UPDATE: My interview will air around the country Friday, March 21^st and Saturday, March 22^nd (Friday in Tampa). For my New York peeps, it’ll be on Saturday on Channel 10 on Optimum (Cablevision) and Channel 55 on Fios from 6 to 7 a.m. If 6 a.m. is too early for some people, feel free to DVR it. It’ll also be available on The Roku Channel. For everyone else, please check your local listings.

Anyway, enough stalling. You can see my interview embedded below. Just remember that the camera adds 10 pounds. 😊

I’ve also updated my Bio page with the video. Happy watching!

MTP

P.S.: Next week’s blog: It’s Anniversary Time Again!

P.P.S.: The Electric God and Other Shorts is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:

P.P.P.S.: And don’t forget Danger Peak is now available as an audiobook!