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Way back in February, I taped a few destination pieces for Lonely Planet TV while I was their guest in San Francisco. The Tuscany video went online today. (If, like me, your blog reader doesn’t show the embedded video, click here.)
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September 10th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Wow, Leif! That was just so good. I can’t even think of any smart-ass comments to make. Did you nail it in one take?
September 11th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Leif, that was awesome! Good for you, I hope you made a good chunk of cash doing that.
Louise Brown
TravelPod Community Manager
September 11th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Jamie- of course he did, he’s good at nailing things. ;D bada-bing!
Hahahahaha just kidding.
Anyway. . .
Seriously, though, that’s neat! You did a good job! A regular supa-star! I had no clue LP did things like that! I thought it was just books! Very interesting!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
bravo — an enjoyable watch
September 12th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Thanks guys. Jamie, that 3:22 was distilled down from one hour of my babbling, so no I didn’t nail it in one take. If you listen closely you can hear how they verily created new sentences by splicing together one and two of my words at a time in places. I guess I wasn’t concise enough for the busy interwebs community.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Kleenex please..
September 13th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Pardon me if this is fangirling to excess, but what I liked about the video was the sincere enthusiasm you had for the audience – you come across as a guy who really wants people to have a good time when they travel, and is using your vast knowledge to make sure they do, even though it’s hard for you to distill it all down into a soundbite. Good job Lonely Planet for hiring you – I think that is an intangible and priceless quality for a travel guide to have, and thus for a travel guide company to offer.
September 14th, 2008 at 5:22 am
1. Lays to rest any name pronunciation quandaries.
2. GIves appearance of solid and trustworthy knowlegableness.
3. Good job. Makes a person want to beeline over there with autographed LP guide in hand.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Great video. and amazing suggestions. Tuscany is one of my favorite parts in the world…..
(on the video: when you talk about florence,they show sienna.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:21 am
dunno why that comment send before i was done but to finish…
when you talk about sienna, they show florence…..got the images backwards1 :)
September 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
And Matt wins the award for being the first to notice/comment on the Florence/Sienna images snafu. I informed LP, particularly as I didn’t want that to be repeated in my upcoming Florence video.
The rest of you are too kind. Please tell all your TV producer friends.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
i guess if no one has been there they wouldn’t notice….maybe that was what LP was hoping for…