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A park cautionary tale, a la Happy Days
Our daily smile comes this morning from our very own building … to be precise, a little bit of banter heard Tuesday morning on the St. John’s Morning Show.
The guy above? That’s Russell Bowers, the Bell Island boy who’s back in town hosting the show while Jeff Gilhooly is getting some R&R. Russell’s ordinary gig is hosting Daybreak in Alberta every weekend. If you’ve heard the show, you know Russell’s got A) a way of telling a story and B) a sense of humour.
So, yesterday, a day in which we had cautionary stories about wildlife and humans interacting, Russell noted while chatting with newscaster Maggie Gillis that there have been problems with deer on Haida Gwai, which used to be known as the Queen Charlotte Islands.
“Tourists get out of their cars and walk up to the Bambis and feed them,” Russell told Maggie. Among the consequences is that “Mama Bambi,” as he put it, will abandon its young if it has come into human contact.
It seems that on the Queen Charlotte Islands, it’s a bit like Happy Days,” Russell said.
Right at this point, he made a strategic pause.
“Don’t touch the fawns,” he concluded.
As The Fonz would say, Ayyyyyyy. Or, groannnnn…
And, as they say at the comedy clubs, he’s here all week.
