On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:18 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Netflix has posted a clip from the Obama episode, which is embedded in > this Deadline article. > > http://deadline.com/2018/01/david-lettermans-netflix- > series-first-look-barack-obama-dad-moves-prince-1202240144/ > > Someone on this board mentioned a while back about a verbal crutch that > Dave leaned on in his later years: repeating a guest's answer back as if to > buy time for his brain to come up with something. He does it twice in this > clip alone. And it's one thing when you've got a Paul who can cover a > little bit and not make it so obvious, but even Obama inadvertently catches > him on it the second time. > That's something I associate more with 60 Minutes. It's something that Scott Pelley repeatedly does and it stands out to me as annoying. But then I saw Lesley Stahl do it and then Steve Kroft did it. At some point 60 Minutes was showing legacy footage and there was Mike Wallace responding to a response by repeating it. In the context of 60 Minutes I think it is a tool to emphasize the response, directing the viewer to pay attention to it. In the context of Dave's interview I think he is using it as placeholder talk to keep him in the conversation without interrupting or just saying, "uh-huh" over and over. > > And it hit me after watching it that Dave (70-year-old Dave) is attempting > to host a single-guest interview show for a full hour. Yes, this ain't > rocket science or brain surgery. And Dave has done really well in the drips > and drops we've seen him in since 2015. But I have to admit that there's a > part of me that is hesitant now that this may not turn out as well as I'd > hoped. > Using a sports metaphor, he might need more reps to find his groove. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
