ATTN JMS: George Lucas on 60 Minutes

[Tammy Smith]

Did you see George Lucas on 60 Minutes Sunday night? We now know why it
took so long for him to make another Star Wars film--he was raising his
children.

Tammy

[Jms at B5]

I missed it, durn it.

jms

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[Aubrey W. Adkins]

...And the reason he was on 60 minutes is, it was a 20 minute commercial
he didn't have to pay for. He couldn't get that kind of coverage in $25m
worth of commercials.
Aubrey

[Joe Schulte]

Aubrey W. Adkins (xazq...@norfolk.infi.net) wrote:
: ...And the reason he was on 60 minutes is, it was a 20 minute commercial

: he didn't have to pay for. He couldn't get that kind of coverage in $25m
: worth of commercials.
: Aubrey

If that was the case there would have been no reason to go into his
personal life.

Which they spend half the time on.

[WWS]

Other than the fact that the interviewer never watched anything more
plot heavy than E! and never read anything more complicated than
People magazine. That's not really a criticism - 60 minutes knows
it's market, and knows People Mag outsells any SF mag ever published.
They just give the people what they want. But good grief, these plugs
go on all the time. Just look at the talk shows - everyone is there
because they're on a promo campaign for something or another. Unless
they've moved on to washed up has-been status, in which case they show
up with Charles Grodin or Rosie O'Donnel - patron saints of the second
rate.
--
__________________________________________________WWS_____________

It's a little known fact that the Dark Ages were caused by the
Y1K problem.

[Prolix68]

In article <37064572...@tyler.net>, WWS <wsch...@tyler.net> writes:

>Unless
>they've moved on to washed up has-been status, in which case they show
>up with Charles Grodin or Rosie O'Donnel - patron saints of the second
>rate.

I never realized that Ford, Hanks, Cruise, Kidman, Bullock, etc, etc, etc,
were considered washed up has-beens... (in regards to Rosie) And that's
just actors for the big screens...

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"I think... therefore you are."

[just~pat]

In article <19990404000506...@ngol03.aol.com>,

prol...@aol.com (Prolix68) wrote:
> In article <37064572...@tyler.net>, WWS <wsch...@tyler.net> writes:
>
> >Unless
> >they've moved on to washed up has-been status, in which case they show
> >up with Charles Grodin or Rosie O'Donnel - patron saints of the second
> >rate.
>
> I never realized that Ford, Hanks, Cruise, Kidman, Bullock, etc, etc, etc,
> were considered washed up has-beens... (in regards to Rosie) And that's
> just actors for the big screens...

I think WWS was trying to point out that the only people who go on those talk
shows without something to plug are the washed-up has-beens. Of course, those
generally have *something* to plug, too, even if it isn't a big block-buster
show....

But, yeah, that's *why* actors (and producers, and writers, etc.) go on those
shows: to generate publicity for whatever their product is. That is THE
reason those shows exist. It's advertising used to sell advertising. (The
interview is interrupted with commercials.) This isn't new. It goes back to
Ed Sullivan... (probably farther, but I don't know much about marketing in
the dark ages before TV was around :-)

??pat

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[Paul McElligott]

I taped it. Want a copy?

Jms at B5 wrote:

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