Word: phils
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...with television equipment and towering masts. Following a local's directions down Canal Street, we wandered to StrangeBrew, a local pub. Inside was a raucous scene: blinding lights, drunken men, officious politicians, self-important television executives and a makeshift stage. As we trailed into the bar, Adam Levine and Phil Griffin, executive producers of NBC's "Hardball," belted "Harvard!" at the tops of their voices. We were led down to a center table in front of the stage and instructed to sit and be good Harvard students. Due to our dumb luck, we were special guests to the show that...
...Adam, Phil and the star of "Hardball," Chris Matthews, while they watched their own TV show in Charlie's Kitchen about a week before. After too much snow stalled their trip home to New York, they found respite in the local beer and triple cheeseburgers of this venerable Cambridge establishment. Jenn Hyman '02 and myself just happened to be sitting next to them as they explained some of the nuances of network television to two ignorant media devotees. Chris Matthews argued with Dick Gephardt on TV in front of us while prodding us about how his St. Alban...
...People stormed the stage after the last commercial and Phil and Adam approached us again with toothy grins. The eleven o'clock show awaited. Behind him, an officious manager, chugging golden whiskey while sucking on cigarettes, hissed at us to be back to the set on time. Noah got up and approached guest Jonathan Alter, a former Crimson editor and current Newsweek correspondent. As Noah spoke, the rest of us surrounded him in a silent circle. But luckily, Alter took our silence as pure awe and invited us to follow him over to the Gore campaign party. Although none...
...gossip than a group of drooling Harvard kids. And kids we were, next to these people who had managed to scramble up the media ladder. We certainly saw what it takes to be a TV executive: aggression. Tom Brokaw too was not terribly interested by our non-credentials, but Phil convinced him to approach us and proffer some words of wisdom. Slathered with taupe make-up, Brokaw embraced us, muttered the word "Harvard," smiled and told us we were great as we tried to subtly beg for a photo. Brokaw even gave Jenn a big fat kiss on the cheek...
...Phil and Adam, ever charming, invited us all to South Carolina to the next big "Hardball" event. However, after an unbelievable influx of media and politics--a real "out of the box" experience--we had to return home to fair Harvard. Somehow, the real world looked a whole lot better--if politics can count as reality. We watched the lights come down from the rafters and Chris Matthews slip into trench coat to depart. For most of New Hampshire, the night was over. Gore and McCain were surely going to bed happy only to wake up to another...