Just saw this quote in an old interview I did from 2006. Note the Trump reference- it’s hard to remember when Trump was “just” a reality-TV host. And before that, a well-known rich guy.
(I’ll post the article below if you find it interesting)
This part was referring to an internet-based “cat reality show” I had hosted around that time-
Int: Was there a particular pun on the show you enjoyed most?
Tom “My weekly catchphrase "You are Meowta here!" Not that it's not a stupid thing to have to say every episode, but I always wanted my own TV catchphrase, like Fonzy or Freddie Prince. Or Trump.”
What a trio huh? Fonzy (Aaaaaayyyy!) Freddie Prinze (Looking Good!) and Trump, (You’re Fired)
Here’s the rest of this (remember, it’s from 17 years ago!)
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/tom-shillue-comedian
I thought I might beat Michael to this post. Look at this video how often do you do this? I recorded all our entrances including Greg and then I went around the panel to show all the people who are on tonight- then I pressed the button to stop but I wasn’t taping (i do this a lot)
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“09/11/2001”
My company sent me along with a contingent to Rotterdam for a UNCEFACT conference. It is/was the governing body for international Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards.
I had created an XML language, based on existing EDI standards.
We were in Rotterdam in order to lobby, to make my creation, Value Chain Markup Language (VCML), the international XML standard.
That would give my company a leg up on the competition, and make me fabulously wealthy.
I had been a traveling consultant for six years, I had large bank of Frequent Flyer Miles, so I decided to take my wife with me.
I already had a room, and a ‘per diem’ for food, therefore I only needed a ticket.
We flew to Amsterdam on Friday September 7th, arriving early Saturday. We took a train to Rotterdam, checked in to our hotel, and passed out. Sunday we walked around the city and then met the rest of our group for Dinner. Monday was full of meetings at the Rotterdam World Trade Center.
My wife did some touring on her own because I was occupied from 0900-1700.
Rotterdam is six hours ...
“3 WORD TITLE”
MESMERIZES AUDIENCES AND THOUGHTFUL BLOGGERS ALIKE
“Good Job Fred”, said Thomas Austin Mark, a Blogging Coach at a Local Seaside College.
“We’ve basically stopped teaching Everyday Job Skills until the numbers rise, and are focused on helping Joe Average Citizen make his Non-Workday Activities more enjoyable. Blogging is the perfect mindless and “Non-Remunerative Activity” that helps everyday folks relax while they wait for the final transition to a ‘Womb To Tomb’ provider economy aka ‘The Mommy State’."
3 Word Titles
enable freshman bloggers to "easily stay within the impaired, shattered and disillusioned mental state of the long term and generally hidden chronic unemployed that are so ignored by the media and statistics in general!”
[Editors Note] Blogging While Unemployed is t.h.e. Third in my Three Part Trilogy about the new Permanently Unemployed Lifestyles first pioneered in Bay Area Campuses in the Halcyon Nineteen Sixties (whew!).
The dedicated educator...
