[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Oct 9 2003, 03:36 PM\'] it really doesn't matter if you're close at all on that show. You just gotta say it with confidence! ;-) [/quote]
Heh. So true, too.
I tried that theory when I used to mobile DJ wedding receptions -- it didn't work quite as well. ;-)
It is true, though -- watch the local news... if you see someone stumble over a name, you know that they messed it up --- if they just power through it like they know what they're talking about, people usually won't notice (unless it's a big name that they already know).
So, Doug Mientkiewicz*, come on down!
(*Minnesota Twins baseball player - last name is something close to \"Man-Kay-Vitch\")