This segment has everything: an overzealous bubble machine, a grown woman trying to talk and play with baby toys on live tv, Dan Cortez…
It all started Thursday night. I got home from spending the week in Wichita and waited for Kuhlguy to come home from work so I could go to Target and purchase a baby pool to use for my segment Friday morning. While I was there, a Fourth of July swimsuit caught my eye and I thought, well, obviously I need that.
Along with the things I needed for the show, I also brought my giant float: KellyAnne Swanway (named so because “she ain’t got no legs”) and my kids’ bubble machine. As the segment began, the wind picked up and we found ourselves in a bubble storm, so the producer is frantically off to the side turning off my bubble machine, my products for the segment are getting blown all out of order in the baby pool, I’m wearing a microphone pinned to a swimsuit in a parking lot while I play with baby toys in front of two grown men in suits and the camera is rolling and I’m internally having one of those moments like *record scratch* *freeze frame* “I bet you’re wondering how I got here.”
But the show must go on, and so it did. Joel had the best line of the day which was, “Don’t bring a fish to a gun fight.”
The YookeeDoo Duck Race is my favorite; clearly it’s for babies, but I find it strangely mesmerizing. All of these are definitely going to get a lot of use at our house this summer:
Yookidoo Musical Duck Race at http://www.Amazon.com
HABA Squirter Fish Angler Set at http://www.Amazon.com
GeoSafari® Jr. Subscope™ at http://www.EducationalInsights.com
STEM Sink or Float Activity Set at http://www.LearningResources.com
Nerf AlphaFire available at Amazon, Target, Toys R Us
And now for some Behind-The Scenes:
Not a whole lot of room for a mic pack
My personal assistant for the day: Mr. KansasMommy
KellyAnne Swanway
I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC weekend! If you need me I’ll be exactly like the above picture only on the water and without my pants.
I could be wrong, but I think you may find yourself paying for “Mr. Kansas Mommy” longer than you expect. [signed] Mr. Marlis
Love the “had everything – Dan Cortez.” Love that you know
that reference! 😎
You’re the first person to get that! (Or at least mention it.) 1000 cool points for you! #humansuitcase