Re: Does Andy *** have a publicist?

Puff Diddy Brad wrote:

> For years I tried to sober you up, just long enough make one lucid
> post. Now that you have, it's time for more interventions. We have to
> drunk up again to get you back.

This (this "Karen is a fake drunk" humor)is still funny to me, by the
way. Brad is still funny to me, period. That has not changed.

> I wouldn't blame anybody for fading back from the show as it is
> currently hammered out. A few of the recyclings make me furious. At the
> same time, I like the insistent repetitiveness of the show: it's like
> listening to Philip Glass, but with more chance of random syncopation
> revealing the ridiculousness of the whole exercise.

I'm sorry, you'll have to resort to less hoity-toity/music-based
analogies for me to keep up with you. (*STILL FUNNY* though!)

I watch for the
> sparks, which can occur at any time. That is always why I've
> watched--LN and LS have been platforms for Dave's wit. Watching Dave
> pull the limbs off the struggling Andy ***, one by one, was memorable,
> but sparks more often occur in the front half of the show.
>

Really? I guess I'm missing them. I did see the first half of last
night's show. Were there any sparks for you there? I'm not trying to be
a smartass, I'm serious. Did you enjoy the "Rupert learns to dance"
piece, for instance? For me, there's nothing memorable about the
pre-taped pieces anymore. I feel like I've seen it all before. It makes
me sad more than anything.

> So, here's why I watch:
>
> 1) I like Dave, and miss him if I don't watch.

I still like *Dave* - and I love you guys (well *most* of you)- but
I've stopped missing him if I don't watch. This is a fairly new
phenomenon for me - a revelation, if you will - and I just felt like
sharing it. Sharing and analyzing it a little bit, for whomever is
interested. All two of you.

> 2) Repetition is comforting.

Repetition is irritating (to ME)- ergo LS can be quite irritating to me
these days. Again, not sure if this is because *I* have changed or my
comedy tastes have changed or if what is being repeated now is not as
funny as what used to be repeated on Dave's show in years gone by.

> 3) Sparks.

I'm not getting very many of those (this goes for Dave time and real
life as well, unfortunately, but that's another issue for another
newsgroup - or my therapist - probably) but then, most of the time I
skip past the first 20-25 mins of the show if I'm watching it on
videotape and go straight to the interviews (and sometimes I'll skip
those as well if the guests are not of interest to me). Sometimes - not
always- I read the re-cap in AFL to see if I might have missed anything
worthwhile in the first 1/2 of the show. Most of the time, that doesn't
seem to be the case (imho).

Some of you are probably saying: "Who cares? Don't watch it then! And
stop yer moaning, WE still like it!" But, as a longtime viewer/AFL
poster, I felt the need to kind of put into words what I've been
feeling lately and maybe explain (for those who care) why I don't post
very much anymore. I'm not happy about it and, for some reason, I'm
wanting to figure out why it (the show) is so unsatisfying for me now.

Karen

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