Okay, as I promised yesterday, below is the interview with Dan Smith a.k.a. the Smiling Guy at General Conference. I want to thank Dan for being such a great sport with all of this. You will see from the interview that he didn’t expect the attention, and frankly I had to beg him to let me interview him. He felt it wasn’t that big of deal, which he is probably right. However, there were too many curious people wanting to know more about him to just leave everything alone.

Now, I have to warn you before watching our interview, I am not a professional. In fact, this is my first video interview. This will become painfully obvious as you watch me question Dan. I’m bracing myself for the comments that will face me shortly on YouTube. I am just glad that Dan is the star of the show, his laid back demeanor and fashionable accent really brings balance to the interview.

In case you miss the glaring banner at the top of our video, we provide a link that redirects to Dan’s Facebook fan page (yes, it does say ldsfriends.com but I promise it will take you to Facebook). If you have more questions please feel free to post them there or on this post. ~Paul W.

P.S. Some people have reported having issues with the video below. You can watch it on YouTube if this is the case.

True to our promise made below we interviewed Dan Smith, a.k.a. the guy smiling into the camera at General Conference. Dan offers more insight into the whole event. To watch the video interview please visit our April 15th post.

It has been quite a trip with the whole General Conference smiling kid. It was amazing to see all the interaction the Saints had over this relatively brief incident. However, we found ourselves wondering a lot of questions: “Was this prank or dare?” “Is the guy aware of his Internet fame?” But our biggest was question, “Who was this kid, anyway?”

As luck would have it, we were able to track him down and he agreed to let us interview him. We plan to post the video on our interview tomorrow on our blog. So, if you want to have those burning questions answered, just leave a comment on the post displaying our General Conference Posters. Be sure to select the check box at the bottom of the comments that says, “Notify me of followup comments via e-mail.” Anyone who has selected this option will be the first to know when we post the video. ~Paul W.

Screen Shot of the Interview

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