tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post7795343186433660318..comments2024-03-26T20:31:26.349-04:00Comments on Simon St. Laurent, Squibber: CBC Interview With Sydney Newman at the BBCSimon St. Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-56181471474211181832022-11-11T07:26:36.244-05:002022-11-11T07:26:36.244-05:00I was a big radio listener in my youth but don'...I was a big radio listener in my youth but don't remember that programme. Very interesting!<br /><br />Thanks for the kudos and note!Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-57788619398809486312022-11-10T22:39:08.544-05:002022-11-10T22:39:08.544-05:00Very interesting and informative post.
It makes ...Very interesting and informative post. <br /><br />It makes me think back on Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story." As a lad, I loved to catch segments of the show, via an old AM radio sitting atop the refrigerator in our kitchen (it was seldom off during mealtime). <br /><br />Ironically, the rest of that story is: Harv apparently had some personal views I can't abide, and was allegedly close friends with a fella some many might revile - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy.DonaldARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485798417653259977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-53131081861732399162022-11-06T21:25:40.419-05:002022-11-06T21:25:40.419-05:00After writing the above piece I decided to take a ...After writing the above piece I decided to take a few minutes and rewatch the video. I corrected something afterwards. In the original, I had suggested that Sydney Newman found it hard to make a living as a commercial artist. This information I had drawn from another source, and had forgotten that the interview subject himself states that he was successful, making some good money at the time.<br /><br />Something perhaps more important I noticed upon rewatching the vid tonight: Newman was very articulate. Of course this quality did not escape me the first time around, but it was more obvious during the second. Imagine a person in his position today presenting himself or herself so well, in diction and knowledge. One might argue that the BBC today would have someone of that caliber. On this side of the pond such positions are seemingly staffed by dopes. I've met a few from this unconscious type; one of whom was a higher-up at Global Television here in Toronto. Scary stuff.Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.com