THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, October 10, 1994 TAG: 9410100031
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY ANNE SAITA, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BELL'S ISLAND LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
Brad Privott of Bell's Island, who has made a name for himself on television as a world-champion junior bird caller, will again light up the screen.
This time, however, most people may be asleep.
The 12-year-old Knapp Junior High School student is scheduled to appear on Tuesday's ``The Jerry Springer Show,'' a syndicated talk show that airs at 2:40 a.m. on Hampton Roads' WTKR-TV.
Young Brad and his parents, Bill and Judy Privott, flew to Chicago for the Aug. 30 taping in a Windy City studio.
Tuesday's show focuses on children with unusual talents and features a number of other performers, including a young magician, ventriloquist and karate expert.
One guest, an 8-year-old magician from New Jersey, also appeared with Brad on a Thai program earlier this year in Bangkok.
The Currituck County junior world champion swan caller and top state junior goose and duck caller made his television debut last February on the ``Late Show with David Letterman.''
``He does great on television,'' said Laurie Fried, a publicist for ``The Jerry Springer Show,'' now entering its fourth year.
On the program, Brad will call to several waterfowl brought to the studio just for the taping. ``The one thing that was kind of challenging was that we had to clean everything before we began the next segment,'' Fried said.
It's possible local television audiences will get a glimpse of Brad's parents, too. ``They had the camera panning on us at times during the show,'' Bill Privott said.
``It was a neat show,'' he said. ``I wish a lot of the teachers would tape it because it's got a lot of neat kids on there.'' by CNB