I would give anything to fish with an honest and respectable man as Bill has been known to be. Bill is the kind of man who helps ones when they are in need of most help, such as helping them learn what to use for fishing at certain times of the year or where and the depth of …show more content…
The sponsor encouraged Dance to start a TV show to help promote the product. Bill Dance Outdoors premiered on a Memphis ABC affiliate in 1968 and has been growing in popularity ever since. Today the show is televised nationwide and its host has achieved celebrity status among the nation’s 45 million anglers. Dance, 67, and his three-man camera crew may spend as much as four days fishing and filming to get the 25 minutes of edited footage necessary for each of his 26 shows each year. The half-hour programs are broadcast on NBC Sports and the original shows are then rerun year-round. Each episode features Dance catching fish and chatting all the while as he explains how he does it. He talks to the viewers, to himself, and even to the fish. All his catches are