The Coldest: For the hit CBS-TV Series "Cold Case," a detective show set in Philadelphia, we try to make their four trips a year here as painless as possible. However, COLD was certainly the CASE in March when the unseasonable temperature was minus 20 degrees...and along with shivering actors, frozen cameras, broken water lines in the star trailers, and icy roads, we had the pleasure of shooting outside for two full (and very long) days!

The Fastest: Sounds simple enough - squeeze mustard on a hotdog, reach out for it and take a bite, return it to the hotdog holder and dab your mouth with a napkin... all while driving 100+ mph around Dover Speedway with a helmet-cam rig and another racecar in front of you! Oh, and by the way, you'll need to do it about 10 - 15 times. Needless to say, our amazing driver was up to the task, and luckily for us, hotdog consumption was one of his passions.

The Hottest: When asked to bid on the new Hannah Montana doll spots in 2007, our reaction was "Hannah Who?" Then, when every 10 year old girl at casting knew every word to every one of her songs, and her album debuted at #1 the week before our shoot, we knew we had front row seats to the next big thing - even though this Hannah was just 12" tall.

The Scariest: An iron stomach and nerves of steel were required to shoot the world's tallest and fastest roller coasters at Cedar Point Park, starting with Millennium Force in 2000, and then again with Top Thrill Dragster in 2003 and 2005. Other ride introductions we've braved have included: Dorney Park's Steel Force; HersheyPark's Storm Runner and Fahrenheit; and Cedar Point's MaxAir.

The Biggest Dose of Testosterone: Spring training in Florida was an incredible experience, shooting for three days with all of the Cleveland Indians' players and having complete access to everything. Surrounded by thousands of diehard fans outside the fences all day long, it became eerily apparent that if there was such a thing as a Human Zoo... we were in it!

The First: The payoff is "Get your history straight and your nightlife gay." Our TV spot, "Pen Pals" for Philadelphia Tourism, was the first gay-themed tourism commercial of its kind anywhere in the world. It went on to win the top prize at the annual U.S. Tourism Awards.

The Farthest: When the White House beckons, you are off in a flash, no matter where or when. Their campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness gave us three days to prep and we jumped on a flight to Cologne, Germany to shoot Whitney Houston on tour after one of her concerts... and then right back to the White House to film First Lady Hillary Clinton.

The Most Dangerous: Most businesses closed early on the Thursday that Hurricane Katrina first made landfall in Miami. It was Day 2 of our KFC shoot and we still had a full day of studio shooting to go. The day began to deteriorate significantly about noon, and when we wrapped at 9pm it was a full-fledged Category 1 Hurricane. With 60+ mph winds and blistering rain, our drive back to the hotel was a foolish adventure in dodging mailboxes, signs, and trees strewn across the roads. Extremely frightening, and who knew what havoc Katrina would eventually go on to inflict as it crossed into the Gulf.

The Most Stares & Glares: Two years after a tragic fire closed the Primate Exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo, we shot a commercial to announce its triumphant reopening. We trailed an orangutan through the streets of Philadelphia, including a carriage ride by the Liberty Bell; a meeting with then Mayor Rendell; a posedown at the LOVE statue; and a run up the Art Museum steps, Rocky-style. Let this be a warning, you never know who (or what) you might see wandering the streets of Philadelphia!

The Most Unsettling: Shooting commercials for KNBC-TV's News Division in Los Angeles at the Universal Theme Park when an earthquake hit. Good thing the Weatherman was in the spot and got us inside information almost immediately. We were down for only an hour - mostly because he needed to go on-air live, but after that, a slightly shaken crew went right back to work.

The Silliest: When it just had to be real... painting the camera-side of a real cow pink in Valley Forge National Park for a Hershey Strawberry Milk spot. We worked with an animal trainer and a veterinarian to insure the cow's safety and make it all look real. Sometimes, telling your kids what you do for a living can be an adventure in the absurd.

The Most Treasured: For two days we were seemingly on top of the world filming a commercial for New York's World Trade Center. With complete access, we filmed atop both the North and South Towers. We had already shot the legendary Bobby Short in a studio against green screen and would later matte him into the South Tower's Observation Deck, singing and playing the piano. How could we have ever imagined that this was to be the last television commercial for the World Trade Center. The photographs from those two days are amongst our most treasured possessions, and the memory of that experience will live in our hearts always.