Exciting news from Ben:
Hey, Gang,
A dream came true for me this week. I was on the BBC live for an hour with Beverley on Showtime. It was an evening that was so exciting for me that it's hard to put into words. She sent a car for us at our hotel in Cardiff and we arrived at Broadcast House at 6:15. We went into the studio and Beverly prepared while I went over the outline of the show.
At 7pm Cardiff time we went live and between various show tunes we had a lovely chat. The hour flew by and then we left for dinner at the Wales Millenium Center. It was a wonderful way to end the evening. I can tell you all about it either in person (for your New Yorkers) or in another e-mail because it's still like a dream to me.
We are back in Dublin (it's mid-afternoon and I'm at an Internet cafe writing you all) after a flight on Ryan Air (the Bus in the Air) from Cardiff to Dublin.
For those of you unable to hear the show this week Dear Reader/Dear Friend George in Washington (a Hainsie Kimmlet reference, you know who you are) has agreed to be my producer and record the show. He will put it on a CD and send it to me. When I get that disc I will make copies and send them out to my fan club. Also, any HHW reader who gets this e-mail may feel free to post it for the other Hainsies who are not on this bulk mailing (there are some of them for whom I don't have e-mail
addresses)
The only unfortunate thing is that when you don't hear the show live it always begins just after the overture starts. You miss the "That's Entertainment" opening and Beverly's 30 second intro. Since that won't be at the Web site, when I send out the disc I will put her introduction of me into the CD notes so you can see what she said. You can't hear it but you will be able to read it.
This current segment will be at the Showtime site until next Wednesday, January 4th until about 3pm.
The instructions (as usual):
Here is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/shows/showtime.shtmlClick on it. You're taken to the Showtime page. Click on Listen to the Most Recent Edition of Showtime, The Player opens up and loads. No skips this week since I'm on for the entire program.
If clicking on the link doesn't work (the link is either not blue or maroon or when you click nothing happens) then just copy the address and paste it into your browser and click Go or hit Return/Enter. Or the easiest way is to just bookmark the Showtime page then you can go right to it after you open your Browser.
The current picture of Beverly at the BBC Web site does not do her justice. She is a charming and very attractive woman and we had a grand evening. I'm very excited for you all to listen to the show. I think it's great.
Enjoy!
Ben