Cover-to-Cover

 This afternoon, I ventured southward to Collinsville where I again appeared on the Cover to Cover show, which appears on cable channel 21. Last spring when I was there, I'd talked about my self-pubbed book and vanity-pubbed books; this time I talked about Ferradiddledumday. The link for my episode is http://blip.tv/file/3073806.

One of the neat things about the Channel 21 studio—which is not in any way fancy!—is its, uh, down-home appeal. Something I noticed during my interview, besides the three camera and three monitors, was this peering over the top of the divider between the set I was on and the one next door:

 I don't think you'll find a deer head at the big time studios, but I could be mistaken. I joked with the studio guy about "You know when you're in a redneck TV studio when—"

Well, let me show you that set next door. For one thing, it had wind chimes:

Don't you love the recycling that went into those handcrafted wind chimes? The set also bore this sign:

Seen enough? Nah, let's take a look at more of the set:

 . . . and a closer look at what decorates the deer in the foreground:

If that doesn't capture the spirit of the season, I don't know what does. And a closer look at another part of the set:

The studio had a definite racing theme (well, it's close to Martinsville). These signs decorated the studio's entryway:

For all y'all what thought writing was all hoity-toity stuff—well, y'all ain't been to a genu-wine down-home cable tee-vee studio.

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Watch the episode here: http://blip.tv/file/3073806