XPost: alt.fan.j-garofalo, alt.atheism, alt.radio.talk   
   XPost: seattle.politics   
   From: smchris@visi.com   
      
   On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:23:07 -0500, Kate Lampson wrote:   
      
   > The only thing that Al Franken did on his Hate-America Radio Show was to   
   > come off with a really bad take off on his old borring SNL crap.   
      
   I want him to succeed.  But you may get your wish.   
      
   I was surprised at how flat the first show was.  With the guest list, it   
   should have carried itself but I thought it was clear that they didn't   
   make much of an investment in running practice shows.   
      
   Al needs to show some passion.  In that respect, the second show went a   
   lot better.  They had the Imus statement that Franken didn't care about   
   the contractors who were desecrated.  Having done several USO shows, that   
   got him going.  But does he understand that he has to keep it up when it   
   isn't personal?   
      
   They had more entertainment breaks in the second show, so they may   
   appreciate that it must be entertainment to fly.   
      
   What really scares me is his cohost Kathryn Lampher.  I've made a point of   
   hating her for _years_ since she personifies the conservative stereotype   
   of the sort of pretentious yuppie bitch who would host public radio.  For   
   sick fun each show, count:   
      
   1) the number of times she mentions that she was a _real_ journalist.   
      
   2) the number of times she tells a caller to quit blathering and state his   
   point.  Insecure control freak perhaps but she has precious little ability   
   to joke with callers, to empathize and build community.  If you had $100   
   for every time in public radio she told a caller to "get to the point and   
   ask the expert guest your question" (basically to shut up because the   
   opinion you, the caller, expresses doesn't matter.  What matters is what   
   our expert guest says), your retirement would be very secure. That isn't   
   going to build a community for O'Franken.  I would be really interested in   
   how she got her seat next to him, because she seems like a sleath ninja   
   agent of failure to me.   
      
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