Tue 17 Jun 2003
Cameraman Finds Sole Black Person In Studio Audience
LINCOLN, NE—During Tuesday’s live broadcast of Mornings With Connie & Bill, Channel 8 cameraman Tom Benes managed to find Yolanda Davis, the only African-American in an otherwise all-Caucasian studio audience. “Connie [Dell] and Bill [Jordan] were chatting about Gladys Knight coming to town, and I just felt it would be nice to get a reaction shot from someone of color,” Benes said. “That’s the kind of subtle thing that makes the show more enjoyable for viewers at home.” Benes kept his camera trained on Davis during the entire discussion of the Knight concert and later got a quick shot of her during a brief mention of Halle Berry.
(thanks to THE ONION) and Julie G.
July 24th, 2003 at 9:32 pm
Hey Nishalicious - I’m out of town in England this weekend but most of the time, you’ll still find me in Williamsburg, Bklyn. Where are you? Aren’t you directing some big budge studio pic or summat? (I did one day on ‘From Other Worlds’ which your friend Cara was in?!) Come and visit fotolog anytime. Looking forward to seeing a July posting here - time to update girl! Is a Cosmo screening up and coming?
Sxx
June 19th, 2011 at 7:22 am
excellent info keep up your good work thankx