Secrets of the City

Good Question: Will Jason Be Next?

“I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.” – Steel Magnolias

Godspeed, Ben Casey…

Good Question: How big is it?

Thank heavens. While some of the questions were interesting, I absolutely hated the herky jerky hand held camera and ADHD editing they used for that segment. It made it extremely difficult to follow with closed captioning.

Good Question: How big is it?

Hee!

Raindog… really.

Good Question will continue– we’re not sure who will be taking it over, whether the look will change, how often it will air. If you have thoughts on what you’d like to see… comment away. I’ll make sure someone important sees them.

You got mine above, Jason. There was just too much happening visually to the point of being distracting.

Jason-

I think the ‘Good Question’ segment could be scaled back a bit, now that Ben is leaving. Maybe it could be a weekly feature. Sometimes it seems like WCCO tries to turn every story into a ‘Good Question’, which has made the segment less interesting than when it first began.

Good riddance.

ben take me with you!

I won’t miss it… it was always the same boring format…

-ask some “ever wonder question”
-interview folks on Nicollet Mall
-pose question…
-interview ___ from the University of Minnesota
-few more quick soundbites
-cut

I’m sure it will live on without Benji

Thanks my2cents and mnblrmkr for your helpful comments on possible improvements.

I like Good Question. But then I also like “Beakman’s World”, especially during the Alanna Ubach years.

I’d like to see it go the way of the Soviet Union – the trash bin of history. Take 90 seconds or whatever and fill it with actual news. It’s hard enough to take a newscast seriously when the anchor pops in with an editorial, throwing in a “good question” doesn’t help.

I vote that “Good Question” throws in a fake answer every once in a while.

Your manager thinks “Good Question” should be replaced with “Great Question”. If you could get that Beakman guy that would be killer w/ more filler.

“Good Question” needs to be done by someone who is comfortable with the public and by a reporter that the public feels comfortable with. I nominate Jason DeRusha (provided this is something he wants to commit himself to). I would rather see this segment go to a reporter who’s been with WCCO a while, instead of giving this to a new reporter. A lot of channel 4’s better reporters feel comfortable doing what they are doing than doing a specialized report such as “Good Question”. Examples are Heather Brown and Pat Kessler and Jeanette and Bill Hudson who do “Finding Minnesota”. My 23 year old would just love being approached by the lovely JT on the street anytime. My kids and I just love Ben and wish him the best!!!!!