480 - I Was A Local News Reporter with Actor/Comedian Bob Wiltfong

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Bob Wiltfong worked in TV news before he made a living making fun of it. As a correspondent on The Daily Show, Bob used his years of experience as a legitimate, Emmy award winning local TV news guy to lampoon his fellow broadcasters. In this episode Bob tells you how he got to The Daily Show and reveals, among other things, why he changed his name for air in Lake Charles, Louisiana and Long Island, New York. Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold-out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 Of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website- https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine

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0:42.2	Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.
0:44.3	Do you remember your first job offer?
0:50.4	On today's show, comedian Bob Wilfong shares a story about his first job as a news reporter.
0:55.5	First time getting offered a job on a college graduate, I'm like, I don't need to come down for an interview. Don't even worry about it. Do we need to negotiate a salary? No. What number are you
1:02.4	going to pay me? You know, it was ridiculously bad negotiating on my part. So what kind of hard news
1:08.7	were you covering, Bob? So one day I remember this was an example of how much you had to improvise kind of news.
1:16.0	I covered a fifth grade field trip that was going through a historic housing district of Lake Charles.
1:22.2	They were looking at houses and talking about the architecture of houses.
1:25.7	Oh, my God.
1:27.1	Today on the show, comedian Bob Wilt Fong
1:29.6	tells a hilarious story about what it's like
1:32.1	starting off as a small town news reporter.
1:35.0	Stay close.
1:36.5	Hi, I'm Bob Wiltfong, and you're listening to Storyworking.
1:39.5	Yeah, California.
1:56.6	I'm so glad you guys tuned in today, whether you're a longtime fan of the show, for going on eight years, if you can believe that, Bob, it's like dog years. Oh, my God. Eight years is like... That's like 56 years, I think, dog years. I know. I've been in the business like 55 years. Yeah. It's true. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed the story last week from actor Mike McShane about being a busboy in a restaurant.
2:21.2	Have you ever worked as a bus boy?
2:22.4	I have worked in restaurants.
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