Gumball Encounter

I read more about local TV news these days, rather than watching it.

And I'm just catching up on some of the changes at WGCL-TV thanks to the blog Live Apartment Fire.

Some of the news staff members are gone, including the station's only meteorologist.

The blog shared a video of Laura Huckabee and a hiccuping incident that has gotten over 23-thousand hits on youtube.com.



My husband and I got a chance to meet Ms. Huckabee when we visited the station last year.

I saw her get a giant gumball from a machine seconds before our host spotted her and introduced us. Her mouth was filled with a giant unchewed gumball when she greeted us and shook our hands. She was gracious and kind despite the awkward situation.

This was about three months before the hiccuping incident. Maybe she didn't get her gumball that day, as I know swallowing sugar is a known cure for hiccups.

I hope Huckabee gets another gig soon, without any, er, hiccups.