Eric, What's That On Your Shoulder?

Some viewers have very sharp eyes. That can be a good thing. It is a bad thing when they notice something you hope they wouldn't.

This morning, if you watched our morning news, you may have noticed a white smudge on my suit jacket (see photo below).

I got several Tweets on this and an e-mail (and no doubt there is an e-mail in my boss' inbox). I said I would explain on the blog, so here goes.

Wednesday was Read Across America Day, in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday. I visited numerous schools across our area to read to school children. The suit I wore this morning is the same one I wore to read to school kids on Wednesday.

In many of the classes I visited, children and teachers were dressed up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character, some of which were wearing make-up. Whenever I am out speaking to the public, there are always people wanting pictures. During one of the picture taking sessions, someone wearing make-up brushed up against my suit jacket. I saw it at the time, but wasn't in a position to clean it off. I had planned to take it to the dry cleaner, but in the meantime forgot about the make-up smudge....that is, until this morning. Actually, I did not even notice it. Our studio crew didn't notice it. It wasn't until 45 minutes into the show that our director inquired what was the smudge on my right shoulder. Unfortunately, this was right as I was about to go on the air. There was nothing I could do, other than I did try to avoid showing that shoulder as much as possible. Viewers watching on wide screen televisions probably saw it most of the time. 

The mystery is solved and the suit will be taken by the cleaners on Monday. Now get ready for some rain today, with a few heavy storms possible in southeast Mississippi.

Eric - elaw@wlbt.com