[Nfbf-l] NBC New show premiering about growing up with a guide dog...

[Darlene Laibl-Crowe]

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


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	From: "Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind"<Andrew at guidedog.org>
	Date: February 22, 2014 at 6:00:07 AM CST
	Subject: Guide Dog Foundation and NBC
	Reply-To: Andrew at guidedog.org
	
	
	
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/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbG
k9MjE0MTczMTM/index.html   

Part 2
http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbG
k9MjE0MTczMTQ/index.html  

Part 3
http://guidedog.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zODMwMTg5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY1MDc2NjkmbG
k9MjE0MTczMTU/index.html

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k9MjE0MTczMTY/index.html. 

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