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Off the Mark

A look at the lighter side of life through the eyes of Mark Roberts.

Off the Mark: Monsters of the Midway

By Mark Roberts

Posted: October 22, 2009

What a scene it was at the North Carolina State Fair this week. At one moment in time TV 5’s Bill Leslie, Monica LaLiberte, Ken Smith, and former TV 5 and now Mix101 personality Linda Loveland were all walking down the midway in one attention grabbing group. One TV 5 “big shot” can get enough reaction at the fair. The camera phone clicking and the “sign my program” requests showed that this was something really cool for many a fair goer.

Reducing the overall impact and market value of the group, I was out in front dragging them all down to play “Whack A Mole” on the old midway near the Exposition Building.

I attended my first state fair in 1990.

“Celebrity Whack A Mole” was an event not to be missed in the fair’s storied history.

You can check out the fierce competition and the surprise winner on “Off The Mark” on wral.com.

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