In the studio this morning with the morning show crew. They produce two shows there, normally. But the guest for the second show stood them up. So they shot promos.
This is audio and video taken from my phone. The studio quality shot will, of course, be better.
We’re recording @iustv promos this morning … pic.twitter.com/d6jGqPKEE0
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) November 5, 2021
Also, things are moving so fast at IUSTV right now I’m not sure if it is the newest show any more. And it certainly won’t be in another few days. The sports gang is about to launch their second new show of the semester. They’ll be running four when the new project gets underway.
Anyway, Erik started doing a bit of physical comedy which, of course, was a big hit.
This is the whole promo. Admit it: this is great content. pic.twitter.com/uYU7tpnT2L
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) November 5, 2021
He’s tripping over the lower third, you see. Not sure how I managed to hold the phone almost-still while shooting the monitor there. I knew it was coming, and was already giggling.
And then this one, it’s avant garde, and perfect for a Friday morning.
TV-personality-confused-by-TV-production-tricks is a new genre for me, but I’m here for it. pic.twitter.com/m8esi1XEhp
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) November 5, 2021
Student media needs to be fun sometimes, that’s all. And I always want to make sure they have fun around all the very real work they do.
This afternoon the Media School put a classic on the big screen.

I don’t think I’d ever noticed how the first two things Norman Dale says in the movie are basically “Everyone here is rude.”

Here’s the last sports show the sports division shot Wednesday night. They’re new show should be released in the next few days — it’s another collaboration with the campus radio station, a good and productive habit they’ve been in for years.
I’m going to have to create a flow chart to monitor all of the releases. The student-run television station is now producing … nine weekly shows and a small handful of podcasts every week, and live hits from almost every home game the university’s 26 varsity sports play.
There’s a lot of great quality in there.

Saw this on the drive to the house. I made a detour to try to get a clear shot. It was a lovely evening for a hot air balloon ride. If you were wearing a light jacket.

We’re enjoying a nice few days of beautifully mild weather. It’s supposed to hold through the middle of next week, at least. May it ever be so.
I also made that this evening’s contribution to the running Indiana Sky Study series which you can find on Instagram.
And here’s part of the fall foliage festival. We’re in the peak moments now.

And it’s lovely to enjoy it on a calm, slow Friday evening.

The biggest problem is the shortening day. I need more evening daylight to soak up views like this.

And like this.

This tree is right at the entrance to our neighborhood, and the sun was at the perfect angle to make that shock of red really stand out at precisely the moment I drove through. By the time I’d parked and walked back up there, it was already a bit muted.

I’ll have to catch it again this weekend or sometime in the daytime next week. Because, of course, after we fall back an hour I won’t see a lot of daylight after work until … January or something.

So I better go outside in the mornings. But that’s a worry for next week. Until then, enjoy the weekend, and the weather, and the trees!