Vox Hunt: Today on the Show, We Have...
Show us who you would want as a guest if you were a talk show host.
I'm sure this isn't an original choice, and I should probably be choosing someone of much greater gravitas, but ... I've always wanted to meet Dorothy Parker. I reckon she'd be a real hoot - full of acerbic quick-wittedness and spicy anecdote.
"For her epitaph she suggested, 'Excuse my dust'."
If we're talking about people who are still alive, I think Aaron Sorkin, the writer of so much (if not all) of The West Wing series, would make a fascinating guest. Love or hate the series, you have to admire the coherence of the artistic vision behind it. I normally steer clear of 'Hollywooditis', but Mr Sorkin seems more about craft than celebrity.
PS I couldn't figure out how to put their images in this post and, besides, it felt like stealing to take the images off the Net. There are photos of them behind the links of their names, though.