Mike Senese
Every week on Catch It Keep It, we present a challenge to a team of three builders/contestants: Use science, engineering and ingenuity to protect a dazzling prize from a devious machination that is designed to utterly demolish it.
Salivating football fans who can't wait for Sunday's season-opening NFL games will love this week's episode. The prize: tickets to the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl in Florida. The challenge: Move a football through a unique obstacle course inspired by five of the most extreme forces that football players have to face. Let's take a look:
Extreme cold:
The NFL Way: The coldest game on record is the 1982 AFC Championship game — aka, the "Freezer Bowl." Twenty-seven mph sustained winds at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium brought the temperature down to minus 37 degrees, and unsurprisingly, the hometown Cincinnati Bengals defeated the warm-weather San Diego Chargers 27-7.
The Catch It Keep It Way: We've submerged a football in liquid nitrogen for 48 hours. At 321 degrees below, even the most supple material is as brittle as glass. One false move and the football will shatter.
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Ahh! It's great to have Ghost Whisperer back on the air tonight. Two weeks ago, we asked you about your favorite moments on Ghost Whisperer and man did you share! T.Davis, Erin Lee, Jen71 and many others posted that their favorite part of the show is the relationship between Melinda and Jim because they're a loving couple that supports one another. We love that GW sports a functional, successful marriage. As we move forward this season, Mel and Jim's passion for each other grows and added to that is the new joy of parenting. Make sure you tune into CBS at 8/7c on Sept. 25 to see their ...
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Mike Senese
I'm frequently asked: "How did you get on TV? And what the hell is an Engineer of Destruction?"
The second part is easy to explain. Engineer of Destruction is my title on Discovery Science's brand-new series, Catch It Keep It. On the show, I devise a new and daunting method of destruction each week that threatens to demolish an awesome prize.
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Hello!
We've got good news and not-so-great news. In the not-so-great category, we're not on the air this week. On the "good news" side, we've got lots going on at Ghost Whisperer and we're gonna bring you into the fold right now.
So, lets get going — we'd like to help you fine tune your paranormal radar. Supernatural things are taking place all around us in ghost land here at Universal Studios, and most likely it's happening all around you, too. Did you know that Jim and Melinda's house is the Boo Radley house that they built to shoot the brilliant movie To Kill A Mockingbird? When we shoot in and around the house there's always lots of ghost activity. Our crew has even put equipment down in the house and if they turn away and come back, it's moved. It's a very noisy house — especially when none of us are in it.
Here are some tips to determine if you are in the presence of an earthbound spirit...
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It's the end of our summer season and, regretfully, it's time to say good-bye. Coincidentally, our finale — a longer version of which will be available on-line and on iTunes after-air — seems mostly about going away. That's not only a clue to Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson's personal life, but also to solving the mysteries confronting Major Crimes.
I say mysteries because I like to remind people that The Closer is not merely about catching the criminal, but also getting the confession. This task ...
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Hey!
David Conrad and we all thank you so much for the wonderful thoughts and wishes you posted last week. Just so you know, despite having to work excessively, David had a wonderful birthday, complete with a decadent chocolate cake from his Ghost Whisperer family and lots of singing (some good — including Ian, P.K. and Love and the writers, cast and crew; some really bad — Kim is a really a terrible singer. It's in the genes!) FYI: David saw every one of your wishes ...
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Our next-to-last episode of the season presents Brenda and Fritz with the unexpected problem of providing constant supervision for their imperfectly behaved teenage niece, Charlie, while continuing to do their jobs. This problem, which will be almost too familiar for most of our audience, challenges our heroic couple in ways both small and enormous.
Exactly how much responsibility does one assign to a child? How should a kid be raised? What are ...
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Welcome back!
In honor of his birthday, today's blog will focus on our favorite leading man, David Conrad, who will celebrate his birthday on Monday, Aug. 17!
When we first started casting Ghost Whisperer we searched high and low for the perfect actor to play Jim, but this soon became quite a challenge! In fact, we were ...
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It isn't easy to change the way people look at us. Our parents, for example, take years to recognize us as adults. Bosses often refuse to view us as capable of any other job than that for which they hired us in the first place. And inexperience, denial or willful ignorance often leads us to believe family members are perfectly all right when they are anything but. All these situations are at play in "Smells Like Murder."
Certainly, Sgt. Gabriel wants ...
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We'd like to respond to a few fan questions before we get into tonight's show.
To Xxlaurahxx, who asked where do spirits go when they go into the Light? Mary Ann Winkowski, our real life ghost buster, tells us that beyond the Light there is an energy that is different than what's on the plain we're on. Check out the video on Mary Ann's website for more details. Once a spirit crosses over into the Light, Mary Ann does not have communication with them — she can only talk with earth-bound spirits. However, this season Melinda will get some insight beyond the Light. So make sure you check in with us on Friday nights because we think you'll be very surprised with what you learn.
To CriminalMindsChick, thanks for your posting. Good to know. We'll give your input some thought.
To Erin Lee — from the question you posted, sounds like ...
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