Re: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

[Randolfe Wicker]

"Leading off with an entirely irrelevant and possibly antagonistic question and expecting to get the attention and respect you want isn't a relationship building strategy. You become know as the asshole with the camera instead of someone worth talking to."   Well, forgive me for being curious.  That question was driving me crazy.  I thought Dick Cavett was in his eighties.  When I guessed his age as being 75, I was being very kind.   I object to this nonsense about "being ashamed of one's age".  One of the first things I'll voluntarily tell you is that I am 67 years old.   I'll happily become known as "the asshole with the camera".  I've always asked the hard and unexpected questions in interviews.  That's why my early radio interviews got rave reviews in the New York Times, The Herald Tribune and Newsweek Magazine.   Cavett did tell me to "Shoot! Shoot!" when I asked permission first.  I "shot" and he gagged on my simple question. I think he over-reacted partially because he was offended by my 'kind' quess that he was 75 years old.   I really expected him to smile and tell me he was 83.  I was actually 'innocent' in my offending of him.   Yeah, "asshole with a camera"?  Watch out when I'm around!   Now, I'll have to do some gooey nice arty stuff to balance my reputation.   In fact, I'm editing a "Vlog In Stone" comprised of an amazing sculpture exhibit they have in the airport in Atlanta.  I guess I'll just have to risk my new notoriety and transform myself into some sort of "art-loving fag with a camera".  Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280     ----- Original Message ----- From: Jake Ludington To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: RE: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?" > It's breaking the rules! Sure, old media might have guidelines about how > to conduct an interview or ask questions, but does new media have to? > > My friend once did an interview with the vocalist from the band Plaid > Retina, it consisted of one question, and then ended. The question was: > "Why do you sing like a girl?" Rules of common courtesy and good judgment are older than old media. Leading off with an entirely irrelevant and possibly antagonistic question and expecting to get the attention and respect you want isn't a relationship building strategy. You become know as the asshole with the camera instead of someone worth talking to. If you expect people to talk to you openly, you're expecting that person to trust you on some level. Trust for most people means not portraying them in a bad light. I'm referring to all people here, not just famous ones. If the new media "rules" are about showing disrespect and acting without consideration for the feelings and opinions of others, new media will be quickly marginalized like the circus side show that is reality television. Jake Ludington http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com http://www.jakeludington.com SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.