Sunday, November 13, 2005
And so it begins
Post by CB, SandpointOnline.com staff
The buzz was on around town for a week -- or few -- before the TV crews rolled in. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was considering a local family for the hit show in which a deserving family is gifted with a deluxe remodel of their home.
But it still managed to stay a secret, mainly, until Saturday when the crews did actually surprise a local family - who up to that point only knew they were in the running. We liked the way Susan Drumheller of the Spokesman Review got into the story on Sunday when finally the local media could get involved. Susan wrote:
"The mayor knew.
"Several contractors in town knew.
"The sheriff knew.
"The publisher of the local newspaper knew.
"An espresso maker and baker downtown knew.
"Schweitzer ski area knew.
"In fact, it seemed like just about everyone in town knew that "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" was coming to town to build a home for a local family down on their luck. But Eric Hebert didn't know for sure until about 9 a.m. Saturday when Ty Pennington and his design crew from ABC's "Extreme Makeover" reality TV show knocked on his door."
Now the juggernaut is here and the race is on to build a 3,000-square-foot house in just one week, utilizing the veritable army of volunteers that is materializing seemingly out of thin air. In a world and at a time when it's hard to even agree on what, really, is "reality," it promises to be a reeeeal interesting week. We hope to catch the flavor of it with this blog, a compilation by the folks who produce and contribute to SandpointOnline.com. We invite comments, too, so be sure to use the comment feature of this blog.
The buzz was on around town for a week -- or few -- before the TV crews rolled in. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was considering a local family for the hit show in which a deserving family is gifted with a deluxe remodel of their home.
But it still managed to stay a secret, mainly, until Saturday when the crews did actually surprise a local family - who up to that point only knew they were in the running. We liked the way Susan Drumheller of the Spokesman Review got into the story on Sunday when finally the local media could get involved. Susan wrote:
"The mayor knew.
"Several contractors in town knew.
"The sheriff knew.
"The publisher of the local newspaper knew.
"An espresso maker and baker downtown knew.
"Schweitzer ski area knew.
"In fact, it seemed like just about everyone in town knew that "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" was coming to town to build a home for a local family down on their luck. But Eric Hebert didn't know for sure until about 9 a.m. Saturday when Ty Pennington and his design crew from ABC's "Extreme Makeover" reality TV show knocked on his door."
Now the juggernaut is here and the race is on to build a 3,000-square-foot house in just one week, utilizing the veritable army of volunteers that is materializing seemingly out of thin air. In a world and at a time when it's hard to even agree on what, really, is "reality," it promises to be a reeeeal interesting week. We hope to catch the flavor of it with this blog, a compilation by the folks who produce and contribute to SandpointOnline.com. We invite comments, too, so be sure to use the comment feature of this blog.
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You should contact ABC or have someone on the site get you a press pass so that you have full access to the house. For many people outside Sandpoint this is our only form of media. Just explain to the producers how many hits your website receives per day, if that doesn't work, take the mayor or someone from the city council with you. I'm sure they'll give you a press pass.
Even with a press-pass they don't want full access to the house - they have said that they might be able to arrange to have someone from Sullivan Homes take media around to check things out, but they don't want them running around on their own. And that coming here soon no media is supposed to be allowed in the house...
I would like to know if Eric is single! I am the same age as he is, a college grad, and just about fell in love with him and the kids while watching the show. Does anybody here know him? I can be emailed at [email protected]
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