Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Watch Me Decode the Past!

One of the weird things about writing historical (albeit entertaining) books like the Pocket Guides is that it makes you an "expert" on the subject matter. Sort of. Which means I am an expert on the book of Revelation. And I'm an expert on the Bible.

Right.

So occasionally I've had the opportunity to be an expert on TV. I think producers like me because I'm not an old, fusty professor-looking kind of person. And because I'm good with a sound bite. On a few different occasions I've flown to L.A. and been interviewed for two hours in a studio. Then, a year later, get to watch about 40 seconds of myself on TV. It is exactly as glamorous as that sounds.

For kicks, I put together a clip show of one of these appearances, from the History Channel's "Decoding the Past: Searching for the Garden of Eden."

Enjoy.

6 comments:

Matt said...

Very nice. I could have been imagining this, but your demeanor suggests an imitation of Jeremy Sanders' onscreen persona.

Jason Boyett said...

You nailed it. Almost every time I speak in public, I keep telling myself "be like Sanders." Except for that one time I channeled Sanders as an insane screaming native from our Moby Dick video. That interview didn't go so well.

rickyg said...

You're my hero.

The Tone Guru said...

Further proof that you're one of the funniest men to ever walk the earth.

Anonymous said...

Hey Jason

What do you make of these decodings of the Book of Revelations?

http://kd-mains.com/osama-bin-laden-revelations.htm

http://kd-mains.com/princess-diana-dodi-revelations.htm

K D Mains

Jason Boyett said...

@KD: I don't put much stock in Bible Code stuff. Sorry.