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INTERNET.
IT'S NOT JUST A CELEBRATION OF
THE
SEASON -
IT'S QUITE THE TRIBUTE TO
HOOSIER HYSTERIA.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S ERYN ROGERS WAS
AT THE HOUSE A LITTLE BIT AGO,
AND WE CAN
SEE IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE!
ALYSSA, THAT IT IS.
FOURTEEN THOUSAND LIGHTS ALL FOR
THE COMMUNITY'S
ENJOYMENT.
NAT: THE HOOSIERS HAVE KNOCKED
OFF THE NO.
1 RANKED KENTUCKY
WILDCATS.
VO: THE GIRARDOT FAMILY HAS BEEN
MAKING CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS LIKE
THIS FOR 6 YEARS.
BUT THIS YEAR, THE
HOOSIER FANATICS FAMILY'S
DISPLAY HAS GOTTEN NATIONAL
ATTENTION BECAUSE
OF AN ADDED TRIBUTE TO THE GAME-
WINNING SHOT AGAINST KENTUCKY
LAST YEAR.
SOT: "WE JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE
WATCHING THE GAME AND AS SOON AS
THE SHOT WENT OFF.
YOU KNOW WE WERE
EXCITED, AND AS IU FANS WE WERE
JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND WE JUST
THOUGHT THAT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE
DO OUR LIGHTS, THAT'D BE A COOL
THING TO
PUT ON THERE.
WE JUST FIGURED PEOPLE WOULD
ENJOY IT."
VO: AND PEOPLE HAVE.
IN ADDITION TO A CAR-PACKED
CUL-DE-SAC ALMOST
EVERY NIGHT.
SO FAR, THE VIDEO HAS MORE THAN
THIRTEEN THOUSAND VIEWS ON
FACEBOOK AND MORE THAN FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND VIEWS ON
YOUTUBE.
SOT: "WE HAD NO IDEA.
WE'VE SEEN AND READ A LOT OF
THE RESPONSES.
WE HAD
NO IDEA IT WAS ON THERE." VO:
IT TOOK THE FAMILY EIGHT DAYS
OF EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS TO SET
EVERYTHING UP.
EACH LIGHT STRAND HAS TO
BE INDIVIDUALLY PROGRAMMED TO
THE CERTAIN MUSIC OR SOUND THAT
IT
ACCOMPANIES.
A PROCESS THAT TAKES 16 HOURS.
SOT: "ONCE THE LIGHTS ARE DONE.
I GUESS WE CAN ALL PUT IT THAT
WAY
BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ALL SIT BACK
AND KIND OF ENJOY IT.
AND THEN RELISH IN
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS"
STANDUP: WHEN YOU DRIVE UP TURN
YOUR
DIAL TO 107.5, THEN YOU CAN
ENJOY ALL THE MUSIC THAT'S
CONNECTED TO THE
LIGHTS LIKE THE NOTRE DAME FIGHT
SONG.
SOT: "HOPEFULLY PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND TRUE HOOSIERS ARE
INDIANA BASKETBALL
FANS AND NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
FANS."
VO: THE ENTIRE DISPLAY COSTS
AROUND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEY HAD NEARLY A THOUSAND
DOLLARS WORTH OF ADDITIONS THIS
YEAR.
NEW TO THE DISPLAY THIS
CHRISTMAS IS A WINDOW SHADE
IMAGE OF THE LEG LAMP FROM A
CHRISTMAS STORY.
BUT NEXT YEAR, YOU
MIGHT SEE THE REAL THING.
SOT: "I ALREADY SPENT LIKE $1000
ON
OTHER STUFF THIS YEAR, SO SHE
WOULDN'T LET ME GET IT.
IT WAS A
COMPROMISE.
WE'LL HAVE THE REAL LEG NEXT
YEAR."
AND, GUESS HOW MUCH EXTRA
ELECTRICITY THIS COSTS? AD LIB
BANTER
A BRUNCH THIS MORNING WAS