Mike Rowe: Naked for a good cause...

Photo courtesy of Mike Rowe's FB page

I just want to blow raspberries on his naked tummy.

Where was I? Oh right. Naked Mike. This picture is from a commercial shoot that apparently, Standards and Practices didn't approve of. What a bunch of prudes. Here is the full commercial, but sadly, there is no Full Monty. And you can read exactly WHY Mike is almost naked on his Facebook page at this link.

Mike Rowe, I bid you a fond adieu...

Sadly, this is the last installment of Dirty Meets Snarky. I had so much fun meeting Mike Rowe and spending time with him picking his brain with my inane questions. He was patient, kind and absolutely hilarious. In this clip we argue over crab boats, he scolds me for my lack of journalistic abilities and in the end, we part ways, but not before some fun word association. So enjoy this part 7 and tell me your thoughts on the overall 7 part interview.

For the record, the Farwest Leader was captained by Greg Moncrief, and his wife who was indeed on the boat with him, was Ragnhild. Rick Quashnick and his wife Donna own the Maverick, and Rick captained the vessel before Blake was promoted captain. So we were both right.

So there.

Curses and C.R.A.P. and Cameras! Oh my!

I present to you part 6 of what I like to call a 7 part interview. I call it that because upon editing it this morning, I've got enough video for one more clip after this. And then, my friends, I'll go back to my boring blog that all 5 of you enjoy reading. But until then, let me present to you 'Curses, C.R.A.P. and Cameras!'

And don't forget, if you've missed any of the previous 5 clips, you can find them all at Profoundly Disconnected. While you're there, have a look around and see the great things that mikeroweWORKS has been doing to bridge the skills gap and get more people working! Maybe make a donation if you're feeling generous.

Mike Rowe's stripping and NOT Dancing With the Stars...

Who wants to know about Mike Rowe's stripper name and his signature move? Here's a hint: tissues will be required. Also, Mike and I nearly come to blows over Drew Carey.

Part 5 of the Mike Rowe/Snarkfest interview. Enjoy!

If you've missed the first 4 parts of the interview, you can find them here at the Profoundly Disconnected site. And while you're there, learn more about the mikeroweWORKS Foundation and how you can help.

Mike Rowe's naked belly...

That's right, Snarklings. If you zoom in really tightly, you just may get a glimpsed of the promised land. Er, or maybe just Mike's belly. Hey, you've got your promised land, I've got mine. After updating the video driver for my computer (YAY ME!) I think I've finally gotten the upper hand on Windows Movie Maker. So without further ado, I give you, Part 4.

And the mikeroweWORKS folks have been so kind by adding my video clips to the Profoundly Disconnected website under PRESS. You can catch the first 3 installments of Rowe vs. Snark here.

Mike Rowe: The next John Fascenda...or Spongebob Squarepants

First and foremost, I need to apologize for whatever the hell I did wrong this morning. Several of you saw a video, and then you didn't because I had to delete it. I edited this and saved it and uploaded it exactly like I've done the other 2 but for some stupid reason, it looked like an interview with Max Headroom. Or in this case, Mike Headroom.

After banging my head against a wall about 39 times, I tried ONE. LAST. TIME. And do you know what I did differently? I saved it in a totally different folder. It's separated from the other video clips. Maybe they were just a bad influence. I don't understand but hey, it worked and that's what matters. And now I've got a huge bruise on my forehead.

Anyway, onto the interview! Here is part 3 of a 235,256 part interview with that Dirty Jobs guy, Brick the Militant Meter Maid. Watch the video, you'll understand.

It's like I'm Barbara Walters and he felt the need to open up to me about being a selfish lover. Tune in next time when I make Mike cry.

Finally, and how freaking cool is this? The awesome folks at mikeroweWORKS.com have been kind enough to post these video snippets of our interview on their page, and you can watch them all at this link. And if that wasn't cool enough, I'm now showing up on the Profoundly Disconnected's PRESS PAGE!! Like I'm a real journalist or something! I'm right there with CNN, Bloomberg, Morning Joe and Adam Corolla. Shhhhhh, let's not tell them the truth, okay? Our little secret.

Music, food and....hey did you just beat up Mike Rowe??

Happy (wet and cold) Wednesday, Snarklings! I was able to wrestle Jenn off the computer long enough to figure out a way to edit yet another video clip. I'm almost getting good at this.

Remember yesterday when I brought up Sir Mix-a-Lot in the video clip? Well apparently Mike's very attractive, very talented camera man, Antwan Flowers is also a bit of a wiseass. Not very savvy with the old phones because he couldn't get mine to work to take a simple picture. Then he had the audacity to tell me that THAT'S why I brought up Sir Mix-a-Lot in the first video, because mine was the phone he used in the Baby Got Back video. Ha. Ha. Stick to your work behind the camera, funny man. ;)

Kidding, we LOVED Antwan. He's going to be Jenn's new mentor as she branches out into the field of TV production. Or garbage collector. Could go either way right now.

Anyway, without further ado, here is the second installment of my up close and personal interview with Mike. Stay tuned for more, Snarklings!

