Okay, here’s how it started. Matt and I were at the Memphis Zoo in July, standing and staring at Mwelu (the male gorilla) while chatting with Brian Carter, the Director of Marketing & Communications, as Matt began gathering info on the apes for a kids news report for Midsouthmoms.com. In passing, Brian mentioned to us that Mwelu likes to watch tv when he’s in his back bedroom area… say what??

Half joking, we asked if Mwelu has a favorite tv show…?… and to our surprise, the answer was yes! By far, apparently the Rachel Ray Show is Mwelu’s favorite! How funny is that?

He likes to watch tv whenever Rachel is on, but he REALLY loves it when she cooks! Her cooking segments are his favorite! Long story short, we called the show and told them that Matt had discovered Rachel’s “biggest” fan… and they loved it! They sent a crew down to shoot the story with Matt (that’s the crew and Matt, and Drew from the Zoo in the photo). And it airs today (Sept 11) at 11am on Channel 5! (you’ll have to check your local listings for your market)We’ve got our DVR set!

Now, after yet another newspaper article yesterday in the Commercial Appeal about the story, and a radio interview this morning on 98.9 KIM FM, wish me luck on managing Matt’s growing little ego!

Here’s a link to the segment online:
http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show/segments/view/rachaels-wildest-fan/

Love to you all,
Ann
xo