My appearance on GOOD MORNING AMERICA 48 years ago

 

Entrepreneurs need to find what I call a "media anomaly," or a media platform that all the network TV assignment editors use to get unique stories to air. I found one in a now-defunct magazine called THE NEW TIMES. I flew to NYC and dropped in to their offices to personally deliver a press release. A few weeks later, a short blurb appeared in NEW TIMES, after which I started getting calls from all the network television shows. Here's my appearance on GOOD MORNING AMERICA with David Hartman.

If you have a unique story (unlike all the AI-wannabes who say the same old thing), find today's media anomalies (yes, Grasshopper, there are some). Get them to cover your nobody-else-can-do-this story, and you too can become a star.

Caveat: I don't recommend you believe your own PR. I believed mine and sold the company to run for the U.S. Congress that very year. Of course, I'm glad I lost the election. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten into guerrilla warfare.

Here's the YouTube link to my GOOD MORNING AMERICA stint:

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
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In 2017 I played that song with the Murray Symphony that I wrote at 17 for my future wife, Rita.

 

After the concert, one of my buddies came up to me and said I'd raised the bar too high for the rest of the guys.

Yeah, I'm a hopeless Romantic. We've been married 60 years.

Below is a link to the performance. Enjoy.

I met this future movie star at a Dominican Republic orphanage

 

Three decades ago, I arranged to pay off the mortgage of an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. I found out about this from my next door neighbor's father. Missionaries Tyler Engar (pictured Left) and his companion Kirby Heyborne (right) donated a day a week at Casa Lubian, a sad place where people from the DR left their retarded, ill, or deformed children.

In later years, Kirby starred in several movies and numerous television commercials. He's now host of the Emmy-nominated BYUTV show MAKING GOOD. He's also currently serving as a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I predict you'll see more of this genuinely nice guy.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
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My best bike trip ever: Sporting my USA jersey in Paris

 

For those of you who think Paris is a hotbed of anti-American sentiment, my experience in Paris doesn't fit that narrative. On April 30, 1999, I snagged a hotel room with my #2 son Matthew, and just paid for the round-trip airfare. While he attended meetings, I rode my bike around Paris. I didn't meet a single rude Frenchman (or woman).

In fact, I inadvertently sailed onto the JFK Expressway in Paris, missing the no-bicycles sign. It quickly became apparent that I'd blundered into freeway traffic. In my helmet-mounted mirror, I could see an ocean of cars coming toward me. Peddling as hard as I could, I heard the beep-beep of a Taxi to my right. The driver motioned me in front of him, offering to block me from certain death. But moments later, a furniture truck passed us and I quickly drafted onto him, quickly accelerating to freeway speeds. Shortly thereafter, I spotted my off-ramp to salvation.

As I blew off the Paris JFK exit ramp, a group of French bicyclists parked nearby gave me a round of applause.

I have nothing but fond memories of my two cycling trips to France. But this trip happened to be the greatest bicycling trip ever.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
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Springtime at the Pirate Cottage

 

(L to R) Plumb, Kwanza Cherry, and Choke Cherry Trees bring the promise of a great new year. Happy Spring, one and all. Sincerely yours, Rick Bennett Ad Hit Man