Monday, 16 April 2007

Very few words on Don Imus
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Very very few words
Topic: Blather

I never liked Don Imus that much. In fact, I refer to him as  "the old feedbag", which makes sense since he works on a ranch. I think what happened was matter of time. If it wasnt the Rutgers Women Basketball Team, it would have been someone else. Dare say it might have been someone with more power that he teed off. But thats not important now.

Where does he go from here? Maybe Satellite Radio? (though I doubt Howard Stern would let that happen, they are rivals or enemies or whatever)

Heres a quote from a movie, one of my favorite A Face In The Crowd.  You MUST see it. It was made in the fifties, but so much of it is relevant today. Anyway, Lonesome Rhodes, impeccably played by Andy Griffith, has just had his own downfall on tv (like Imus, because of his own big mouth) it looks like its all over for him. Patricia Neal (whos character, Marcia discovered him) And Walter Matthau (who played a writer named Mel Miller) are leaving Lonesomes penthouse when this exchange happens. It feels very true to life.

Lonesome Rhodes: Listen, I'm not through yet. You know what's gonna to happen to me?
Mel Miller: Suppose I tell you exactly what's gonna happen to you. You're gonna be back in television. Only it won't be quite the same as it was before. There'll be a reasonable cooling-off period and then somebody will say: "Why don't we try him again in a inexpensive format. People's memories aren't too long." And you know, in a way, he'll be right. Some of the people will forget, and some of them won't. Oh, you'll have a show. Maybe not the best hour or, you know, top 10. Maybe not even in the top 35. But you'll have a show. It just won't be quite the same as it was before. Then a couple of new fellas will come along. And pretty soon, a lot of your fans will be flocking around them. And then one day, somebody'll ask: "Whatever happened to, a, whatshisname? You know, the one who was so big. The number-one fella a couple of years ago. He was famous. How can we forget a name like that? Oh by the way, have you seen, a, Barry Mills? I think he's the greatest thing since Will Rogers."
[Mel turns and starts to leave. Then, he turns back towards Lonesome]
Mel Miller: Beanie!
[Beanie, who is manning the automatic appalause machine, instinctively pulls the switch, unleashing a massive abundance of cheers. The machanical jubilation continues as Mel joins Marcia in the waiting elevator, leaving Lonesome alone in the empty penthouse with his broken dreams]

Original fiction: soon to come!

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