http://www.avclub.com/madison/articl...he-fury,33861/
The entire interview is pretty much a hoot. Too bad Gallagher's stale act isn't anywhere near as funny as the stuff he says in this interview.
Quote:
| Well, I don’t think Katie Couric should have been the anchorperson for the news. She was originally a kicky young woman known for her cuteness. The lady on the desk with all the stature that doesn’t speak good, Barbara Walters, was more the kind of person you would have as an anchorperson, but America is afraid to take a chance on people who aren’t known. This is how Conan [O’Brien] ended up with The Tonight Show: Rather than take a chance on somebody, they decide to advance from within. We promote people until they reach a point at which they’re incompetent. Jay Leno and Dave Letterman could not work any of the places that I work under the circumstances that I end up working. People don’t know how to behave in public anymore. Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be. If you can go out in public with your underwear showing and your pants below your butt—these things work because they’re wrong. It’s the wrong thing, and they’re trying to get a reaction out of people. Lenny Bruce talked about this when he ruined “fuck.” A good, strong word, but everybody now uses “fuck” and so it’s not a big, strong word. I think when [Bill] Clinton ruined the presidency; it certainly made my point of mediocrity. This is what I notice. Of course I've been excluded from a lot of show business in America. So, I've got a point of view I don't mind expressing because I'm really not ruining a career that's not really happening. |
