By Darrell Halen
Staff Writer
When Mike Conrad saw a
large bald spot on the back of
his head while watching a replay
of a Pelham school board
meeting on Pelham Community
Television, he realized
how much he was losing his
hair.
Soon, his balding head
will be seen by a much larger
television audience.
Conrad, chairman of the
Pelham School Board, was
invited to appear on “The
Dr. Keith Ablow Show,” a national
TV talk show, to get his
head shaved.
The episode, which explores
the age old question
“Are bald men sexy?” will air
at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, on
Boston channel WFXT Fox
25.
Ablow seeks the answer
with the help of four models
from Howie Mandel’s TV
show, “Deal or No Deal.”
“Would you date a bald
man?” Ablow – a bald man
himself – asked the ladies at
the beginning of the show. “Do
you find them attractive?”
Conrad, 41, who has been
losing his hair for about five
years, was one of three men
invited to appear on the show.
His wife, Kathy, jokingly refers
to her husband’s head as
an “Irish yarmulke” during
the show.
Ablow, a psychiatrist and
author, helps people cope
with personal challenges and
lead more fulfilling lives in his
one-hour daily talk show.
Conrad, the director of client
services at The Troupe,
a modern media design and
production firm in Windham,
was scouring the Internet for
companies that might need
the company’s services when
he came upon a posting from
the show seeking funny stories
from men about going
bald.
Conrad shared his story
about the school board meeting
replay, and eventually was
invited to come on the show
to have his head shaved.
“Any kind of new adventure
– I’m up for it,” said Conrad,
adding: “My hair is short
anyway so it wasn’t a big difference
for me.”
The experience was 24
hours of star treatment. He,
Kathy, and their kids, Steven,
12, and Christina, 9, rode in a
stretch limo to New York City.
Conrad had his own green
room at the Rockerfeller Center
at the show’s taping.
The show picked up the
tab for their travel and lodging.
Conrad has appeared in
commercials produced by
The Troupe, but this was his
first time appearing in a national
television show.
“It was interesting to see
how a show is produced in
New York,” he said.