Car Talk

[liveonearth]

The most astute diagnosticians I encounter on a regular (weekly) basis are "Click and Clack, the Tappitt brothers", on NPR. They are immediately assessing every variable for any possible cause the moment they begin talking to a person with a car problem. They are insightful and compassionate about the foibles of people. They know their shit

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[newedition]

Ha, funny you should mention that! My mom really enjoys Car Talk but I've never "gotten" it. Even so, I must admit the guys are funny, friendly, and very knowledgeable.

[liveonearth]

Yep. I bet if you listened more you'd probably discover the genius in it, because you strike me as an openminded person. Though not every shoe is as good as the one I heard today. The brothers had an Italian caller who's burned up his car's motor driving it hard. They got to show off their linguistic and cultural skills in jokes about Italian attitudes and treatment of cars. I suppose if you have no positive feelings about cars or Italians, you'd have less connection to the whole schtick

[leaves1]

I love Car Talk and never heard of anyone saying they can't stand it. How could you not at least like it?

Garrison Keillor: I have mixed feelings about. I think he's obviously very talented and funny, but I've heard him in a couple of interviews and in one of them he actually came off like a jerk, I have to say, and that's kind of tainted my enjoyment of the show. I love Sue Scott - I used to have a co-worker in MN who sounded just like her (or a couple of her characters) so that alone always cracks me up.

And unfortunately my opinion of Terri Gross has been going downhill. I don't know if it's me or her but I'm pretty sure it's at least partly her. I can tell you why if you really want to know.

Ira Glass is gay?

[liveonearth]

Oh I've had several people tell me they just can't STAND car talk! Something about the way those guys yuck it up is quite offensive to a lot of Oregonians, it is so.....Eastern.

I don't know if Ira's gay but he's self-admitted "femmy" and also highly sympathetic to the plight of gays in our society. Far as I'm concerned, everybody's bisexual they just don't know it yet. (But that's another big discussion.)

Terri's going downhill? I hadn't noticed. Do tell, what have you observed?

As for Garrison being a jerk, well, that's your reaction to something he said, and may not actually reflect on his state or mind or intentions in that moment that you reacted. That's the thing about radio. We all get our buttons pushed sometimes, but do we locate our buttons, or do we blame our discomfort on somebody else being bad or wrong?

I'm a jerk for sure. =-]

[leaves1]

The interview that mainly gave me the impression that GK was a jerk was when he was a guest on Al Franken's show (back when he had a show on Air America). Franken was being totally friendly and cool, and any time he said something funny (that GK could have easily picked up and ran with) GK just ignored it or changed the subject. I mean, maybe he was just really grumpy that day, but it felt more like he was refusing to let Al Franken have a joke, or more like share a joke. Franken was in now way putting him down, just trying have some fun

[liveonearth]

You have a point there....I have noticed that she seems to have somewhat conservative ideas about sexuality--not that she directly expresses them, but that she questions hard around those topics and never seems fully satisfied when someone is far out of the main stream. There are other times when her line of questioning is....rather basic, really. I embrace her cluelessness, because I think it has the potential to bring in people who are similarly clueless. I mean, if she were totally hip with dominatrices, then anyone who was skeptical or turned off by that idea would simply turn off her show. But because she is skeptical or even judgmental by her implications, she welcomes people. I think that sometimes she asks questions that even to her are backward simply to make her program accessible to everyone. Perhaps I give her too much credit, and she is less aware and more insecure than I think

[leaves1]

I think they archive shows for awhile so you may be able to find it. Yeah, I get it about the big boob thing, but the idea of the Avatar female protaganist having big boobs seems so ridiculous to me, I mean, the movie was a drama, you know? It wasn't Roger Rabbit. There's tons of other things to talk about in relation to that movie

[liveonearth]

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Me too (enjoyed the conversation). I'm glad to have you on my FL and hope that you post lots about your observations about the world!!

One last thought on the boob question: You can't leave sex appeal out of a movie if you want it to sell big. You just can't. Avatar is proof that 10 foot tall blue babes with small tits have sex appeal too. I have a 60+ year old male friend who went to see avatar 3x specifically for the "10 foot tall blue babes"...those are his words.