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♪ Little ditty about Ginger Chan. ♪
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♪ Giving us sig alerts about traffic jams. ♪
♪ But she's really a dancer, that Ginger Chan. ♪
- That ditty brings back so many great memories.
And I think that's what makes the KTLA Morning News
so special. There are so many wonderful people you see
of course on the air, with some really great people
behind the scenes.
- Huge personalities. We're talking the writers,
the producers, the crew, they're one of a kind.
- Yeah, no doubt about it.
Oftentimes you'll see us reacting on the air
to something that happened off the air.
And that's when you know what we do really bleeds
into our live show.
- Oh, Ginger, busted. I mean, who could forget.
We were all there when ginger forgot
about that one major rule in television,
always assume that your microphone is on.
- Time I got the phone call.
Someone said, Hey, you know, we want you to come in
and audition for the KTLA morning news.
And of course had to pull over off the 55 freeway
and I said, what?
- Let's go to ginger, Hey traffic lady.
- That's our boss Chris, hey.
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Who is going to protect me.
- No one legitimately cares more about traffic than Ginger.
- Seriously, nobody.
- She knows more about Southern California traffic
and streets and alternate routes than anybody.
- Traffic was just something that I knew about.
I didn't like getting stuck in traffic.
The KTLA Morning News, I grew up watching it.
So being here is a, a blessing.
- Take it to the four o five.
And then the six o five.
The first thing I ask people when I meet them
is where do you live?
And I pretty much wanna know right down to the street
because I'm thinking about your commute.
- I can't tell you how many times I'll get a text
from Ginger saying, hey, just a heads up.
You're gonna want to avoid this traffic spot
or you're gonna want to avoid this construction
that may be on your way home today.
That's one of the best things
about being Ginger Chan's friend. (laughs)
- Our Ginger Chan has been pregnant.
It seems to me since the late nineties.
(laughter)
I offer real solutions.
(laughter)
- [Woman] They have forceps.
- When I started at KTLA, I was single,
I didn't have children.
- [Woman 2] Oh, my girl's growing.
- Thank you. I know.
- [Announcer] Ginger Chan had her baby last night.
- [News Anchor] He is the most beautiful baby in the world.
- [Ginger] Oh, thank you.
- [Woman 3] That's Mr. Ginger.
- The baby daddy.
- Trust me, working with your husband,
don't think that there aren't any fights that happened.
Our team at sky five HD
with a little bit of good news, Mark.
- [Mark] That, that's a lot of good news.
- We get into fights about work.
You shouldn't have said this. Nobody talks that way.
But at the end of the day, we still laugh about it.
We know each other's pacing.
We know the show. It's an interesting balance,
(babies laughing)
but we love what we do. We love KTLA, we love work
and so it's okay for us I think to bring it home.
- [Man] My godson, Johnny Joseph.
- [Woman 4] Johnny Joseph.
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- Use your muscles, buddy, like that. Yeah.
- The KTLA Morning News is fun and family.
- [Woman 5] Whoop, Ginger Chan, doing the running man.
- And cooky.
Just call me situation Chan. Oh my gosh, a fight.
This is my audition.
- It's a place where you own who you are
and KTLA accepts you.
- My wife calls and it's like,
since when did you become the fat guy on that show?
- He's always been.
(laughter)
No, no. Oh my God.
- Ginger Chan what's up.
- [Host] You're dealing with a bigger colt in there.
- What's going on with the traffic?
Tell me, is there a SIG alert?
Where's it at 91, Artesia?
- She knows.
- I live, love and breathe traffic.
I'm the detour diva. I'm a traffic nerd.
Yes, I drive the alternates to make sure that they work.
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- Who needs Google maps or Waze
when you have the Ginger Chan.
- And who needs a geek squad
when you have Rich Demuro.
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- In my hands, the two new iPhone sixs.
The first thing it does is drive itself and parks itself.
Yes, I've always been a techie ever since my first computer.
I got my 386 SX 16. I begged my dad for it.
When I got the call to be a reporter on KTLA
it was kind of a dream come true
because I used to work for another station called KTAL.
And I always joked when I was at that station
that I just love to switch those last two letters
and work at KTLA in Los Angeles.
- The iPhone five has-
- Okay, so here's the five, yeah.
- It's, it's like.
- Has a four inch screen.
- It's different.
- You can't even compare the two.
- Yeah.
- Rich is amazing and such a blessing to have on our show.
- This is about as geeky as I've seen you get.
(laughter)
Like you're excited.
- He is.
- He always is that person who brings to the table
something that has us all talking
or going really, or I've got to have that.
- Rich has the best job in the building.
Rich uh, gets to be the first to know about new technology
that we all use.
- Can I really grow more hair
by the end of this year's show?
- And he has that wicked sense of humor that fits right in
with the rest of us and the chemistry of the show.
- Who's cutting, advanced knowledge comes out of what,
what are you guys working on right now?
- We are checking out the Kate Upton zero G uh, video
because we have to make sure we can show this on TV.
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- Rich looks like a choir boy,
but don't let those looks fool you.
- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
- Hey, Rich, I've had my TV for about four or five years.
What would be a good TV to upgrade to?
- I've been hearing about the iPhone six.
I just wanna know when it's coming out, man.
- I'm the guy at the party that everyone comes up to
and they're like, hey, I've got this problem with my iPhone.
Or can you tell me how to sync this up?
Or can you tell me about this problem with my computer?
But I love that because a, these are things that I live for.
I know how to fix them. I know what's going on.
And I get to play with all this stuff
to tell you how to use it better.
- Oh, that's awesome. Thank you so much.
- My interaction with the viewers online
is so important to me.
It's, it's really at the very fabric of what I do.
They're saying, Hey, rich, I'm in Costco right now,
shopping for a TV. Which one do you like better?
This one or this one?
And they'll send me pictures.
Rich, I bought this because you recommended it
and I love it. I love helping folks out
- Thanks Rich.
- Hi, Rich. So nice to see you from Tokyo, Japan
- (foreign language) from the center
of the electronics university.
This is a dream job for me.
Russia has come a long way.
This is the private Island
just off the coast of Puerto Rico.
It has enabled me to travel around the world.
I get to meet with people that are captains
of industry that are changing the world.
That are using technology to really change
the fabric of our lives.
It's a good work out.
It's just a fun experience to be here
with people that are so excited
and energetic in the morning.
- This guy with a fresh, bad hair day-
(laughter)
- Chris, I'm sorry not all of us can go to a salon.
It starts your day off on the right foot, all the time.
Okay. Ready? There we go. In three, two.
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- Nothing like a good selfie.
- Cheese.
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- Say cheese.
- Cheese.
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- Oh, hey guys, coming up.
He does it for you the home viewer.
- [Frank] Yes I do.
- He worked at CNN before landing his dream job at KTLA.
We're reminiscing with Frank Buck.
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