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With Apologies to Peter Robinson
On the last podcast, some good-natured fun was had with Peter Robinson’s familiarity with the Bob Dylan songbook. In short, he had none. Which of course I knew all along, and which was the central reason I asked him, “Hey, Peter, what’s your favorite Dylan song?”
In the spirit of full disclosure, he’s not the only one here at Ricochet who is out of touch. I represent below the Slack messages between me and @blueyeti. He sent me a screenshot of a TV show that will, apparently, feature the young and talented designer behind Ricochet’s new look.
Here’s what he sent me:
Followed by me:
What could I say, except:
Conclusion: there are just too many people and things and songs and shows and events and celebrities and everything else to keep track of. To know about.
Published in General
Congratulations @roblong, your transformation to Andy Rooney* is now complete.
*ancient reference that millennial designer will not understand.
Which one is Peter again?
So the Ricochet podcast is going to devolve into this:
Bob Dylan and Lisa Ling aren’t exactly comparables.
I feel like your post could have done a better job of acknowledging the effectiveness of Young Man Fall’s personal branding and style. His image flashed on the screen in the show intro for only half a second and yet he was immediately recognizable.
I look forward to the upcoming episode where Lisa takes a gritty, breathtaking journey to the far corners of this country where this dapper, yet until now silenced, majority somehow survives.
Who’s Rob Long?
(Sorry, might as well get it out of the way early.)
Peter Robinson. He’s the former presidential speechwriter who wrote the famous words, “Ask not what your country can do for you…” Amirite?
I thought he wrote something to do with a cherry tree. My memory is hazy, though.
No, it was “All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall.”
Huh. I haven’t had a TV since 1986 and I know who Lisa Ling is. Even saw her give a talk in Pasadena a few years back (part of KABC speakers ) She was awful
I think she did a stint in The View. She was a newscaster as a teenager for Channel 1, which all my kids had to sit through for years at school
And if memory serves it was her sister that Bill Clinton busted out of North Korea.
“You know what I don’t understand?”
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” A.Rooney
I must say I miss Andy Rooney…….when life was less depressing.
I think he coined the phrase “nattering nabobs of negativity”
Not scientifically proven. I would like to see Rooney’s extensive data supporting this.
Never heard of Lisa Ling, Lucy Lu sure, but never heard of this Lisa Lu person… ah Lucy Ling person…?
I must point out I’ve not lived in North America since 1990.
What is this bit about Rob Long caring for Ted Danson’s hair piece?
Sounds like a Hollywood type job.
I thought he was the kid with the robot from Lost in Space.
“Danger Peter Robinson, danger!”
CNN reporters have names?
Why?
Life was better when we only got 2 of the 3 network channels, and those in black and white. All my music came from AM radio. And all the celebrity news I needed came from Tiger Beat magazine.
I have several TVs and an expensive DirectTV bill and I’ve never heard of her, but I wouldn’t if she has only been on CNN and the View.
The fragmentation of the media landscape is definitely not an unalloyed good. Sure, it allows me to stream everything from Georges Méliès’ student films to the teaser trailer for a superhero sequel premiering in 2019 in gorgeous HD on all my devices, but it also erodes the common cultural ground upon which we all formerly tread: I Love Lucy, Walter Cronkite, Ed Sullivan, the moon landing, Johnny Carson, the finale of M*A*S*H (and Cheers, lest I offend).
Rest assured, when Elon Musk drives a Tesla rover on Mars, some people will inconceivably choose that historic moment to catch up on reruns of OITNB.
Now we only have Martin Scorsese to carry the torch for thick, unkempt eyebrows.
I have no idea why she has been on my radar. Probably as the speech I attended was extraordinarily bad and I was pretty good about keeping track of the nonsense my kids were exposed to.
How do you know all that? I have to admit I watch quite a bit of TV (although no news or talk shows) and I’d never heard of her.
When I go to the hair salon, manicurist, doctor’s office I always pick up the “celebrity” magazines and wonder who all those people are. I must live under a rock.
I have no idea how I know all that. And I am absolutely positive it benefits me not one bit.
What are the chances I am on Jeopardy one day and I get the chance to say “Who is Lisa Ling?”
And I remembered something else: she worked for the National Geographic Channel.
This is a curse: Lisa Ling, get out of my head.
I didn’t even know who Billy Bush was. I still kinda don’t know – he’s some kind of morning show host???
Got nothing on him. Apparently LL leaves no room for BB in my head
Which is what? Help me out…