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Interview With Chris Carey

Aired January 06, 2004 - 10:50   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Canceled flights, long lines, drunken passengers, not the best traveling experience. But, you know?
Have you ever been traveling and think, this could make some good television? A&E is taking viewers in the air on the ground for its reality series called "Airline." It chronicles the sometimes turbulent flight experiences of everyone from passengers to pilots.

We want to hear more about this, so joining us to talk about it is the new show producer Chris Carey. Chris, good morning.

CHRIS CAREY, PRODUCER, "AIRLINE": Good morning.

KAGAN: Did you fly in do the interview?

CAREY: I did. I flew in on Friday from London.

KAGAN: Yes, I detect a British accident. I understand this is a takeoff on a British show that's been on the air for some time.

CAREY: That's right. We have been making the series in the U.K. for five years. It's been a phenomenal success. We're really excited to bring it here. We think it's going to be great.

KAGAN: It's fair to say the airline you're hooked up with is Southwest.

CAREY: That's right.

KAGAN: Anyone who's flown Southwest knows that it's a very safe airline. It's also a little wacky.

CAREY: Absolutely. It was a gift for us, really to have Southwest Airlines. You know, if nothing's happening at the airport, at least you've got Southwest Airlines to be crazy.

So, yes. They been absolutely terrific for us. They've given us phenomenal access which is incredibly hard to get nowadays. Post-9/11 world, to get the access into an airport -- to be able to -- you know be given the kind of trust really that they've given us...

KAGAN: To kind of give you free reign there.

I want to ask you more about free access in a moment but first I want to get another clip on here. I think I'm just going to let this one speak for itself. We'll take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sir, hey, I hate to bother you, but I have been getting a lot of passengers who have noticed a smell. So do you have anything you can change into or maybe you can freshen up with something?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is there any -- any way we could get you to do that before you board the flight?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I can...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have shirt force you if you need one. If you want to take the time to use the men's restroom. Kind of freshen up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll do that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: He was too smelly to get on the airplane.

CAREY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

(CROSSTALK)

KAGAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) she got him to change his clothes.

The thing that kind of boggles my mind, you need to get all these people like smelly man there to sign releases to say it's OK to show them on the air. How does that work? Hey, smelly man, can you sign down here?

CAREY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) not everybody signs. There are a whole bunch of stories that you can't show (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...

(CROSSTALK)

CAREY: ... it's fantastic that they're prepared to share their stories. (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

KAGAN: Have you shot or seen anything that you were like, oh, no, this is over the line?

CAREY: No.

KAGAN: I detect perhaps there's a story flashing in the back of your head.

CAREY: Well, no. I don't know. I think -- it's not meant to be the most serious show that's ever been produced. I think, if we were to deal with a major medical trauma which had people you know, in real -- who were dying or things, I don't think we'd do that.

KAGAN: Hasn't happened yet. CAREY: No.

KAGAN: You mentioned access. Lot of airports they don't want you to shoot your cameras.

CAREY: Absolutely. I really enjoy the fact that all the news crews are outside the airport and can't come in, and we just skip into the airport and we can film where we like. I think that's just fantastic. That always makes our crews feel very special.

KAGAN: Bound to put you in the right place at the right time. We wish you safe travels and a successful show. It's called "Airline" on A&E, Monday nights at 10:00 p.m. Chris Carey the producer of that show.

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Aired January 6, 2004 - 10:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Canceled flights, long lines, drunken passengers, not the best traveling experience. But, you know?
Have you ever been traveling and think, this could make some good television? A&E is taking viewers in the air on the ground for its reality series called "Airline." It chronicles the sometimes turbulent flight experiences of everyone from passengers to pilots.

We want to hear more about this, so joining us to talk about it is the new show producer Chris Carey. Chris, good morning.

CHRIS CAREY, PRODUCER, "AIRLINE": Good morning.

KAGAN: Did you fly in do the interview?

CAREY: I did. I flew in on Friday from London.

KAGAN: Yes, I detect a British accident. I understand this is a takeoff on a British show that's been on the air for some time.

CAREY: That's right. We have been making the series in the U.K. for five years. It's been a phenomenal success. We're really excited to bring it here. We think it's going to be great.

KAGAN: It's fair to say the airline you're hooked up with is Southwest.

CAREY: That's right.

KAGAN: Anyone who's flown Southwest knows that it's a very safe airline. It's also a little wacky.

CAREY: Absolutely. It was a gift for us, really to have Southwest Airlines. You know, if nothing's happening at the airport, at least you've got Southwest Airlines to be crazy.

So, yes. They been absolutely terrific for us. They've given us phenomenal access which is incredibly hard to get nowadays. Post-9/11 world, to get the access into an airport -- to be able to -- you know be given the kind of trust really that they've given us...

KAGAN: To kind of give you free reign there.

I want to ask you more about free access in a moment but first I want to get another clip on here. I think I'm just going to let this one speak for itself. We'll take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sir, hey, I hate to bother you, but I have been getting a lot of passengers who have noticed a smell. So do you have anything you can change into or maybe you can freshen up with something?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is there any -- any way we could get you to do that before you board the flight?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I can...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have shirt force you if you need one. If you want to take the time to use the men's restroom. Kind of freshen up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll do that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: He was too smelly to get on the airplane.

CAREY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

(CROSSTALK)

KAGAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) she got him to change his clothes.

The thing that kind of boggles my mind, you need to get all these people like smelly man there to sign releases to say it's OK to show them on the air. How does that work? Hey, smelly man, can you sign down here?

CAREY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) not everybody signs. There are a whole bunch of stories that you can't show (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...

(CROSSTALK)

CAREY: ... it's fantastic that they're prepared to share their stories. (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

KAGAN: Have you shot or seen anything that you were like, oh, no, this is over the line?

CAREY: No.

KAGAN: I detect perhaps there's a story flashing in the back of your head.

CAREY: Well, no. I don't know. I think -- it's not meant to be the most serious show that's ever been produced. I think, if we were to deal with a major medical trauma which had people you know, in real -- who were dying or things, I don't think we'd do that.

KAGAN: Hasn't happened yet. CAREY: No.

KAGAN: You mentioned access. Lot of airports they don't want you to shoot your cameras.

CAREY: Absolutely. I really enjoy the fact that all the news crews are outside the airport and can't come in, and we just skip into the airport and we can film where we like. I think that's just fantastic. That always makes our crews feel very special.

KAGAN: Bound to put you in the right place at the right time. We wish you safe travels and a successful show. It's called "Airline" on A&E, Monday nights at 10:00 p.m. Chris Carey the producer of that show.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com