Since I was looking for that old Redeye clip yesterday I came across this. The first two weeks of RE and the two weeks of my book release were both a blizzard of promotion- so I remember none of it. It's fun for me to look back and read these interviews and read it as an "outsider." Doesn't this guy seem almost annoyingly upbeat? I realize I like to keep a positive attitude but this is ridiculous! Half kidding really, if I read this interview I would probably tune in to the show to see what this guy is all about.
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Int:
Congratulations on the new gig.
Tom:
I’m very excited.
Int:
Before the official announcement, you tweeted, “A guy gets asked to host his favorite show.” Is Red Eye truly your favorite show?
Tom:
Yes! I saw the very first show and thought, “Whoa, this show is a mess, but it’s really entertaining.” It was so raw and unpredictable. I wondered if I was the only one watching it. Gradually, I realized that it had kind of a cult following. I always thought, “I’d love to be a guest on that show, but I’m not going to humble myself and call them and beg.” Then, one day, they gave me a call and asked me to be a guest on the show. That started my relationship with the show. It was my favorite show to watch. One of the things about doing the show as a panelist is that … I liked to just sit back and watch it from home and be objective. When I became a part of the regular crew, it kind of became my thing now, so I couldn’t be one of the fans any more. I never thought I would take over as host of the show. Once I started guest hosting I thought, “If Greg ever leaves this gig, I think I could step up and do this. I wonder if they would consider me?” It came to be. It’s a dream come true.
Read the whole interview here…https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/from-the-daily-show-to-fox-news-with-tom-shillue.html
Yesterday’s video failed to upload. We’ll see how this one does.it was called “by the fire…with no fire”
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
Tom S did a great job on "Gutfeld!" Wed night.
That's the first night that I recall ever having all comedians as guests in the chairs.
“A fatal”
Ass goose?
We stayed at a little motel in Arco ID last night.
Arco ID (population 879) was the first city in the world to be powered by a nuclear reactor, for an hour, July 17, 1955.
This was a test by what is now the ‘Idaho National Labratory’.
Recently, I watched a YouTube video on fatal practical jokes.
July 3, 1961, three men were killed when the nuclear reactor they were working on exploded here, at the National Labratory.
They were slowly removing the control rods, so that they could be clamped in place for maintenance. For some reason, they jerked one of the rods too high, too fast. This created a spike in the reactor, that caused all of the cooling water to instantly turn to steam, and explode.
The only explanation they could come up with was that one of the men was a known practical joker.
He may have goosed the man manually lifting the rods. Causing him to stand quickly, pulling the rod 20 inches to high.
Picture: Sitting in a giant Rocking chair, out side Pickles ...
