[Nfbf-l] NBC New show premiering about growing up with aguidedog...

[jody milisavic1]

Hello Sherrill, I heard the mansk his dog if he liked the veal chops.  I disagree with that part of the show.  

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> On Feb 24, 2014, at 10:47 AM, "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Sherri and all,
> 
> I want to watch the show a couple more times before passing judgment too
> quickly. I didn't realize he was feeding his dog people food. Do you know
> what he fed it? Did he feed it from the table? From the get go, that's not a
> very good message to put out there. No one has yet said a word to the dog.
> Small thing, I know, but it bothered me. Also, I thought that shutting the
> dog up in the pantry to help make his son feel needed was rather weird. The
> thing is, apparently this guy, in real life, is pretty eccentric and
> forceful. That's his personality, so the show reflects that and will
> irritate us sometimes. And this is TV, after all, with ratings as their
> bottom line. I fear that part of my objections may simply be not caring much
> for current TV comedy.  But I certainly plan to give it another chance
> tomorrow night.
> Have a great week, even if you suffer from Olympic withdrawal!
> Sherrill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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