Setyembre 1, 2013

Goodbye to David Frost.

Dead of a heart attack, which happened last night on board the Queen Elizabeth. He was 74.

You might think first of his interviews with Richard Nixon...



... but I remember him from the early 60s comedy show — a precursor to "The Daily Show" — "That Was the Week That Was."

Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 7:05 AM
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8 komento:

ilvuszq ayon kay ...

I recall a satire he did with a very straight face about paste production in the Italian macaroni mines and the spaghetti groves.

9/1/13, 8:16 AM
D. B. Light ayon kay ...

I preferred the American version, if only for Tom Lehrer's wonderful satirical songs.

9/1/13, 10:01 AM
William ayon kay ...

He was not part of my landscape, and I won't particularly miss him. But at my age I consider the death of anyone in their early seventies as a tragic and malign twist of fate. He had so much to offer the world and he was taken from us so soon.

9/1/13, 2:28 PM
Ken Mitchell ayon kay ...

Dale Light; you stole my sentiment! I've been a Tom Lehrer fan ever since.

I was in my early teens and TW3 was the one show that I ALWAYS watched.

9/1/13, 6:47 PM
Unknown ayon kay ...

TW3 was a precursor to the Daily Show as Pilsner Urquell is to micturition. One may have induced the other, but there is a serious decline in quality in the transformation.

9/1/13, 8:09 PM
Unknown ayon kay ...

TW3 was a precursor to the Daily Show as Pilsner Urquell is to micturition. One may have induced the other, but there is a serious decline in quality in the transformation.

9/1/13, 8:10 PM
RonF ayon kay ...

OMG, I remember TW3. It was better than "The Daily Show" is now.

9/2/13, 1:00 PM
jimf ayon kay ...

My parents used to watch the show and told me about it...like others, I know of it primarily for the Tom Lehrer songs and his album of a similar name.

9/3/13, 8:39 AM

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