
The Wrap
Clip: Season 2012 Episode 25 | 5m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
David Gillette brought us a video showcase featuring Kevin Love and the Three Little Pigs.
David Gillette brought us a video showcase featuring Kevin Love and the Three Little Pigs.
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The Wrap
Clip: Season 2012 Episode 25 | 5m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
David Gillette brought us a video showcase featuring Kevin Love and the Three Little Pigs.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> I'M GOING TO BE HOLDING THIS.
>> WE LOOK AT YOU, NOT THE CAMERA.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT EITHER ONE.
>> HEY, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE WRAP I'M YOUR HOST, DAVID GILLETTE.
HERE'S THE QUESTION, MINNESOTA, WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU COMBINED RIDICULOUS THREE-POINT SHOOTING AND RIDICULOUS REBOUNDING?
LADIES?
>> KEVIN LOVE.
>> KEVIN LOVE, THE TIMBERWOLVES STAR, THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH READING IN A TITLE I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.
>> MARCH IS CELEBRATION OF READING MONTH AND WE HERE AT THE STATION AND FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ARE REALLY EXCITING ABOUT READING, ALL THINGS READING AND GETTING KIDS EXCITED ABOUT READING, LEARNING TO REED AND LOVING TO READ.
>> AND KEVIN LOVE FEVER, WHAT'S ALL THIS READING STUFF HAVE TO DO WITH KEVIN LOVE?
>> NOT A GURU.
WELL, BASICALLY, HERE IN THE INTERACTIVE MEDIA WE HEARD CELEBRATION OF READING MONTH AND THAT READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY WAS COMING UP, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FANS OF, I.E., KEVIN LOVE, READ A CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOK ON VIDEO, SO FOR ONCE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR KIDS IN THE EVENING BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW EXHAUSTING IT CAN BE, RATHER YOU CAN HAVE THIS POWER FORWARD FROM THE TIMBERWOLVES DO IT.
>> CHECK OUT THE TAPE.
>> KEVIN LOVE POWER FORWARD FOR THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES.
I'M HERE TO HEAD THE CAT IN THE HAT.
THE SUN DID NOT SHINE, TOO WET TO PLAY, WE SAT IN THE HOUSE, ALL THAT COLD, COLD WET DAY.
I SAT THERE WITH SALLY, I SAT THERE TOO, HOW I WISH WE HAD SOMETHING TO DO, TOO WET TO GO OUT, TOO COLD TO PLAY BALL, THE CAT IN THE HAT BY DR.
SUES, HAPPY READING.
>> WELL DONE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH AN NBA STAR?
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS -- HIS FEET ARE BIG.
>> AND I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO SEGUE TO THIS NEXT THING.
WE HAD A CLIP FROM THE GUARDIAN.
WE ARE IN THE INTERACTIVE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
>> IN ALL ITS GLORY.
>> AND THERE WAS A VIDEO THAT GOT YOU GUYS TALKING.
CAN YOU TELL US WHY WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO?
>> THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE ADVERTISEMENT.
BASICALLY, THIS IS THE GUARDIANS VIDEO FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING AN OPEN JOURNALISM CAMPAIGN.
THEY'RE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT BASICALLY THEY ARE THERE WITH YOU FROM THE SECOND NEWS HAPPENS AS IT EVOLVES ALL THE WAY TO THE END.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT A NEWS ORGANIZATION, WE'RE THINKING AND TRYING THINGS AROUND STORY TELLING AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> SO JUST A COOL INSPIRATIONAL PIECE?
>> YEAH, EXACTLY, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY PROVOCATIVE.
>> OKAY, SO CHECK IT OUT, THIS IS THE END OF THE WRAP AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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