"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."
i am up way too late for many reasons. life reasons i suppose.
but, because i am and because i happened to have the tv on, even though it was muted, but because i happened to have it on CBS, i was given the gift of a little segment about tom snyder on the late late show as it signed off tonight.
i used to watch him in college when i lived alone in my little apartment. i would stay up way too late and study or read or talk on the phone, and then i would curl up on the couch with daniel the cat and watch tom snyder interview someone in his smart and funny way. i loved how it was just him and the guest and the audience consisting of the crew and the producer. when someone said something funny, you would sometimes hear the cameraman crack up.
even though i might have been one of the only 20 year olds watching him, tom snyder invited me to feel just a little less lonely in the middle of the night.
i think it was because he would talk right to the screen, right to the audience through the television during the first few minutes of the show. just like mr. rogers. yes, i think that must have been why i felt such a kinship with him. he was my college-years version of mr. rogers.
he died sunday.
many blessings to him and those he left behind.
this is me
Reader Comments (3)
I loved Tom Snyder. He was an icon of my high school years (WAY before your college time, I'm afraid). ;)
I loved him, too, as did my hubby...I used to work late nights in college at the newspaper, and would watch him after coming home from work...He was so cool!
this was such a moving wee tribute.
living in washington, you probably never saw this show, (it's not been youtubed yet, either) but there was this kid's show in canada that aired from the 1950's - 1984 called the friendly giant. the man who played him was one of my best imaginary friends. when he died in 2000, it felt like i had lost a member of my family.
xo