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    billham
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    Our club, The Wonders, in Washington County, south of Pittsburgh, PA,
    will be shooting film for 'Dave and Dave's Excellent Adventures'
    (http://www.wqed.org/tv/pm/daves/index.shtml) this Friday night. About
    6 weeks ago I contacted them and told them about our club and gave some
    possible ideas for their show. They liked it and have set up a shoot
    for this Friday. They told us they would be with us for 2 -4 hours,
    seems like a lot of filming! Just today I noticed they have listed us
    as an upcoming show and have posted a link to The Wonders website on
    their site. That seems to make it a pretty good possibility of getting
    into one of their shows.

    Dave and Dave are local TV producers who do short clips on an evening
    show (On Q Magazine) and then take the clips and put several together
    for a 1/2 hour show on Saturday evenings called Dave and Dave's
    Excellent Adventures. They highlight fun and unique things in the
    Pittsburgh area. They don't have tons of material, so the Saturday
    nights shows tend to repeat, so we might get several shots at some TV
    time!

    I'll be sure to keep you all posted on when it will be broadcast and
    will see if I can get a way to post for everyone to view.

    By the way, our site is pretty basic, but we are working on beefing it
    up a little for the incoming viewers (we hope!) It's a free site so we
    are a little limited on the possibilities.

    Bill Hamilton
    'The Wonders' (http://www.thewonders.zoomshare.com/)

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  2. HardcoreCokerRider
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    Congratulations, Bill... that's really exciting news and it's great to
    hear that the sport will be getting more exposure thanks to your
    efforts - way to go!

    I hope someone can record the show and upload it to the forum because
    I'd really like to see it.

    Once they come by, I look forward to hearing about how the shoot
    went...

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  3. babyivan
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    HardcoreCokerRider said:

    Congratulations, Bill... that's really exciting news and it's great to
    hear that the sport will be getting more exposure thanks to your
    efforts - way to go!

    I hope someone can record the show and upload it to the forum because
    I'd really like to see it.

    Once they come by, I look forward to hearing about how the shoot
    went...

    Hey buddy, this is the cabbie you met today, I cant wait to come out to
    the next meeting up on 121st and Riverside!!
    You got my blood rushing for a Cocker....Im gonna start saving up for
    one.
    Btw, You handle that Cocker real nice!

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  4. HardcoreCokerRider
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    babyivan said:

    Hey buddy, this is the cabbie you met today, I cant wait to come out to
    the next meeting up on 121st and Riverside!!
    You got my blood rushing for a Cocker....Im gonna start saving up for
    one.
    Btw, You handle that Cocker real nice!

    Thanks a lot, Ivan... it was great to meet you and I look forward to
    seeing you at the next NYUC meeting. Check out this link:
    'The Fever is Spreading!'
    (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44711)

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  5. unidaddy
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    Now I'm really sensing the disadvantage of doing the music thing for a
    living. Now the club gets some fun exposure and I have to "work"!
    Maybe we can call Dave and Dave to cover our "wobble" of Cokers Friday
    afternoon!!! All jabbing aside (and we love to jab), thanks Bill for
    setting all that up. My girls are going to love it!

    --Bob

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  6. billham
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    unidaddy said:

    Now I'm really sensing the disadvantage of doing the music thing for a
    living. Now the club gets some fun exposure and I have to "work"!
    --Bob

    Every week you get to be the entertainment for the masses. On stage
    for a living, a professional entertainer. This TV shoot gives us
    common folks a chance to get a little bit of the spotlight, too!

    You've got a sweet job if your only complaint is missing one night of
    unicycling with a TV crew!

    Bill

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  7. Checkernuts
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    Hey bill thats great news

    Im really glad to hear that the club is doing so well. I'd make it to a
    meeting this winter if I wasnt in Geneva,Switzerland but hopefully I'll
    meet up with the whole wonders crew sometime next year.

    Cheers
    Mike

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  8. unidaddy
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    billham said:

    Every week you get to be the entertainment for the masses. On stage for
    a living, a professional entertainer. This TV shoot gives us common
    folks a chance to get a little bit of the spotlight, too!

    You've got a sweet job if your only complaint is missing one night of
    unicycling with a TV crew!

    Bill

    hmmmm.....riding on stage at Heinz Hall......hmmmmmm........riding
    playing the horn.....hmmmmm

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  9. PUC Man Eddie
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    Hey Bill, way to go with that shot for so much great publicity for the
    Wonders & unicycling in general! This will no doubt put southwest PA &
    the Wonders on the unicycle map. You've done a great thing there in a
    short amount of time, I'm envious.... in a good sort of way! A big
    THANK YOU for letting me be a part of this coming weekend there,
    looking forward to riding with you & the other Wonders again AND the
    opportunity to be on TV on top of all that! 🙂

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    Eddie Kmet, Jr.
    Plateau Unicycle Club
    66 Mayberry St.
    Crossville, TN 38555
    http://www.plateauunicycleclub.com
    (931) 484-5714
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  10. billham
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    The Dave and Dave's Excellent Adventures shoot happened last Friday
    night. We had 18 of our own club members and PUC (Tennessee) founder
    Eddie Kmet joined us also. We had a lot of fun with Dave and Dave and
    the crew. They say the show will air in January and then will be put
    into a rotating schedule for the fall of 2006.

    They spent about 2 hours with us and the cameras were shooting most of
    the time. it will be fun to see how they use that much film and make
    it into a 5 minutes clip.

    We'll be sure to post when it will be aired and will try to get a clip
    to post.

    Bill

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  11. billham
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    I just found out the TV coverage of The Wonders Unicycle Club will air
    this coming January 24 on Pittsburgh local TV station, WQED. It will
    air at 7:30 pm and at 11:30 pm.

    Sure will be fun to see how it turns out. We are going to try to get
    the segment posted on the forum.

    Bill

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  12. unidaddy
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    This is a bump.....the broadcast is this coming Tuesday night, I will be
    recording the event on my camcorder and posting it ASAP, probably
    Wednesday a.m. We're having a viewing party for the club, should be
    fun!!

    --Bob

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  13. unidaddy
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    Due to the Pittsburgh Steelers' win in Denver yesterday, there have been
    many programming changes at WQED to facilitate the addition of Super
    Bowl specials. The Wonders Unicycle Club has been bumped from the
    schedule back into the "COMING SOON" category. I'll update this thread
    when the spot is scheduled again.

    Unicycles bumped because of the Steelers getting into the Super
    Bowl....what is the world coming to? I mean REALLY🙂

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