I missed the actual commercial, but in my tradition of hopping channels at a rate that usually gets be banned from control of the remote, someone caught my eye. An interesting lady with a decorated pill-box style hat that looked awful familiar... I thought to myself, "wow, she has a double?" and flipped back a few stations. By then Petal is closing out the segment. No double, just our local flavor slathering themselves in Vaseline.
Never will I get used to Kodiakans appearing on any channel but public access. It doesn't matter if it is Deadliest Catcher's or that Minivan commercial the Sandin family appeared in. It still feels weird, like when a window becomes a mirror, and instead of looking out, you're looking at a self you don't quite recognize.
It has been happening incrementally more these days too. One benefit is the silly credit card companies are starting to realize AK stands for Alaska, not Arkansas.
I need help! What would be the completed list of Kodiak filmings that have gone cable? I can only think of a few right now in no certain order, and of course without real titles because my memory isn't that great.
1. Asians in Alaska with Pat Morita
2. National Geographic - Bears (been a few of those, I've blurred together)
3. Kodiak Crab Festival (Food Network)
4. Deadliest Catch
5. Cops (Before TC was chief)
6. The aforementioned Sandin Minivan commercial
7. Russian/American history with Lydia Black
Okay someone finish for me.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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There were several Animal Planet bits with Jeff Corwin, including the Into Alaska series.
The New York Times Business Section had an article (10/9) about the Vaseline-Kodiak ads:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/media/09adco.html?scp=1&sq=Kodiak&st=cse
It includes a picture of Monashka Bay
There were those Andersen Windows commercials with someone's house down on Pearson Cove. Of course, the commercial made them look like they were in the deep, deep wilderness, not the edge of downtown.
There was a special show on the History/Military Channels about the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians, and the fortifications of Kodiak, with Joe Stevens and Bob Hatcher.
The salmon jerky guys had a commercial on the outdoor network.
And wasn't there something about Old Harbor once on National Geograpic?
I don't think it's been on cable but there is the movie COPE available at Blockbuster. Made by Kodiakans in Kodiak. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1110242/
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