As you will see this posting is
completely different that all the others.
There are no "video boxes" to click on to watch the videos
because I didn't shoot these videos and, therefore; they are not uploaded to
either my Blog or Website. In fact, they
aren't even videos of me fishing.
These two videos are short "segments" from a video shot
last summer for a possible TV pilot.
What happened to the TV pilot?
The person responsible for producing the pilot has NEVER edited the videos. So...here we are today...still no pilot...nor
do I expect to ever see one.
That said...the two clips have been "extracted" for your
viewing pleasure...and...since one of them (the best one) features me...then
naturally it is for your viewing pleasure (and instruction).
The other is a guy you will recognize...Jeff Herndon the anchor on
Wichita's KAKE news for 10-years and now the news anchor in Chicago for a Fox
affiliate.
While I will never get to see the pilot...not all was lost. I got to know and fish with Jeff and
truthfully (and boy does this HURT
me to say this!)...we had a GREAT
time...and I mean that sincerely...a REALLY
GREAT time. (OUCH...man
did that hurt...! I think I might be
bleeding!)
Since nothing else will ever come of the "pilot" at
least I got to know Jeff and trust me, that was worth all the effort and
subsequent frustration.
(Hey...I'm in pain
here...anyone out there got a Bandaid?)
To see the two videos simply click on the links below. If that doesn't work on your computer then copy and paste the links into your Browser.
In closing this Blog
Posing I want to share with you a personal message...
Most psychologists would tell you that I have spent most of my
life trying to win favor from my parents, stemming from having been adopted
from a home where both biological parents spent over a year in prison for child
neglect/abuse. Separated as a young
child from my siblings, having spent time in a foster home (twice), being
rejected by my biological parents and again by an aunt and uncle...I spent most
of my life wanting to win approval from my adopted mom and dad.
However, neither parent knew how to say it...or show it. No matter what I did or accomplished.
As a young boy being ranked #1 in high school tennis in Indiana,
elected to my college Athletic Hall of Fame nor being nominated for the Indiana
Athletic Hall of Fame changed that. As
an adult a very successful business career, being married 43-years and even giving
them 2-awesome grandkids and 5-incredible great grandkids had no impact.
My last and final hope was the TV pilot. One last chance to earn my mom's
"approval".
Frankly, I don't know that down deep I really expected to get a TV
show but I do know that all I ever really wanted was a chance...just one chance...to
show my mom the TV pilot.
One last chance to make her proud!
That isn't going to happen.
My mom died January 24 having never seen the TV pilot. At the funeral my sister had prepared a "picture
board" memorial dedicated to mom with pictures of our respective families.
On my picture board was the article from
the Wichita Eagle that Michael Pearce did on me back in April 2013.
Now...more than ever...an article for which I will always be
grateful to Michael...!
Why?
Because...without ever
telling me...it seems my mom had taped that article to her refrigerator since I
sent it to her last April...almost one year ago...!
No...I will never get to show her my TV pilot...it's too late for
that...but...it doesn't really matter so much anymore...because...
I learned that it's
never too late to find out your mom is proud of you...!
STOP...BEFORE watching the two videos...go right NOW...this very moment...and tell
someone (a child, your husband, your wife, your dad your mom)...someone...anyone...that
you "love them"...and...PLEASE...PLEASE...tell them you are "PROUD" of them.
Do it NOW...do it for
them...do it for you...most importantly...do
it before it's too late...!
Thanks to each and every
one of you for making this the most successful and most followed fishing Website/Blog
in the Midwest.
Until next time take a kid fishing...or take me...my wife says
it's the same thing.
Clay
Clay...doing what he
does best...teaching...helping others...being a "Giver"....!
Jeff...doing what
he does best...talking...! (and
talking...and talking...and talking...and...)
Making fun of me, yes me...your humble and faithful servant, while
doing a "commercial".
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