[Flagdu] FW: [Nfbf-l] FW: Guide Dog Foundation and NBC's new show about a blind father and his son

Sun Feb 23 22:51:58 UTC 2014

Hello all,

The following press release, below my signature, is from the Guide Dog Foundation and was sent to the NFBF list, so many of you may have already seen it. I took the time to listen to the interviews, from the links provided, with the producer of the show Growing Up Fisher. The producer, Dj Nash, is actually the son of the blind dad the show is based on. The interviews are short, and may help us to better understand 	what's going on in the show. The only challenge is that it will come on quite late, following the Olympics tonight, so recording the show might make sense. I'm anxious to see the premiere. I liked the fact that Nash says he's not trying to portray the experiences of all blind people, just his dad and the relationship between them. His dad has always been very assertive, even abrasive.  He spent years hiding his blindness before obtaining his guide dog.

Anyway, I hope quite a few of us are able to watch this show. I'm hoping it's going to be alot more thoughtful than so many portrayals of blind people in past TV shows.

DJ's father obtained his dog from the Guide Dog Foundation in Smithtown Heights, NY. I don't know how much input the trainers had in the guide dog aspect of the show, but I think a good bit, since this is their press release.

I hope this first episode will spark a good discussion on our list, and let's hope the show will educate the public about blindness and guide dogs in a very realistic and lighthearted manner. And I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we will actually enjoy it! Wouldn't that be a refreshing change?

Warm regards
Sherrill

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbf-l [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Darlene
Laibl-Crowe
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 8:31 PM
To: Darlene Laibl-Crowe
Subject: [Nfbf-l] FW: Guide Dog Foundation and NBC's new show

Just forwarding the press release and reminder for all to tune into NBC tomorrow after the closing ceremony of the Olympics.  This is the premiere of Finding Fischer. It sounds like it will be a cute new show. 

Darlene

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. 	

February 21, 2014	

GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION APPLAUDS NBC’S NEW COMEDY 
SERIES “GROWING UP FISHER”

“Growing Up Fisher” TV Show is Inspired By Creator’s Experience with His Father’s First Guide Dog from the Guide Dog Foundation 

The Guide Dog Foundation (www.GuideDog.org) is thrilled to support NBC’s new comedy series “Growing Up Fisher” (www.NBC.com/Growing-Up-Fisher/), which is inspired by creator/executive producer DJ Nash’s own childhood experiences when his father trained with and received a guide dog from the Guide Dog Foundation in the early 1980s. Starring J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman, “Growing Up Fisher” follows 11-year-old Henry (Eli Baker) as he adjusts to his parents’ divorce and his blind father’s (Simmons) new guide dog. The “Growing Up Fisher” pilot will premiere after the Olympic Closing Ceremony on Sunday, February 23, at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBC, and then will air a new episode in its normal time slot on Tuesday, February 25, at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

“In 1981, my dad acquired his first guide dog from the Guide Dog Foundation, and she changed our lives. She changed my dad’s life for sure, but she really changed all of our lives. I went from being my dad’s human guide to having to race to keep up with him,” said Nash. “My dad lost his sight when he was 11, and until he was around 45, he navigated the world with the help of humans. Several things led him to the decision to get a guide dog, including a fellow law school student who was also blind, and him seeing someone he respected with a guide dog really made an impact on him and his decision to get a dog.”

Below you'll find a three part interview with show Creator and Executive Producer DJ Nash exclusively shot for the Guide Dog Foundation.

Part 1 http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMTM/index.html   

Part 2 http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMTQ/index.html  

Part 3 http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMTU/index.html

Click the link to learn more about the Guide Dog Foundation http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMTY/index.html. 

Click the following link to learn about the various ways to make a donation http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMTc/index.html.

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Apply for a Dog http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMjI/index.html 	 

Raise a Puppy http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMjM/index.html 	 

How to Help http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMjQ/index.html 	 

Find Out More http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMjU/index.html	 

Second Sight Shop http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbGk9MjE0MTczMjY/index.html 	

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. 
371 East Jericho Turnpike 
Smithtown, NY 11787 
800-548-4337	

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