My 12 minutes of fame…
As a lot of you already know, Kelsey and I were in a
commercial for the local cable company, promoting the Winter Olympics. I don’t condone the company’s decision to not
carry NBC, nor am I a fan of the Winter Games, but the opportunity presented
itself and we did it. Little did I know
that almost every gym that I went into to referee for a few weeks, someone
would mention the commercial…or ask, “Hey, aren’t you the guy in that
commercial?”..or “can I have your
autograph?” (now what would they
actually do if I whipped out a pen and was ready to sign my name on whatever it
was that they had handy??...LOL
One evening a former vendor of mine was there watching his
son play, and gets my attention. We converse
for a bit and he asked me “isn’t that you in that buckeye cable commercial?” I answered and we chatted for a little more,
not thinking anything of it. So towards
the middle of the 2nd quarter, I go over to the table to ask how
many time outs each team has left, and an older gentleman looks at me and says “you’re a better actor than you are a
referee!” I was stunned that he:
a). had the nerve to say it to me out loud
b). thought he was funny
c). didn’t expect me to reply I guess…
I looked him in the eye can calmly asked him “what did I
ever do to you?” I repeated myself again…”what
did I ever do to you?” I could see the
expression on his face was one of “hmmm what just happened here”.
Before the start of the 2nd half, the same
gentleman motions me over and says to me, “hey, I was only kidding with you, I
thought it would be funny and you’d get a kick out of it”.
I replied to him, “it was kind of funny actually…lol”
and blew my whistle and started the 2nd half.
After the game the Athletic Director asked me “what did that
guy say to you?” I told him what had
transpired, and he looks at me and says…”That is you in that commercial, I
thought you looked familiar when I saw it!
I told my wife I know that guy from somewhere”….LOL
