On The Road Again
Antiques Roadshow" host travels to Greenfield
Village, where he'll go behind the scenes
of the successful PBS marriage of art and history
ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER
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t's hard to believe that when Dan
Elias began hosting PBS's hit
Antiques Roads-how last year, it
was his first experience in front
of the camera. "I was as green as can
be," Elias laughs.
His wife of 16 years, Karen, a regular
appraiser with the show since the
beginning, told him about the impend-
ing position. "I had never been on tele-
vision before and didn't have much
experience with antiques. But I love to
learn and meet and talk with people, so
I went for an interview, although I
couldn't imagine they would actually
offer me the job," Elias says.
He was called back for a screen test
and several auditions. "I knew I was
on the short list," Elias says, "but
it was a big surprise to me
when they actually
offered me the job."
How he landed on
Antiques Roadshow is
one of the many sto-
ries Elias will be shar-
ing 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 19,
when he is a guest
lecturer at Henry
Ford Museum's
Anderson Center
Expires
5/24/01
22921 NORTHWESTERN HWY.
(Corner of 12 Mile Rd.)
Southfield • (2483 35E3 -2353
Theater for the 17th Annual Greenfield
Village Antiques Show and Sale.
Modeled after a long-running
British show and with an audience of
15 million, Antiques Roadshow jour-
neys across the United States apprais-
ing collectibles, small furniture and
treasured clutter of its loyal viewers. It
airs several rimes a week in Detroit on
WTVS-Channel 56.
As host, Elias' job is to help explore
the background of the interesting
pieces seen on the air, and make the
show into an exciting history lesson
with a touch of suspense.
He didn't need any preparation to
understand the world of art or feel
comfortable talking to people. He can
do both very well.
Born and raised in Cambridge,
Mass., his parents, both scientists,
were not collectors but instilled an
appreciation of arr.
"My mother was in
human development at
Harvard and my
father was in electri-
cal engineering and
computer science at
MIT," says Elias,
who, as the son of
a Jewish father and
non-Jewish moth-
er, grew up in a
secular household.