Don't forget about Eddie Izzard, who happened to be in Paris doing his stand-up show. But I think the owner of Shakespeare & Co (the bookshop) got as much screen time as any of the big names - which was one of the things I loved about the Paris episodes.
I have all 5 Scotland episodes on my TiVo - hoping to catch up this week. On Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:25:19 PM UTC-4, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Connery also doesn't live in Scotland, as was noted during SCG's interview > with Scotland's First Minister. I'm not sure where Connelly's living > these days, he may be in the States. > > The guest bookings for Paris were, IMO, similarly tied to whom was > available and interesting to Craig. The biggest 'get' then was either Jean > Reno or Jean-Michel Cousteau. > > Should Craig do his next road trip to an American city, I would still > expect the guest list to reflect this perspective. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jon Delfin <[email protected]> > ** > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Late Late Show in Scotland > > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > [snip] > > My criticism would be that when talk shows go to Chicago, they have to > > get Oprah as a guest. If they go to Vegas, they get a Wayne Newton. > > Craig failed to get either Sean Connery or Billy Connelly. Don't get > > me wrong, I've heard Fred MacAulay on BBC4 for years and it was cool > > seeing what he looked like, but one of the two known Scottish names > > seemed a given and it didn't happen. > > Sure, because when we think about Ferguson's show, we think about > big-name and appropriate guests. > > More seriously, Connelly was on the show in Los Angeles in the > not-too-distant past, and I'm pretty sure we're never going to see > Connery in public again. > > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
