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Tonight on TDS, Fareed Zakaria; and on TCR, boxing legend and broadcaster Sugar Ray Leonard discusses his new autobiography, The Big Fight. Meanwhile, Conan's got Flavor Flav, Curtis Stone, and Tim Minchin. |
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Not so into the guests tonight. Jon's got friend-of-the-show Fareed Zakaria (I think this makes visit #14 or #15), who I guess is either selling The Post-American World (Release 2.0)* or this CNN special that was on last night, Restoring the American Dream: How to Innovate. Which sounds just like every 'Special Report on whether America is Still Number One: or is Someone Else in the World Catching Up?' that we've seen once or twice a year for the past, oh, couple or four decades. No, seriously -- pretty sure I remember this sort of thing when I was a kid. And actually, I wonder if there's not a tie-in with the Reaganistic "America is in decline, but Republicans and Privatization can return it to its former glory!" mindset.
Anyway, let me know if something surprising turns up. Like CNN/Time's Zakaria declaring that we need massive Federal investment in science, education, infrastructure, and the general well-being of American citizens and other residents in order to "Restore the American Dream." I suspect I'll be entertaining the cats around then. FuzzyBall and CrinkleToy don't throw themselves, you know...
*who is it in publishing that still believes it's cool -- or hot, or edgy, or whatever -- to add a version number to a rewritten/revised/re-edited re-release? 'Cause it's not.
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And Stephen's got Sugar Ray Leonard, who I'm marginally less bored by. He's got an autobiography out, The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring. Here's Publisher's Weekly:
In this moving memoir, boxing legend Leonard tells his story of growing up as a ghetto kid whose athletic skills lifted him into a world of fame for which he was ill-prepared. Born in 1956, Ray Charles Leonard grew up near Washington, D.C., in an African-American suburb.. A shy boy, Ray was goaded by an older brother to enter the ring, where he discovered a talent for the sport. Ray's meteoric rise through the amateur ranks led to a gold medal in the 1976 Olympics. With a flashy style and a media-ready persona, "Sugar Ray" became a big draw as a pro and fought in some of the most lucrative boxing matches of his era. Leonard frames his memoir around the most important event of his career--his middleweight title fight with Marvin Hagler in 1987. Leonard hadn't fought since 1984 yet he managed to win a split decision. The true focus of the book, however, is Leonard's struggles with celebrity. He writes honestly of the many affairs he had while married, as well as his addiction to alcohol and cocaine. Few of our cultural icons look at themselves so clearly, and it's a tribute to Leonard's insightfulness that he makes his story such a gripping one.
There's lots of press out there, much of it focusing on the revelation that he was sexually abused by a coach as a teenager (which is apparently a problem in the sports world in general). Other pieces range from "the best fighter of the past fifty years" (a good summary of the book, though it exemplifies why the "sport" disgusts me) and, well: Learning To Hate Sugar Ray Leonard All Over Again. Not that the last guy argues with the greatness; he just never liked the guy. Brand-management fail, I guess.
Anyway, this interview might not suck.
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THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART |
Mon
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Tues
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Weds
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Thurs
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Maziar Bahari
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Fareed Zakaria
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Larry King
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Howard Wasdin
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THE COLBERT REPORT |
Mon
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Tues
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Weds
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Thurs
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Werner Herzog
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Sugar Ray Leonard
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Bre Pettis
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Tom Ridge
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CONAN, |
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Tues
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Weds
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Thurs
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Ice-T, Breckin Meyer, Flogging Molly
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Flavor Flav, Curtis Stone, Tim Minchin
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Steven Ho, Peter Sarsgaard, Death Cab for Cutie
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George Lopez, Gary Dell'Abate, Jessie and the Toy Boys
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