Talk Show people

[Donna Halper]

>it was said--
>I think Franken could certainly string words together.
>
>I don't think any of the words he strung together made any sense.
>
>He's a comedian.

And that is the big problem with many GMs, on both the right and the 
left-- they think they should hire "big names" rather than hiring 
skilled talk show hosts.  Franken is only one of many who may be good 
in their "day job" but couldn't do radio talk effectively-- he kept 
making it about him, interrupting the guests, being sarcastic, 
etc.  Yes it takes ego to do this sort of format well, but you have 
to know when to make it about the events rather than about yourself.