[SFDXA] Ham Radio featured Friday Night 15 March on ABC...

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT

Thanks to Jack K4WSB

If you have not seen the show at all, it is typical Tim Allen and very 
funny.  He is very conservative and routinely takes jabs at the 
admistration


>>     Ham Radio in Hollywood: Last Man Standing to Feature Amateur
>>     Radio Storyline
>>
>>     In an episode tentatively scheduled to air Friday, March 15, the
>>     hit ABC comedy Last Man Standing -- starring Tim Allen as Mike
>>     Baxter, KA0XTT -- will feature a secondary ham radio storyline
>>     <http://www.arrl.org/news/em-ham-radio-in-hollywood-em-last-man-standing-to-feature-ham-radio-in-upcoming-episode>.
>>     This is the first time that the show will highlight Amateur Radio
>>     in its plot, showing various cast members on the air and
>>     communicating via ham radio.
>>
>>     In Episode 217 -- called “The Fight” -- Mike’s daughter Mandy
>>     (played by Molly Ephraim), gets her cell phone taken away as
>>     punishment. She discovers Mike’s home shack in the basement and
>>     uses ham radio to make faraway friends. According to Last Man
>>     Standing Producer John Amodeo, NN6JA, the home shack is a brand
>>     new set built just for this episode. The ARRL provided many of
>>     the awards and certificates -- including 5 Band DXCC, 5 Band
>>     Worked All States, 5 Band Worked All Continents, VUCC (for 50
>>     MHz), the Diamond DXCC Challenge and the Morse Code Proficiency
>>     Certificate -- seen on Mike Baxter’s home shack wall.
>>
>>     Two other regular cast members -- Mike’s boss Ed Alzate (played
>>     by Hector Elizondo) and Mike’s co-worker Kyle Anderson (played by
>>     Christoph Sanders) -- will also have Amateur Radio call signs and
>>     be shown on the radio.
>>
>>     “As a ham, I am very excited to be able to have an episode that
>>     presents our hobby in an upbeat and positive way,” Amodeo told
>>     the ARRL. “As a television producer, I am pleased to present a
>>     very funny episode for our more than 7 million viewers. This
>>     episode will feature more ham gear than seen in mainstream movies
>>     such as Frequency, Contact and Super 8-- all great films that had
>>     Amateur Radio in them. It’s worth noting that although hams will
>>     enjoy the episode, it was written with our 7 million non-ham
>>     viewers in mind. Please be prepared for some inconsistencies
>>     related to Amateur Radio, but enjoy the show nevertheless.”
>>
>>     Last Man Standing is produced by 20th Century Fox for the ABC
>>     Television Network and airs on Friday nights at 8 PM Eastern and
>>     Pacific and 7 PM Central.
>>
>>     http://www.arrl.org/news/em-ham-radi...adio-storyline
>>     <http://www.arrl.org/news/em-ham-radio-in-hollywood-em-last-man-standing-to-feature-amateur-radio-storyline>
>>

Jack Hartley
K4WSB / VP2MSB
#1 DXCC Honor Roll
QCWA OOTC
/"Celebrating over 1/2 century in Ham Radio"
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