Editor’s note: Michael Narracci is the coordinating director of Red Sox broadcasts on NESN and has spent 14 seasons with the network. This is the seventh installment of his “Director’s Cut,” a behind-the-scenes look at NESN’s Red Sox game coverage.
You probably know Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy and Gary Striewski as NESN’s Boston Red Sox baseball talent, but how much do you really know about them?
I recently received from a friend a chain email entitled “4 Things.” It was a series of questions to which you provide four answers, then forward to a bunch of people, who then answer the questions and forward it to their friends, and so on.
I decided to give it to our crew and see what we came up with. Here are the “4 Things” for Don, Jerry, Gary, Jim Daddona (producer), myself (director) and Kevin Cedergren (graphics producer):
Four jobs I have had in my life
Don: Worked at Marineland, Pacific Pizza, L.A. Open intern, Red Sox radio statistician
Jerry: Baseball player, construction laborer, cloth salesman, elevator operator
Gary: Baseball umpire, amusement park attendant, shoe salesman, finance specialist
Jim: Promotions producer, master control supervisor, master control operator, videographer
Mike: Lifeguard/swim instructor, window washer, dishwasher, painter
Kevin: Summertime deck chef, tennis court maintenance, Oil/Gas tank painter, production assistant for the 2006 World Cup
Four movies I watch over and over
Don: The Godfather (Parts I, II and III), Goodfellas, A Few Good Men, Field of Dreams
Jerry: The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, Raging Bull
Gary: Ninja Assassin, any Disney movie, whatever is free on FX, Hardball
Jim: Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, Rocky, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Mike: The Godfather, The Hunt for Red October, The Dark Knight, Wedding Crashers
Kevin: Dumb and Dumber, Elf, Back to the Future, Band of Bearded Brothers
Four TV shows I watch
Don: CSI: Miami, CSI: Vegas, Curb Your Enthusiasm, CSI: New York
Jerry: CSI: Miami, CSI: Vegas, Two and a Half Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Gary: Cops, The Office, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The First 48
Jim: The Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Parks and Recreation, Veep
Mike: Hawaii Five-O, Criminal Minds, Nashville, Blue Bloods
Kevin: House Hunters, Survivorman, Property Brothers, 24
Four unusual or interesting places I have been
Don: Tokyo, Rome, Mexican Riviera, Caribbean
Jerry: Tokyo, Studio 54, my recliner, Bob Levine’s Gulfstream 4
Gary: The DMZ, The White House, all but 24 MLB stadiums, the Red Sox’s clubhouse
Jim: Death Valley, Lauterbrunen, Switzerland; Bryce Canyon, Yosemite
Mike: Scuba diving in the Living Seas Exhibit at EPCOT, the Panama Canal, in a UH-1 Huey helicopter, hiking Runyon Canyon
Kevin: Tasmania, Machu Picchu, New Zealand, 14,000 feet above sea level in Colorado
Four favorite foods
Don: Lobster, crab, steak, oysters
Jerry: Pasta, steak, chicken fajitas, lobster
Gary: Korean food, Chipotle, jalapeno chips, green bean casserole
Jim: Ice cream, eggplant parm, pulled pork, key lime pie
Mike: Steak, pizza, eggplant parm, sushi
Kevin: BBQ, pizza, cheesecake, Rogers Centre breakfast buffet
Four places I would rather be right now
Don: Hawaii, St. Thomas, Bermuda, Ft. Myers
Jerry: Aruba, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, the Moon
Gary: Trick Question???, Behind an unlocked armored car that is about to tip over, a hut on stilts in Maldives, anywhere with AC
Jim: Anywhere else, the beach, a long bike ride
Mike: Cape Cod; Cabo San Lucas; Panzano, Chianti, Italy; Aruba
Kevin: Hiking in the mountains, Australia, Colorado, on a beach
