Mike McGuff has posted an absolutely fascininating interview with Ed Brandon, the longtime KTRK-13 weatherman.
There’s a little bit of EVERYTHING in this interview — Brandon’s heart issues, Steve Olafson/Banjo Jones, Dan Patrick, Austin in the ’60s, and more.
Unfortunately, Brandon’s health is forcing him out of the TV business, which saddens us. Unlike some of the fancy schmancy meteorologists in town, Brandon (to our best recollection) never scared the hell out of Houstonians by insisting a certain hurricane could come level the city well after it had clearly turned and headed in a different direction. Ed Brandon is always much calmer than that, which we appreciate. In fact, that calmness probably was no insignificant factor all those years when KTRK’s team of Dave and Shara and Ed and Bob owned the TV news ratings books.
Interestingly enough, Brandon’s a fan of blogs:
I go to right wing blogs, I go to left wing blogs. I’m fascinated by the Internet, that’s why I wanted to talk about this on the blog instead. I’m not the kind of person that wants to put out a press release and say here’s what I’m doing. It just seems a little egocentric.
I would be interested in participating in the blogosphere to some point. Maybe I don’t know what I want to be.
blogHOUSTON can have a login ready in about 30 seconds, Mr. Brandon. Just give the word!
BLOGVERSATION: TBIFOC, MobilePodcast.org, Lone Star Times.
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