Morgan Fisher will have no problem getting to the Super Bowl this year.

She has top-notch accommodations, thanks to Ellen DeGeneres.

DeGeneres, a TV talk-show host, has asked the Melrose and Ettrick native to cover the event in Jacksonville as a roving reporter.

"I'm to the stage where I'm thinking it's not real," Fisher said. "I was pretty surprised when she called."

Fisher is the daughter of Allen and Jackie Fisher of rural Ettrick, who live between Melrose and Ettrick on Highway D. She attended Melrose-Mindoro High School and she is a 2000 graduate of G-E-T High School.

Fisher earned her way to the Super Bowl by submitting a videotape as "an involvement thing." She and her boyfriend, Casey Jones, filmed life in Green Bay during the Packers' bye week.

They interviewed a dog and several people hanging around Lambeau Field. Jones plays an upset Packers fan tailgating in the parking lot. Everyone interviewed during the taping session does a little dance at the end, a regular item for the DeGeneres show.

"When she played it, I was pretty surprised to see it on television," Fisher said. "We made it just to have fun."

Fisher, a theater major at UW-River Falls, was at the American College Theater Festival in Illinois the first time DeGeneres called during the taping of one of her shows. She got Fisher's voice mail, leaving a message for her to return the call.

Fisher called back while DeGeneres was interviewing Carl Reiner during the taping of her show. DeGeneres asked if Fisher would like to go to the Super Bowl in a Winnebago.

She knows she'll probably have to ham it up a bit while reporting at the event. She'll even have a crew at her disposal.

But the person who helped her get the job won't be going with her. Jones wasn't issued a pass to the game, even though he helped create the film that originally aired on the show.

Jones works in video production, something he does out of his house. The couple plan to eventually start a video production business, converting pictures and slides to video, as well as doing various taping assignments.

But for now, the job of being a reporter for the Super Bowl seems like a enormous task, still it's one eagerly accepted.

"I'm looking forward to it," Fisher said. "I'll see what other opportunities it will bring."