2 posts tagged “television”
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.
The lurgy leaveth. At least, it leaveth a little. Thanks to everyone who left good wishes. I've got four days off work and nothing that I have to do, so rest and relaxation is the sum total of my agenda.
Now that I'm feeling better, I thought I'd cruise my favourites to find a good link for today. I was in the Art folder, and dropped in to "cariacture, comics, cartoons". It's fun revisiting sites that I might have put into my collection years ago.
One site jumped up and announced itself to me this morning.
LotD - Isabel Samaras
This woman's work is remarkable, mating the modern world of television and film, with mythology and legend.
See Diana Rigg as Diana, the Huntress. There's Larry Hagman, as John the Baptist's head. Imagine Herman Munster as Narcissus. We're even treated to Zira, the female chimp from the original Planet of the Apes, in the role of the Madonna. The paintings - reminiscent of pieces on plaster church walls - stop at 2004, but if you're hungry for more, there's also an illustration section to the site, with a real comic book and tattoo parlour feel to much of the work.
