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| Video: SEC Gatorade TV Advertisement |
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| Time: 0:41 |
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| Description: I showed up at the casting call, did some push ups, sits ups and gave a short lady behind the camera my game face. "Come on, girl," she said, "Give it to me and you'll get this!" She growled and I imagined my college coach who used to scream at me in front of thousands. She called cut and gave me a high five. |
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| Video: Game to Five |
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| Time: 2:50 |
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| Description: With no lights or audio, Jesse Hyde and I shot this fun Money Game promo to honor our all-star line producer, Holly Hurley and MG's seven-foot thug, Ricky Lopes. (One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.) One of the boys on my team (and his little sister) hustled us a free hoop, so I wrote them into the scenes. |
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| Video: ESPN: Big Ten Conference Wire |
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| Time: 2:23 |
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| Description: This story and the sound of my weak voice ran at halftime during a Northwestern vs. Ohio State football game. When the anchor said the toll free number at the end, every line at Ballplayer World Headquaters lit up. Ten seconds later, the ringing stopped and I did not get a call for the rest of the day. |
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| Video: Memories in My Head |
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| Time: 11:30 (It was either go with the lousy audio or risk losing the interview.) |
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| Description: An interview with my Great Uncle John Holohan (left), a WWII medic who was on a ship that was sunk in the Atlantic. Soon thereafter he was shipped to the Pacific where he was shot in the head. He survived, living with the bullet and harsh memories for another 60 years. On the right is my grandfather, who fought in Patton's 3rd Army. (He died when I was four.) |
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| Video: Swingin' in Harlem |
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| Time: 4:34 |
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| Description: This could be the most ridiculous thing I have ever done. Read MY LEFT FEET before you watch this. My writing partner, the funny man Wali Collins, laughed so hard when he watched this video that through tears, he said, "I can't take it anymore. Turn it off!" |
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| Video: Nicki CRU and the Boyz |
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| Time: 11:45 |
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| Description: Nick's team was slightly less than mediocre, and baseball is a tough game to sit through, let alone film, especially when the star of your show is a benchwarmer. The best part of the film is watching Nick take the field. Nick and his friends often play the video when they're feeling drunk and nostalgic. |
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| Video: 60: North Greenbush Ambulance |
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| Time: 9:28 |
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| Description: When I lived at home to take care of my mother, a former ambulance squad volunteer and nurse, I signed up to be a driver. During my first month in training, I hit the curb two times on my drive to Dunkin Donuts. I redeemed myself by making this tribute to our town's unsung heros for their 60th anniversary. |
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| Video: #3: Siena Hockey |
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| Time: 6:51 |
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| Description: A tribute to #3 Joe Spiak and his teammates. I thought watching the puck during a game was tough. Try shooting it. The boys and coaches were kind enough to let a woman in the lockerroom before the game. The video is intense at first, then the hits and bloopers turn the tide to the tune of "Woolly Bully." |
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| Video: BEC: Be an English Champ! |
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| Time: 5:40 |
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| Description: I brainwashed my 7th grade students to convert to the life of an English champion. My favorite moment was when Sophia got a running start and leveled Dwight the Tiger. Standard tests revealed that the students' scores writing improved 50 percent. I tell people it was the English Champ video. |
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| Video: Holohan Kids Movie |
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| Time: 12:41 |
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| Description: Here are a bunch of freckle-faced Irish kids with the same last name. I am the second oldest, the baby in the crib with my brother Kevin. Then there's Ryan, who came into this world weighing in at 10 lbs. 5 ounces. (I'm kissing him on the left.). My sister Meghan says she's still the youngest and the cutest. |
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| Video: Mother's Day Tribute |
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| Time: 6:08 |
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| Description: I made this rough slide show shortly after my mom had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 54. A few months later, I put the camera on her while she could still communicate. During the last week of her life, I remembered I had the tape and brought it to the hospital. My sister and I watched, laughed and cried as we listened to the voice and soul of The Good Samaratin while we held her hand. |
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