And since we discussed Billy Joel's 2 songs, here they are. First, here's Elegy: The Great Peconic

Video courtesy of the YouTube

And here is Billy Joel's 'Souvenir' which I LOVE that Mike mentions because it's a song that makes me weep, and weak in the knees when I hear it.

Video courtesy of the YouTube

Stay tuned, Snarklings!! There's plenty more to come. Sneak peek? Ok.......Dancing With the Stars, and how Mike's not allowed back in Disneyland.

And if you missed the first installment, you can see it here!

The Days of Wine and...Feet

Hey Snarklings! Looks like I found a tiny part of my brain that works on techie stuff! Who knew? I've been able to edit the first 5 minute segment of the Mike Rowe interview and am happy to post it for you here! Pay attention to Mike's reaction to my foot. I'm thinking it's the stuff that nightmares are made of.

I want to thank 16 for her outstanding work as my camera crew. She rocks.

And I want to thank Mike for not running out of the room screaming and calling security on me. 

Stay tuned, there's plenty more where that came from. And please pardon my lack of interviewing skills. I don't really think I did all that bad for my very first time. I was afraid I was gonna go all Cindy Brady when the cameras came on.

Just another Sunday afternoon in DC...

So this happened Sunday.

My second husband and I. Eventually. (totally kidding)

And this.

Jenn and her new step-daddy. (totally kidding)

To say that I am still on Cloud 9 would be an understatement. To say that this guy is awesome just doesn't do him justice. From the first welcoming hug to his final goodbye as he walked us out, my experience with Mike Rowe was truly the best experience I've ever had with a celebrity. Okay a quasi-celebrity, but whatever. He was fantastic. (Mike, if you're reading this, don't let it go to your head, you big Diva).

For everyone else, here's how it went. I sent an email to mikeroweWORKS HQ Saturday around noon saying that if Mike had any free time at all on Sunday (he was in town for the USA Science and Engineering Festival in DC), that I would be happy to make the trek down to the city to sit down for a chat, if it was possible. 2 hours later I received a call back saying that if I could make it to DC around 1:30 Sunday, Mike would be happy to meet with me. Yeah I think I could fit that into my schedule. (Keep in mind that this has been an on-going thing, us trying to set up a meeting, I didn't just ask and receive, it was a process)

Sunday morning, Jenn and I piled into the car and drove to the metro station, took the metro into town and arrived early. If you've never been to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, it's massive, it takes up over 3 city blocks and is about 5 stories high. So once we found the room where we were supposed to meet Mike, we didn't stray very far from it. (I was so afraid of getting lost in the vast expanse of the building!) We met Susanna from mrW who let us into the green room (the conference room set aside for Mike and his crew). She told us they were running behind but would be there shortly, help ourselves to any food/drink we wanted and off she went to catch a flight back to the west coast. We saw Matt Freund (from the Poo Pot episode Dirty Jobs). We snacked and we waited.

Suddenly, the doors opened, and his entourage walked in with him and then, in that deep, sexy voice, I heard: "Well, well, well." I melted right there on the chair. When they scraped me up, he put out his hand to shake mine but I clumsily asked for a hug instead. You'll get your handshake but let's get the formalities out of the way early. After the hug, I shook his hand. Whatever. Don't judge me. I'm lucky I didn't try for some tongue. My kid would be in therapy for (more) years.

There was chit chat, he introduced us to Mary who is the president of mikeroweWORKS, and to Antwan (I hope I'm spelling that right) who was his camera man. I introduced them to Jenn, who I said was my producer, director, camera girl, sound girl and entourage. I gave them some Snarkfest bookmarks which they found amusing (who wouldn't find a picture of a cat's ass sticking out of a drawer amusing??)

I digress (as usual). So while I was standing there with my crew of 1 talking with Mary, Mike went out into the hall behind the conference room (green room) to scout out a place for our chat. He called Jenn, Antwan and I out and he had set up two chairs for us to sit and two chairs for our camera people to sit. The man does his own grunt work. Just sayin'.

We sat down and for the next 45 minutes he answered my totally off the wall questions with a smile. He told me that he had just spent time with a journalist from CNN and did a live spot with CBS so this little off the cuff interview with non-standard questions was just what he needed. My thinking was this: YES he has a new show coming out and YES he has his mikeroweWORKS foundation, but I would imagine that answering the same questions over and over would really start to get boring. I did NOT want to bore this guy. So I asked him questions like: What would your stripper name be, and tell me your signature move. Trust me, we all had a good laugh at that. Also among the questions, what's on his mp3 player, would he consider voicing a cartoon character and would he do Dancing With the Stars if he was asked.

I have the whole thing on my video camera, and I promise you, if you are patient with me while I try to figure out how to get it all to work, you will NOT be disappointed when I post the interview. But what I'm planning on (trying to do) is to break the interview up into 5 minute segments, because I have a feeling I would lose people if I posted one entire 45 minute video.

Check back in soon and if you don't want to miss a thing, go up there on the right side under my picture and subscribe to this blog so that you receive an email with a link back here every time I post. Trust me, I won't spam you (I'm not that smart, don't give me too much credit) and you DON'T want to miss his signature stripper move. It's hot.