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Re: Who was on TV?
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Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:11:30 GMT
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Brian Sauls wrote:
> One of my cooks, knowing of my (ahem) addiction, came to me today and told
> me that yesterday she saw an interview on television of an older man,
> business executive type, who was also addicted to the brick.
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> I couldn't get much (helpful) information out of her (what was the show,
> what channel, what time of day), but she said that apparently he had
> received some Lego as a gag gift some years ago and now had an impressive
> town/train layout in his basement. Apparently, none of his coworkers are
> aware of his hobby. She thinks that he owns his own business.
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> I wish she could remember the program--she thought it might have been Good
> Morning America, or some other program along those lines, but the above is
> all she could remember. I wondered if it was Steve Jackson or perhaps Gary,
> but the more I thought it about it, I don't of anybody here who keeps their
> hobby in the closet.
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> So, my questions are: What was the program? Did anybody tape it? And do
> we know this person?
>
> Brian (bbq) Sauls
> (I'll have to grill her again tomorrow--and if I don't get satisfactory
> responses, I'll just have to grill her.)
No, it wasn't me. My secret came out in 1987 in a news story on the Canadian
news show (like 60 Minutes) called the Journal, and then in The World of LEGO
Toys. And I have been out in the open about it ever since.
In fact over the weekend I found a work Telephone Memo from our office
secretary dated June 4, 1986 from a Mr. Henry Wiencek (author of The World of
LEGO Toys) about a book on LEGO that he wanted to interview me for.......
Hmmmmmm, maybe I should call the number and see if he is still there.... maybe
ask him if he'd be interested in a book about AFOLs and the LUGNET
community.....
Gary Istok
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