watched a pbs doc on late night pioneers, i.e. allen, parr, carson. apparently all pbs programs have now been scored and produced by ken burns. long, romantic strings-laden soundtracks, black and white stills, poured over by a compassionate camera shot, etc. gettysburg is now replaced by burbank; a shot of johnny or dean smoking, with some wistful photo-shopping. then it donned on me. i watched johnny carson. i was alive and an active viewer. i stayed up too late on a school night and commented on his unfortunate outfits. and now i'm watching a sweeping "documentary" on "television hosts". i have friends who look at him like i looked at jack parr. or jackie gleason. or redd skelton. or ernie kovacs. THOSE guys. those OLD guys that my dad loved and told me were great.
oh well. i also have friends who missed an awesome bicentennial. can't wait for that documentary.
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