Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Sunday Night) Possible L. Fitzgerald Appearance

[Jim O]

According to my TIVO guide grid, the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featuring the family from Gilbert is scheduled to air tonight.

A few weeks ago, Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald visited the project to hand out Cardinals gear to workers and the gathered crowd.

I am not sure if Fitzgerald's appearance will make the final cut for the show, but we shall see tonight.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Sunday, March 13, 2005 on ABC 15
6:00 - 7:00pm MST Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Part 1
7:00 - 8:00pm MST Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Part 2

Here is the story from early February.

Cardinals Fitzgerald helps with EXTREME MAKEOVER

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ABC-TV’s hit series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is working on a project in the Phoenix area and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has joined the effort.

The show’s concept revolves around host Ty Pennington and his design team fulfilling the dreams of deserving individuals by providing them with a new home. In this case, the home is being built for the Okvath family of Gilbert, AZ. They were selected after Kassandra Okvath, an 8-year-old cancer patient, asked ABC executives to redo a children's ward of University Medical Center in Tucson where she received treatment. Doctors discovered a softball-sized tumor in one of Kassandra's kidneys in October 2003 and she was treated at the hospital for leukemia.

The show not only agreed to renovate the children’s ward but was so moved by Kassandra’s selflessness that it is also doing a makeover of the family’s home. The family is helping with the remodeling of the hospital, but is unaware of the work being done on their home.

Since the Okvath’s are fans of Fitzgerald and the Cardinals, the receiver visited the construction site earlier this week on Wednesday, greeting the nearly 1,000 workers contributing to the project and leaving behind a signed jersey that will go in the finished home.

The Okvath’s were given the keys to their new place Friday afternoon and the show is slated to air in March.

 

[bratwurst]

Thanks Jim - I set my tivo to record the show. I have only seen the recaps of this series, when they do the "How'd They Do That?" I've been wanting to catch one of these so this should be a good one to catch!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

It's two hours long, just remember that...it's two separate hours, so make sure your Tivo gets them both.

Also at 2 hours long, I expect Fitz to make the show hopefully...the Suns players and Gorilla should make it as well.

Mike

 

[Jim O]

Thanks Jim - I set my tivo to record the show. I have only seen the recaps of this series, when they do the "How'd They Do That?" I've been wanting to catch one of these so this should be a good one to catch!

Remember to TIVO both shows. It is two hours of total programming but they are listed as two separate shows on the TIVO grid.

 

[bratwurst]

Nice catch guys - I didn't see that and would have missed the second hour. Appreciate the help!

 

[Jim O]

Also at 2 hours long, I expect Fitz to make the show hopefully...the Suns players and Gorilla should make it as well.

Cool. I didn't know that the Suns went out there too. Hopefully, they show both the Cardinals and the Suns appearances.

 

[Azlen]

There's another hour on Monday at 7pm as well, so with 3 hours you would think Fitzgerald would get airtime at some point.