Comments on: Once more into the late late breach http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273 Peter Sagal is an author, playwright, screenwriter, essayist and the host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Baylink http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-15114 Baylink Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:10:08 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-15114 You did miss "draw a line in the sand", but other than that... nice work. You did miss “draw a line in the sand”, but other than that… nice work.

]]> By: Aunt Sam http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-15020 Aunt Sam Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:36 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-15020 I liked that you represented for Chicago by wearing a Marshall Fields jacket! I liked that you represented for Chicago by wearing a Marshall Fields jacket!

]]> By: madbard http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14990 madbard Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:55:39 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14990 Peter: you and Craig are a guest/host match made in heaven. despite all of craig's protestations of having left school in the 8th grade, he is incredibly erudite, or at least willing to entertain he knows some stuff, doesn't know a lot of stuff, and is willing to be schooled by his guests. I think YOU should be the second "experimental" guest (the first being Stephen Fry--[ooh la la] brilliant! if you haven't seen them: craig's monologue eulogy to his father [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWlNPq0ftM ] and his mother [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6FLb3je4g ] are [aye carumba] funny and sad and touching. his apology to britney spears [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA ] is.... i have no words. i like following both @petersagal and @craigyferg on my twitter.... Peter: you and Craig are a guest/host match made in heaven. despite all of craig’s protestations of having left school in the 8th grade, he is incredibly erudite, or at least willing to entertain he knows some stuff, doesn’t know a lot of stuff, and is willing to be schooled by his guests. I think YOU should be the second “experimental” guest (the first being Stephen Fry–[ooh la la] brilliant!

if you haven’t seen them: craig’s monologue eulogy to his father [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWlNPq0ftM ] and his mother [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6FLb3je4g ] are [aye carumba] funny and sad and touching. his apology to britney spears [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA ] is…. i have no words.

i like following both @petersagal and @craigyferg on my twitter….

]]> By: Matt http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14969 Matt Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:54:11 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14969 I recall the nearest you got to science at Harvard was Physics for Poets, or maybe a biology survey course by Stephen Jay Gould (who left us much too young). Where did you learn so much about entropy, and especially about advanced concepts like the effect of young chidren on increasing entropy in the universe? I recall the nearest you got to science at Harvard was Physics for Poets, or maybe a biology survey course by Stephen Jay Gould (who left us much too young). Where did you learn so much about entropy, and especially about advanced concepts like the effect of young chidren on increasing entropy in the universe?

]]> By: Tim F. http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14966 Tim F. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:57:47 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14966 You're perfect for that show. Craig is by far the most entertaining and intriguing guy on late night TV. And you're right - he doesn't do the regular butt-kiss Q&A with the actor/actress flavor-of-the-week. It's actually pretty entertaining, in a wicked way, to watch a hollywood-type who doesn't get it. The very fact that he did one show the other night, a la Tom Snyder, one guest, no audience makes me want to watch. Change is good. You’re perfect for that show. Craig is by far the most entertaining and intriguing guy on late night TV. And you’re right - he doesn’t do the regular butt-kiss Q&A with the actor/actress flavor-of-the-week. It’s actually pretty entertaining, in a wicked way, to watch a hollywood-type who doesn’t get it. The very fact that he did one show the other night, a la Tom Snyder, one guest, no audience makes me want to watch. Change is good.

]]> By: Salvador Tejada http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14964 Salvador Tejada Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:54:14 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14964 I'm a big fan of Craig's but I think he's never better than when he's in good company, which has been definitely the case the couple of times you've been on the show. He recently did a no-audience one-hour long interview with Stephen Fry and it was excellent. I have already emailed the show suggessting they do it again having you as the guest. Would you be interested in doing something like this? I think it would be great! I’m a big fan of Craig’s but I think he’s never better than when he’s in good company, which has been definitely the case the couple of times you’ve been on the show. He recently did a no-audience one-hour long interview with Stephen Fry and it was excellent. I have already emailed the show suggessting they do it again having you as the guest. Would you be interested in doing something like this? I think it would be great!

]]> By: Jon Delfin http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14963 Jon Delfin Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:37:27 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14963 It's always a treat to see which guests can step it up and play Craig's game. No surprise that Peter thrives there. But who knew Gabourey Sibide ("Precious") was so damn funny? It’s always a treat to see which guests can step it up and play Craig’s game. No surprise that Peter thrives there. But who knew Gabourey Sibide (”Precious”) was so damn funny?

]]> By: Dave Stanford http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14962 Dave Stanford Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:29:22 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14962 I'm a fan of Craig's and I'm appreciate his intentional ripping up of the question card at the beginning of every interview. He's not going to ask for the interviewee's prepared anecdote, he's just going to talk to them about stuff. Just like Stephen Colbert's style, sometimes this works out great, and sometimes it flops, but it's really good when it does work, much better than standard late night style. I’m a fan of Craig’s and I’m appreciate his intentional ripping up of the question card at the beginning of every interview. He’s not going to ask for the interviewee’s prepared anecdote, he’s just going to talk to them about stuff. Just like Stephen Colbert’s style, sometimes this works out great, and sometimes it flops, but it’s really good when it does work, much better than standard late night style.

]]> By: jamie http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14961 jamie Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:22:01 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14961 Peter- Fantastic! Quite witty! So, I will dive right in--- Would you please do a brief email interview for our running blog? We, of course, love Wait, Wait and we thoroughly enjoy your writing about running----- www.aboldpace.com Peter-
Fantastic! Quite witty! So, I will dive right in—
Would you please do a brief email interview for our running blog? We, of course, love Wait, Wait and we thoroughly enjoy your writing about running—–
www.aboldpace.com

]]> By: Cathy http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14960 Cathy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:27:37 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=273#comment-14960 Wow - Copernicus, Thermodynamics (Maximum Entropy), T. Swift...J. Swift, Confederacy of Dunces, and the infamous "ball" vaccum spelling out surrender Osama somewhere out in the desert! Who else could talk about such a variety of subjects and make us laugh SO much! You are brilliantly funny! You held your own with the "Cheeky Monkey". I am glad that you got to appear on the Late Late Show during it's "Twitter" phase, because I think that twitter may have caused folks to take a second (or even a first) glance at WWDTM and your work. I know that it did for me. "Heck I'm online anyway, might as well take a look", I said. And I am glad that I did because I simply am overjoyed that someone else out there thinks about "amusing random nonsense" like I do! There is nothing I like better than intelligent people talking about any and everything...I learn something...I laugh...and I have a great time! Thank you for that! Sincerely, Cathy (AKA @cathyheath43 on twitter - See? Twitter is good for something after all, huh? LOL) Wow - Copernicus, Thermodynamics (Maximum Entropy), T. Swift…J. Swift, Confederacy of Dunces, and the infamous “ball” vaccum spelling out surrender Osama somewhere out in the desert! Who else could talk about such a variety of subjects and make us laugh SO much! You are brilliantly funny! You held your own with the “Cheeky Monkey”.

I am glad that you got to appear on the Late Late Show during it’s “Twitter” phase, because I think that twitter may have caused folks to take a second (or even a first) glance at WWDTM and your work. I know that it did for me. “Heck I’m online anyway, might as well take a look”, I said. And I am glad that I did because I simply am overjoyed that someone else out there thinks about “amusing random nonsense” like I do! There is nothing I like better than intelligent people talking about any and everything…I learn something…I laugh…and I have a great time! Thank you for that!

Sincerely,
Cathy
(AKA @cathyheath43 on twitter - See? Twitter is good for something after all, huh? LOL)

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