Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Farewell To Reitman - From the Riverside

What an amazing week for all of us at KTI. For the first time since I-94 signed off back in the Carter administration, Reitman will not be our morning show host tomorrow morning. I had my camera phone handy all day on Tuesday - trying to give you a peek behind the scenes. Here is what I saw:

The set is built for the Riverside Show. You may recognize that neon sign from our main studio in Radio City. One of our promotions people - John Weyer - had the idea to bring it down. Thanks to Leno DeRoune and Tony Lucas for getting it here in one piece!



Milwaukee's own Wil Durst wonders why we keep electing guys with nicknames like "Dubbya" and "Bubba" to the highest office in the land.


The KTI street team is like a Nascar pit crew. They have only a few minutes to make adjustments to the set and update copy while the talent uses the "sandbox."



Up on the 8th floor of the Riverside Theater is our favorite room: HOSPITALITY! For lunch we had "sliders," coldcuts & salad. Mueller says the chicken noodle soup was "to die for." You can see that Reitman has not lost his appetite! The 8th floor is a nice escape for the talent and crew to enjoy a few minutes regenerating.


Resistance is futile. The crew eats the cake ... The crew eats the cake ...

Reitman signs all 100 of the commemerative posters sold for charity. Thanks for buying authentic Reitman souvineers ...


The giant TV is fired up for the first time ... just in time to watch Oprah?


Your host for the evening show - and only KTI staffer who owns a tux - Lips Labelle!


Milwaukee's "King of Pop" Dan Kyle - dancing to Billie Jean - just moments before the famous "split." Footnote: He stood for his entire shift on Wednesday ...


Gene, Amy and Gino interview longtime KTI guest Leslie Nielson. Don't call him Shirley.

Reitman tries the "Horse walks into a bar" joke one last time. Being that this was his night - token laughter followed ...


After a night of laughs - Reitman offers a heart-felt thank you and says goodbye.














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