If you could be a guest on any television talk show, which would it be?
I’m always a sucker for the underdog. Forget Jay, Dave or Conan. I’d choose Craig Ferguson. I love his Scottish accent and British humor. I love his laid-back conversational style. I love the way he tears up the blue card with all the canned discussion questions and just talks to his guest. I always get a sense that the other talk show hosts are more concerned about themselves and don’t genuinely care about any of their guests. Craig seems to be less pretentious and he seems to like having real “get to know you” conversations with people.
Plus, he’s got a skeleton robot as a co-host. How cool is that?
If you could have an elegant dinner along with anyone presently alive, whether you know them or not, who would you want it to be?
Of course, Wendy is on the top of my list for elegant dinners along with my close circle of family and friends, but what interests me about this question is the thought of those I don’t know with whom I would like to dine. The question also says “anyone” so I’m going to take liberty to name a few people with whom I would love to share an elegant dinner:
Queen Elizabeth – I think she’d be a fascinating conversation, and she’s the Queen
Pope Benedict – Would love the conversations of faith and life, seems a fascinating man
Sir Anthony Hopkins – great actor, would love the stories he could tell
Dame Judi Dench – ditto
Bono – love his rock star/world citizen/believer mystique
Leonardo diCaprio – great actor and I imagine an interesting person with heart
Tom Hanks – ditto
Simon Schama – Love his take on art and history, would love to pick his brain
Craig Ferguson – Would like to meet the man behind the curtain of jokes
Bill Hybels – Would love to ask him about his journey
Paul Johnson – My favorite historian, breadth of conversation would be amazing
Okay, so it’s a long list. But, there are a lot of people I would love to know and to learn from and to share a long, elegant dinner conversation.
How about you? Who is on your list? Feel free to share it in a comment to this post!
