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I have now spent more than 30 years of my life working in the bizarre world of television. For the first time, I’m now talking about it.

Tales of Television: Vanished Into Electrons

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Deb Houdek Rule

So what is it I’ve done in this past 30+ years? In the final analysis, I’ve arranged electrons into interesting patterns, flung them into the ether, and seen them vanish.

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Tales of Television: Becoming a Tourist Attraction in Hollywood

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Deb Houdek Rule

Millions of people visit Hollywood every year hoping to see a real movie or television production. Sure, you can go to the Universal Studios Tour, and it’s great fun, but it’s also contrived and carefully orchestrated to keep people herded the right way, so even though you do go through the Universal lot in the[…]

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Tales of Television: Britney Who?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Deb Houdek Rule

For about five years in the late 90s I worked at a PBS television station in California. At its most normal, it’s safe to say, a PBS station is a strange place to work. Sometimes it’s dull, as long programs with no interruptions drone on. But it’s also more eclectic than the typical network television[…]

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Tales of Television: What Not to Say

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Deb Houdek Rule

Inevitably, when off the air, someone will rush in and ask, “Can’t you put a slide up?”, with said slide being the Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By graphic everyone at every tv station wishes to never see on the air.

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Tales of Television: When Take 2 Would Have Been a Good Idea

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Deb Houdek Rule

The news story usually was ‘written’ by the receptionist; cribbed, in reality, from the newspaper. Whoever really wanted to be on television became the news anchor (also usually the receptionist).

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Tales of Television: An Easter Bunny Tale

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Deb Houdek Rule

A sobbing bunny-girl was probably not going to sell cars.

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