Kevin Martin's Next Move? Mayor Of Wilmington?
As expected, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin poked fun at himself at Tuesday night's annual Federal Communications Bar Association dinner. Following a brief line-up of one-liners, he wrapped up his self-deprecating speech with a list of potential positions he might pursue when he leaves office early next year. Some of the funniest suggestions he dished out (to ample applause):
▪ Mailroom clerk at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration sending out digital television converter box coupons in anticipation of the Feb. 17, 2009 transition.
▪ Wardrobe consultant for pop star Janet Jackson, whose infamous "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show resulted in a court battle that the FCC lost.
▪ Running for mayor in Wilmington, N.C., the first market in the United States to make the change to digital-only broadcasting, which has become a pet project of the Commission's.
▪ Playing Harry Potter in a Broadway musical. Many have joked about Martin's boyish, bespectacled look.
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