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

Mon Feb 24 13:37:33 UTC 2014

I totally agree with you Jim.  I reallyjoyed this show.  

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> On Feb 24, 2014, at 7:57 AM, "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This is a cute and definitely funny little comedy.  My wife and I stayed up
> last night to watch the premier which was on NBC and we really enjoyed
> watching the show.  It will be on every Tuesday evening at 9:30 eastern in
> case you missed it last night.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim Ellsworth
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbf-l [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darlene
> Laibl-Crowe
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 9:00 PM
> To: 'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] NBC New show premiering about growing up with a guide
> dog...
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> 
> 
>    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
> 
> Click the link to learn more about the Guide Dog Foundation
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> k9MjE0MTczMTY/index.html. 
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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