"Your earmold kit came in!"
My earmold kit? What the heck is this?!?
On our show, we use IFB lines so we can hear things behind the scenes. Whether it is the video/audio we are rolling for guests, Mad Dawg in the control room, our fearless producer, Jason Dewberry or our director, Kevin Cosgrove...they are all coming through the IFB.
Essentially I use a community earpiece. I really didn't think anything of it, because let's face it - I'm not a TV guy. However, everyone thought it would be a good idea that I have one. The more I think about it, it is pretty disgusting, as I don't know how many ears my piece has been in before mine.
The earmold kit is essentially a small container of powder, joined by an even smaller container of liquid. After you dump the liquid into the powder jar (I still don't know what the heck it was), you stir it until it becomes a gooey consistency.
Now here is where the fun begins.
Dante says to me, "Now jam it as far into your ear canal as it will go and leave it in there for about 10 minutes."
10 minutes? Is he serious?!? Well, sure enough, as I read the directions from Audio Implements, it tells you "Leave mold in ear untouched for approximately 10 minutes." And if there's one thing the good folks in Waukesha, Wisconsin know, it's earmolds (well, I'd imagine cheese and beer as well).
Finally after 10 minutes, I can pull the goo out of my ear. I must have done a good job, because it took a few moments to pull it out. Unfortunately for me, Trish Wingerson of our communications department strolls into my office right as I am trying to extract the Play-Doh from my lobe.
"What are you doing? Do you need a hearing aid??"
Ahhh...the glamorous life of being on television.
