Should Dave Be On TV?

[pickle9000]

Perhaps dropping something from the dam nearby?
Ideas on products or things to do?
Even something creative in the lab would be fine.

The audience will be general public so:

• Show Magnetic-core memories under Tagarno and compare them to cheap USB sticks
• Silicon Chip Wafer goodies your received from Vincent Himpe in
• Chatting about evolution of Electric cars (You did not repair Sinclair C5? )
• Explain IP ratings for general audience and drop a Fluke from dam
• Open some viewers mail bags, show them Da Knife
• Show them the world most expensive HDD from
• Tell them how the market is changed for new players and hobbyists. Maybe mention the forbidden word (Ahem, Arduino)

First these are good, you have them and can point to them in a blog that discusses the interview. I'd suggest setting a side a blog number that you can give the interviewers and then they can mention it on the show.

I think a dumpster dive, micro mini teardown, or a mailbag item like the magnetic core memories is potentially very good (eye candy). These are also things you do often on the blog. You could offer them some raw video from your canyoning trip instead of doing an actual outside run.

One other aspect of course is that this is your full time gig. I know it will be mentioned but that can be the entire point of the interview. Can you make a living like this?  I think that many people (new ones in particular) seem to miss the point that what you (Dave) do is actual work and that even though you enjoy it, like any job may not be enjoyable all the time. Your hours of work are flexible but you still have to put the time in to make this a viable business. 

[crusader66]

Do it.  My 2 cents, tie what you so famously do into what they bring with them.   Pick a piece of their equipment out and tear the damn thing down on the spot.  Would be great if you could crack open something from the film crew and find something that yields the exasperated breath followed by "total crap" or whatever family friendly expletive comes to mind. 

Even if you don't get a chance to do that, do the spot anyway. 

[BTO]

LOL
i would pay to see that

Dave would come on after the News and start talking about something
and then he 'd say something like

did you see this....
Well you know what
That Really TICKS ME OFF

that's bullshit, absolute Bullshit, the guys are morons,
did i mention it was bullshit

then just before he ends the daily chat, he'll toss a screwdriver over his shoulder and just walk off camera

Hell yeah,
Get Dave on TV

i don't think it'll last long , What with censorship and all
but.. it'd be funny as hell

I'm all for this

[Zad]

The problem is that TV likes people doing things, not talking about things. Contrast this with YouTube where most of us will happily watch Dave prod around a partly melted PCB for an hour or so. How about blowing up some fake Apple iPhone chargers? I seem to recall you have access to a bloke who can pump a fair few joules of surge energy into gear.

Entertaining and a valuable public service!

Also: Use double sided pads to stick some of those torn-down equipment PCBs to the wall / rear of the door etc.

[EEVblog]

They are very interested in covering the Mud Run event, trying to organise that now.
Presumably they'd also get some footage in the lab as well.
Will probably spend two days getting a few minutes of final edited footage

[EEVblog]

I think the best deal Dave could get is an agreement that he is allowed to record a bit how the team works, and a few shots of their equipment.

I like that that idea.

[Teneyes]

How do you get 25 Canadian news reporters out of your workshop?

Just ask them ! 

[magetoo]

How about blowing up some fake Apple iPhone chargers? I seem to recall you have access to a bloke who can pump a fair few joules of surge energy into gear.

Entertaining and a valuable public service!

I would love if it was possible to work a minute of "here's the difference between a cheap and a genuine charger" into this somehow.  Poking around PCBs is one of the things that Dave do, so why not?

[janengelbrecht]

Canadian tv wants to put Dave on Canadian tv ? Well question is....can Dave benefit from the exposure ? Will it lead to more Youtube followers ? If not...waste of time and energy

[pickle9000]

How do you get 25 Canadian news reporters out of your workshop?

Just ask them ! 

Some jokes to break the ice with (we break ice in Canada).

Biggest military decision in Canada? Which coast to put the tank on.
Canadian aircraft carrier? Rowboat with a piece of plywood on top.

[EvilGeniusSkis]

How do you get 25 Canadian news reporters out of your workshop?

Just ask them ! 

I believe the original was
 

Q: How do you get a bunch of Canadians out of a hot tub on a cold day?
A: Ask them.

also see Canadian stand-off.  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Canadian%20Standoff

[BTO]

The Canadian Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show want to come to the lab to shoot a segment about me and my reviews.
Should I do it?

YOU COULD CALL IT .................DAVE TV   

Oscilloscopes...
All Day ,
All Night,
We know what you need, Only right here on... DAVE TV !
LOL