Guest Columnist Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin Details Her Extreme Experience

• Sep 14, 2006 04:00 AM ET


• by Guest Columnist Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Let me first get this off my chest; I'm no Ty Pennington. There is no one out there with more energy, more enthusiasm and a greater ability to multitask than Ty, not to mention anyone better with a hammer and nails. So imagine my reaction when he asked me to undertake hosting an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (airing this Sunday at 8 pm/ET). "You can do it," he assured me.  I thought to myself, tear down a house and build a new one in less than a week? And supervise a small army of designers and volunteers? I guess so. Not much different than being a mom of four!

My first day was all about the bus. There's definitely a trick to standing on a moving bus while talking to the designers about the family we were about to meet. Speaking of designers, you couldn't ask for a more profes read more