Ironically enough, CSPAN II has placed my Book TV interview up against the Academy Awards. So if you’re tired of Oscar – and I can’t say I blame you – you might want to try channel surfing over to this (other times also available at the link):
UPDATE: Some more Oscar talk from yours truly in the Washington Times – SIMON: Troupers Trump the Troops.
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Would rather watch you, Roger. Then “Wuthering Heights — The Remake” on PBS (taxpayer funded) Masterpiece. Doctor Zhivago was on last night. Boy, Robert Bolt could write! To wit:
“Your attitude has been noticed, Mr. Simon. Oh, yes, Mr. Simon, your attitude has been noticed.”
Roger, Don’t worry the show is awful (I don’t have cable so I can’t see you on CSPAN). A standing ovation for five previous supporting actress winners who present this year’s award. If narcissism could be sold, Hollywood could bring us out of the recession. Unfortunately, it’s all to free…. and all over the stage.
Hugh Jackman (talented guy) is awful at this. This is a very Yikes! kind of year.
I liked your liveblog of the Oscars with Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and, Judd Nelson(?) a couple of years ago.
I actually thought that was real. Did you write that by yourself?
There was an excellent interview by Armstrong Williams with a guy claiming to be you. But it was obviously an impostor: no hat.
I will watch the interview when it is available online. As for the Academy Awards—I could have cared less. It has become meaningless.
I watched you, Roger, instead of the AAs, and recommend it to any one who hasn’t seen the interview yet. Adult discourse on adult subjects, what a pleasant change from being told What I Have To Do by the politicians!
Fine interview. Sounds like an interesting book.
I was very impressed by the freshness and unrehearsed nature of the dialogue. Armstrong Williams obviously had read the book, liked it and was charming.
I caught most of it in the wee hours. Truly civilized discourse, something I didn’t recognize at first. Nice job!
Congratulations on the book and thanks for writing it. Great interview also. Not available yet on Book TV but I’m sure it will be soon. Appreciate your courage and willingness to speak up against mainstream Hollywood and their discrimination.
I noticed too that Armstrong Williams had read the book. This isn’t always the case with interviewers, but it’s always a good thing when they know what they’re talking about.
We watched your interview. No Academy Award celebrity-gawkers here. What a refreshing thing to see on the TV for a change. Actual ideas, and history, something to learn from. Mr. Williams leaned a little heavily once or twice using Obama and race as a provocation, but that was small potatoes. Good job Roger!
Didn’t watch, but of course the news last night and this morning carried the acceptance lectures on shame, marriage, anger management.
Ha ha I was here: http://newreaso.ning.com want to come on the show?? We got questions…
Peace,
Fred
I saw you, Roger. Haven’t watched the AAs since Brando’s Pocahontas.
You were much more personable than I had guessed from reading your blog for 3-4 years…
A point you didn’t make–perhaps you do in your book–is that you never could have gotten started in Hollywood if you were not a liberal then, or a totally closeted patriot.
In regards to your piece in the Washington Times – I’ve said it here before; A positive, well-made film about our military would be a license to print money. I’m not even talking about a particularly patriotic one, just an honest depiction, a fair shake. It would fill the folks with loved ones either serving, returned, or lost with pride (not that they need a movie for that, mind you), and may even change a few minds of those who have opposed the war as well.
Alas, Hollywood, as much as it loves big box office, loves to grind the axe even more. While they’ll never take my advice, at least they can make a few sequels to “Rendition” since Obama is cool with it, right?
Roger, I listened to your interview on the Thom Hartmann show today. You handled yourself very well. That show has lost me as a listener. He constantly cuts down his guests and puts words in their mouths and treats them so rudely. I’m sorry you had to be part of that. But thanks to your presence on that show I’ve now “tuned into” this website. I hope you have much success with your new book.
Now watching your C-Span interview — I watched the Oscars. I have not looked at C-Span’s “Book” website for sometime. There are some noteworthy upgrades — especially regarding the archives for Booknotes interviews, which had been available only as transcripts. Now, most are available as videos, too — I assume, all will be, eventually. It’s an amazing treasure-trove with (the great) Brian Lamb’s wonderful interviews of authors (non-fiction). The interviews were shown Sunday evenings from 1989 to 2004. The range of subjects and authors was, as will seen, wide, indeed.
This is the link to transcripts and videos:
http://www.booknotes.org/Archives/?ProgramYear=2004
Roger, there is one terrific interview your book brought to mind and that was with Norman Podhoretz on his book “Ex-Friends”. I would now add this sub-title to that book: Blacklisting Myself: East Coast Version.
This is the link to that interview:
http://www.booknotes.org/Program/?ProgramID=1508
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