A Tale of Two Interviews
by admin - March 20th, 2009.Filed under: Uncategorized.
Last night was two good interviews: Stewart with Springsteen and Leno with Obama. I kinda like Bruce Springsteen after I gave him a chance after Stewart gave an emotional interview with him. Leno gave Obama a half-hour interview. It was great. The Special Olympics thing was funny and true. It wasn’t the best thing to say for a president, but if special needs people were better at sports they would be in the regular Olympics. Yes, he was saying effectively that he is retarded at bowling. Come on people.
Obama did talk down to me, the viewer. But idiots watch TV.
I am impressed with Leno’s professionalism. Not just for this interview, but in general when interviewing a clearly boring person. I hope at 10pm he will have more of a variety show. That will be the end of television as we know it. It is the harbinger for change – the sign that broadcast television has faded. I was always a Letterman fan, but he seems kinda disgruntled at times. Leno seems like more of a nice guy, but he panders, although he has fun with it. Conan might be too counter-culture to be embraced at the Tonight Show. I think that is why Letterman didn’t get it over Leno when Carson left.
Leno beats Letterman in the ratings consistently, but Letterman has more valueable watchers. I should watch more Charlie Rose.