Across the street from our radio station studio in Nelson BC sits the Funky Monkey Burger Barn. The owner is Larry Gorril. Larry was lucky enough to get 4 tickets to the closing ceremonies to the Olympics only problem…he had more friends who wanted to go with him than he had tickets. So instead of losing any of his friends, Larry decided to give 2 tickets to Ellen. He emailed the show, and they loved the idea. Of course Ellen can't go…but they had another idea…and on Friday they gave them away on the show to a lady from Virginia.
Now Larry will meet the lady in Vancouver and show her around the city followed by cameras so they can air it next week on TV…and he was also invited to the Ellen show as a follow up.
Larry has been written up in stories all over North America and when I went to the Funky Monkey Burger Bar on Friday for lunch…the place was packed!!!
Good things really do happen to nice people.
Here's the interview I had with Larry on Friday
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Wayne Kelly
