Television Magic

[Knight of Albion]

Chalky the dog vs a BBC overhead boom microphone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wxBQ9HQJE

[Catherine]

I had a good laugh.
He is a spunky little dog. I loved it when he actually jumped at the microphone.

[LPC]

....And who was the winner in the contest? Chalky, of course....The recording was abandoned!

[Tobi]

That was just so funny!!

[Catherine]

I don't blame him for barking. Those microphones are annoying.

Maybe next time they will use tiny little microphones. Maybe the dog wanted to interviewed as well. They were ignoring him and he showed them who is boss.

[Tobi]

This reminds me of a time my husband and I sold books in an open courtyard in a very picturesque Somerset town.
We had a white Jack Russell called Toby, and he always came to the courtyard with us.
One day Alan Titchmarsh came with the BBC to interview the owner of the shops and courtyard, and make a short documentary about her work and renovations there.
The BBC crew had a 'furry microphone' too....Toby thought it was fair game....and I had to put him on the lead in the end, because he kept trying to savage it! (Plus he was being given far too many digestive biscuits!) LOL!

[Catherine]

You have to love Jack Russells and any other spunky little dog. They are such characters. I can see why a dog would react to a big furry microphone. Add in the digestive biscuits and no wonder Toby was acting up.