What do you want to be for Halloween?
PS 8 Students Tape Good Morning America Spot
By Maryanne Buechner, Pre-K Parent
Fifteen PS 8 students spent nearly an hour on October 25th sharing their Halloween plans with a correspondent from Good Morning America for a segment scheduled to air sometime during the show on Friday, October 29th. The kids, a diverse group representing grades one through five, kneeled on the carpet in classroom 305 while a two-man camera crew filmed from all angles and held a boom mike over their heads. Somewhat shy at first, most students raised their hands and waited patiently to be called upon before describing the costume they had in mind for Sunday trick-or-treating. At least two girls said they would be witches, one an angel, another a fortune-teller; surprisingly, only one of the seven boys present said he planned to dress up as Spider-Man. Another said he wanted to be an American soldier.
At one point, Annie Murphy, the interviewer and a regular contributor to the ABC show, held up a photograph of anchor Diane Sawyer and asked what the children thought she should be for Halloween. ?Catwoman,? one of the boys suggested. ?She looks like she could fit into the costume perfectly.? Her co-anchor Charles Gibson, the children said, should be a doctor, Batman, the Hulk, the devil, or a player for the Devils (as in the hockey team from New Jersey). The kids also had a slew of ideas for Tony, the show?s weatherman. He could be a spy, one said, or maybe the father from the movie Spy Kids. He could be a banker, Mike Piazza, Austin Powers, or ?a guy who shoots out of a cannon at the circus.?
After the taping, producer Sandra Aiken thanked the students and praised them for being cooperative and well behaved. The children beamed, said good-bye, and headed out for lunch. After the segment is broadcast, Sawyer and Gibson might appear in costumes based on the children?s suggestions.
CATCH PS 8 students on Good Morning America Friday, Oct. 29. The segment could air anytime during the show, which is broadcast live from the ABC Studios in Times Square weekdays from 7?9 am.
Posted on: October 26, 2004
