4.23.2004
Hiatus Inturuptus: The Departure...and Return of Leo Laporte to TechTV
Ok, I've been a baaad boy. I've allowed my personal problems to consume me and keep me from tending to my new blogging duties. I have long been a fan of Tech TV because of one of the people who had been there as long as I can remember: Leo Laporte, someone who has the innate ability to do as Aristotle taught us in Poetics "...To Teach, and To Please." He made us laugh, he taught us, and he inspired us to be more than we thought we could be. Without him, TechTV will go on, but it will be more of a rudderless ship with no lighthouse to guide it.
I didn't catch on right away. I began to notice that Leo was missing from his usual shows on a more frequent basis over the last few weeks. I was even impressed by the appearance of actor/writer Wil Wheaton as guest host for TechTV's Call For Help, but they're still using Leo's image as part of the opening credits and commercial break shots, not to mention the fact that he was mentioned by Wil and others on the show. It's as if they are all waiting for him to make a triumphant return.
This of course, is only because it turns out to be absolutely true! It appears that I am not the only one who values Leo as the "soul" of TechTV. Leo Himself attributes this to his loyal fan following, who bombarded TechTV with a lot of electronic criticism and concern over his departure. This has one guessing as to what's up with the management at Vulcan Ventures Programming, TechTV's soon-to-be ex-owners (as they just got bought out by Comcast).
Hopefully Comcast will be better able to appreciate Leo's value to TechTV than those bozos at Vulcan seem to.
Vulcan certainly doesn't seem to have a very clear idea of what makes good television, they show that rediculous Robot Wars so many freaking times a day, I sometimes want to make my own army of killer robots, and send them to do battle with Paul Allen and his cronies. Not to mention: why does TechTV have so many UK productions in the first place? As if the Brits have anything on us arrogant Americans when it comes to technology; hell, we INVENTED the freaking Internet, and we kicked those Brits back to England twice, not to mention bailing them out of two more wars to boot! Let the blimeys watch their BBC. We should have more American technology programming! Of course, I both digress and rant in a most ethnocentric manner.
Leo, I for one am glad to have you back where you belong. Now stay there!
© 2004, J.S.Brown
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I didn't catch on right away. I began to notice that Leo was missing from his usual shows on a more frequent basis over the last few weeks. I was even impressed by the appearance of actor/writer Wil Wheaton as guest host for TechTV's Call For Help, but they're still using Leo's image as part of the opening credits and commercial break shots, not to mention the fact that he was mentioned by Wil and others on the show. It's as if they are all waiting for him to make a triumphant return.
This of course, is only because it turns out to be absolutely true! It appears that I am not the only one who values Leo as the "soul" of TechTV. Leo Himself attributes this to his loyal fan following, who bombarded TechTV with a lot of electronic criticism and concern over his departure. This has one guessing as to what's up with the management at Vulcan Ventures Programming, TechTV's soon-to-be ex-owners (as they just got bought out by Comcast).
Hopefully Comcast will be better able to appreciate Leo's value to TechTV than those bozos at Vulcan seem to.
Vulcan certainly doesn't seem to have a very clear idea of what makes good television, they show that rediculous Robot Wars so many freaking times a day, I sometimes want to make my own army of killer robots, and send them to do battle with Paul Allen and his cronies. Not to mention: why does TechTV have so many UK productions in the first place? As if the Brits have anything on us arrogant Americans when it comes to technology; hell, we INVENTED the freaking Internet, and we kicked those Brits back to England twice, not to mention bailing them out of two more wars to boot! Let the blimeys watch their BBC. We should have more American technology programming! Of course, I both digress and rant in a most ethnocentric manner.
Leo, I for one am glad to have you back where you belong. Now stay there!
TANSTAAFL!
© 2004, J.S.Brown
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