I was on TV
Originally published on my old blog.
A question filmed in Budapest, seen on national TV, discovered in Morocco
Sixty seconds of fame
I filmed a question for New Zealand's politicians in a scenic spot in Budapest, and learned it had gone out on national TV from a pile of emails in Morocco.
They say you only get 15 minutes of fame, me, I got about 60 seconds.
New Zealand held the first ever parliamentary debate using questions from YouTube during the 2008 election. Jo and I were in Budapest at the time, so we shot a question each in a scenic spot and sent them in. I had no idea they were going to use mine until one night, in Morocco somewhere, I checked my email and got about 50 "you were just on nationwide TV" emails!
6 minutes into the debate video on YouTube.