On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 7:05 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Which leads me to my main criticism, which is doing this in front of a > live audience - would much have preferred a quiet, intimate setting. > > Tom Snyder would almost certainly have agreed with you
> > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 9:58 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Having watched it, I think I'd rather see the full unedited walk across >> the bridge with Letterman and Lewis. There was nothing really wrong with >> the Obama interview, but there was also nothing special or remarkable about >> it. Obama admitted during his WTF interview with Maron that he doesn't get >> nervous during interviews, that he can hold his own (and that he can >> probably prop up even the worst interviewer). Obviously given the current >> negative political climate, seeing and hearing Obama is a breath of fresh >> air to people, and if that's what you need/want to get you through the day, >> more power to you. But -- not that it would ever happen -- should I ever >> get to interview any POTUS, even one I like and admire, there are serious >> and hard questions that need to be asked of every commander in chief. Dave >> lobbed softballs. Contrast that with Lewis, where they talked frankly about >> the current President, the setbacks involving not just race but the nation >> as a whole -- that to me was the Letterman I'd like to see in long-form >> interviewing. Letterman and Obama telling stories about their families is >> very sweet, but at the core of an extended length interview, there should >> be some meat on the proverbial bone, you know? >> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 6:49 PM, Darren Glass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I’m surprised there hasnt been more discussion of this today. >>> >>> I enjoyed it a great deal. Dave wasn’t at the top of his game, but I >>> found parts of it moving, parts of it quite funny, and I learned a few >>> things. It wasn’t hugely groundbreaking, but it was nice to see both >>> Letterman and Obama on my tv once again. >>> >>> dg >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 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. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> On Jan 5, 2018 12:29, "'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV" < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Joe Hass, Aug 8th 2017: >>>>> >>>>> Dave's coming back on Netflix. Six episodes in 2018. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/arts/television/david- >>>>> letterman-netflix-new-series.html?_r=0 >>>>> >>>> >>>> His first guest will be some guy named Obama... the remaining ones are >>>> all named in this Variety >>>> <http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/david-letterman-netflix-series-barack-obama-1202654327/> >>>> (link) piece. >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. 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