Further signs of my advanced age

[mmcirvin]

Have few people under 40 heard of Rich Little, as this article claims? I mean, I'm under 40, though admittedly just barely. And, yeah, Rich Little is and always was kind of lame, but I remember him being all over TV not just in the 70s but well into the 80s, though toward the end of that period I think he was mostly doing Little Debbie snack cake commercials.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, in case this line of thought has left you wondering where Rich Hall disappeared to, the answer is: Britain. He occasionally appears on the silly-yet-clever BBC quiz show QI, hosted by Stephen Fry.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Two things: I'm 31 like Schwa, and I recall Rich Little; I think Sniglets was a little before my time but I heard of them because of my humor interest, but when he did Little Debbie ads, it was always "Rich Little for Little Debbie Snack Cakes." Hmm, only as I typed that do I get why they said that. His name is Little, and their name is Little. hunh! At the time he was still doing his political stuff, the impressions were, I thought, funny, but the politics over my head.

Anyway, I've only seen 3 episodes of QI-- the TV release "scene" doesn't produce them consistently (though I'm sure the UK "scene" does) but when they feature a panelist from another consistent release, i.e. Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson, they get capped. But it's an amazingly brilliant show; really funny and occasionally informative.

But I wanted to tell you the second thing: that BBC Radio4 has a novel show called "Chain Reaction:" it's a one-to-one interview show, but the interviewee of one show selects and interviews the interviewee of the following week's show. This week, Clive Anderson interviews QI producer John Lloyd (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/chainreaction). (30 minutes, embedded realplayer with stand-alone realplay option.) John Lloyd (Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_(writer))) also produced Blackadder, wrote with Douglas Adams, and so on. It's interesting as all heck. That audio link will be good until midday Wednesday 1/24, after which, it'll be John Lloyd interviewing someone.