tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post3045762089974881605..comments2024-03-22T14:40:33.276-07:00Comments on Blood, Sweat, and Tedium: Confessions of a Hollywood Juicer: Odds and EndsMichael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-79522473909371532492009-09-24T10:12:06.417-07:002009-09-24T10:12:06.417-07:00I've been listening to Terry Gross for a long ...I've been listening to Terry Gross for a long time now, and have heard hundreds of fascinating interviews. You have to give her credit for creating a show able to attract such stellar guests, but yeah, she can be embarrassingly bad at times. I missed the Jon Stewart interview, but the recent show with Woody Allen was just awful -- some of her questions just made me cringe.<br /><br />Terry is anything but even-handed, absolutely gushing over certain guests, then turning a cold shoulder to others with whom she doesn't fully agree. <br /><br />I've come to look forward to those Fresh Air shows featuring her understudy (can't remember his name, but he's a reporter for a newspaper in Philadelphia), who does an infinitely more professional job of interviewing. <br /><br />As for Facebook -- part of being young is doing stupid, hey-look-at-me! things (I sure as hell did my share), which might explain all those drunken photos of pouty, lemon-sucking women. Few of us are at our best when in the grip of powerful mood enhancers, which leads to things being said and done that really shouldn't really see the light of day, much less end up plastered across the cosmic billboards of cyberspace. <br /><br />Life allows us all to make our own mistakes, and learn the hard lessons that follow. I suspect Facebook will end up as the tool for teaching some of those lessons.Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-31498892466348320472009-09-24T01:35:54.073-07:002009-09-24T01:35:54.073-07:00Facebook = really bad, generally drunken photos.
...Facebook = really bad, generally drunken photos.<br /><br />Why anyone really thinks it's a good idea to share images of them wasted I'm not entirely sure. Plus all the oddly pouty expressions women seem to put on, like they've just sucked a lemon.nahiyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160342569479414655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-83824399197699467552009-09-23T21:25:14.702-07:002009-09-23T21:25:14.702-07:00Mike Judge is another Albuquerque guy. My kids wi...Mike Judge is another Albuquerque guy. My kids will be going to Highland High school, which is the basis for the Highland High School of Beavis and Butthead. Not sure if that is a good thing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-3932235165245849592009-09-23T18:20:31.043-07:002009-09-23T18:20:31.043-07:001. i agree with anon. re terry gross. she often c...1. i agree with anon. re terry gross. she often comes off like a high school features reporter. hated her prying into woody allen's personal life re: daughter/wife. among other stupid questions. great guests for sure. <br />2. yes, mike. facebook is a little unsavory. i enjoy it for posting links to articles, random commentary on things going on in politics, entertainment, etc. but i cringe at the posts about people's personal life. most of it is just plane banal and boring. some of it falls under the TMI heading. and some falls under the category of creepy narcissism. there is sure to be more yucky categories.hazel moteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243777594272583111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-76531631789118097032009-09-23T17:12:36.363-07:002009-09-23T17:12:36.363-07:00I listen to Fresh Air because they have the best g...I listen to Fresh Air because they have the best guests, but I think Terry Gross is the <i>worst</i> interviewer ever. Have you ever heard her first interview with Jon Stewart? She clearly had no idea who he was, or why he was on the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com