THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, January 17, 1995 TAG: 9501170285
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY JOHN HARPER, CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: WANCHESE LENGTH: Medium: 58 lines
It was still dark in Wanchese, light rain falling, when the workers carrying coffee cups arrived at Davis Boatworks, and by 6:45 a.m. Monday half the crew of 45 was on the job.
And for five minutes, about a dozen workers, including owners Buddy and Barbara Davis . . . exercised.
They were part of the ``Breakfast Time Warm-Up,'' a prelude to the early morning show ``Breakfast Time.''
The two-hour morning show is being televised from the Outer Banks every day this week. ``Breakfast Time'' is the fX cable network's answer to NBC's ``Today'' and ABC's ``Good Morning America.''
It is part of the fledgling network's daily dose of original programming, geared toward the 18- to 25-year-old viewer, dubbed by the media as ``Generation X.''
``Breakfast Time'' originates from an apartment in midtown Manhattan. From there, the program's two hosts, Tom Bergeron and Laurie Hibberd, guide viewers through two hours of exercise, news, weather, fashion, psychology and other light features.
The broadcasts are live. The program also takes viewers to three remote locations during the morning show. Each of the segments is shot by a hand-held moving camera to give it a ``jiggly look'' seen on the newer networks.
On Monday, one of the show's six ``road warriors,'' Spencer Garbett, talked to Buddy Davis about the boatbuilding business. Davis builds custom boats. He's been at it since 1973. Davis talked about a 67-foot yacht he's building for a man in South America. He showed the craftmanship that goes into building the luxurious vessels. Was Davis nervous about the live TV shot?
``Not really. I'm comfortable talking about something I love.''
Garbett did five live, 2 1/2-minute segments from Davis Yachts. Most of the workers went about their business. Barbara Davis got five minutes of fame, telling Garbett how the interior of the boats are designed. Producer Larry Hochberg was pleased.
``This is what we want. And it's one of the reasons we decided to do the show here in the off-season. We want to show North Carolinians doing their jobs in North Carolina,'' Hochberg said.
At 8:57, Garbett and about a dozen Davis workers waved goodbye from Wanchese. In showbiz lingo, it was ``a wrap.''
Today, Breakfast Time's traveling team of five moves to the Baum Center in Kill Devil Hills. Later in the week, the show will do live segments from the Duck Research Pier, the Coast Guard station at Oregon Inlet and Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head. ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]
DREW C. WILSON/Staff
Danny Higgins films Spencer Garbett during Monday's ``Breakfast Time
Warm-Up'' show at Davis Boatworks in Wanchese.
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