On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Tom Wolper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When David Letterman was interviewed by Ted Koppel for Nightline, he > said that he had Gore and Bush on as guests early in the campaign. He > later got a call from one of the campaigns, and he wouldn't say which > one, asking to have the candidate come back on, even to just do a > comedy sketch. Dave said he thought it wasn't appropriate and refused. > > I remember watching the SNL McCain hosted and I thought he did a good > job. But he wasn't in a campaign for office when he did it. I'm > bothered that a candidate won't separate entertainment from the > campaign. Reagan managed it, and though I am no fan of his, I prefer > it that way.
To be fair, O did do TDS last week, though on the news-comedy continuum I guess that does skew closer to news, and it was an interview. I would score that pretty much like McCain doing the O-Factor. I don't mind these guys doing a little entertainment during the campaign - it is not as if either have been skimping on the "serious" campaigning. I think Palin's SNL can be criticized more along these lines than McCain's, since she has limited her access to serious interviews so much. I thought I had heard that both O and M were going to be on SNL this week, and I was a little disappointed they did not balance that out a bit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
