Not to brag, but, yeah, I pretty much know some famous people

Every day, tens of volts worth of television frequencies are beamed across trackless voids into our homes and bedrooms, to be picked up by countless antennas and displayed on our television sets. It just so happens that this week, those very television signals will carry a few of the people who play important roles in my day to day existence into your boob tubes. First there is the love of my life, Cat (who, thankfully, is also my wife!). She has lent her beautiful voice to Workers Compensation Board's "Back to Basics" campaign. Yes, this is the same ad campaign that features a man sawing off his own thumb. Don't worry - it was a fake thumb. The ad makes it seem like an accident, but I suspect it is a poor man's attempt to go on Worker's Comp and get money so that he can sit on his butt drinking beers all day. It's not a bad scam! He still has one thumb left, and hey, he CAN'T do the dishes because... you guessed it! He's only got one thumb! It's a win-win situation! Cat's commercial, and subsequent radio spots, have been on the air a for a few months already, but the campaign seems to be picking up speed again - I've seen her ad a few times this week! In case you are like me, and don't have a lot of time for television, I'll save you the time you'd spend glued to your tube for a glimpse of her talents. Click the link below and watch it now - watch it as many times as you like! Click here to watch Cat's "Back to Basics" commercial! Coming up next... Troy Scott! For those of you who were able to attend my wedding (errr, OUR wedding! Sorry Cat!), Troy was our hilarious Master of Ceremonies! Troy is an on-air personality with Q94fm, and has his very own blog! If you look up "loyal friend" or "awesome, talented, all around cool guy" in the dictionary, you will see a picture of his face. If, in that same dictionary, you look up "Wakeboard Announcer"... well, you'd find a picture of Nick Weinacker. But if you looked it up in a Thesaurus, THEN you'd find a picture of Troy Scott. On the next episode of Falcon Beach* (airing February 15th on Global TV), Troy will be playing the role of "Wakeboard Announcer"!!! Set your Betamaxeses on record my friends, you are not going to want to miss this one! In all honesty, it will be pretty damned cool to see Troy on the television - he's very animated - a natural entertainer, and next week, his performance will be watched by thousands. Rumour has it that he will be a recurring character next season! I can't wait to see where he goes from here! Last but not least, my friend Cam Clark will be on television this Saturday afternoon, hosting Manitoba's favourite television programme for 30 years running... Kinsman Jackpot Bingo! Cam donates his Saturdays to host this exciting show, which in turn raises mountains of dollars for good causes across the province. Go Cam! Currently playing: Regatta - This is Love *For another Falcon Beach related post on this blog, see the following entry: http://yaciuk.blogspot.com/2005/10/hey-didnt-i-used-to-eat-lunch-in-that.html