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It's too bad that talk shows aren't like this anymore. The Letterman producers from the 1980s deserve kudos for finding interesting guests (not only Grace Hoppe
by tomwheeler 4y ago
It's too bad that talk shows aren't like this anymore. The Letterman producers from the 1980s deserve kudos for finding interesting guests (not only Grace Hopper, but also Isaac Asimov, Doc Edgerton, Don Herbert, and plenty of others).
Aside from Neil deGrasse Tyson or Dr. Fauci, it's pretty rare to see a scientist on a late night show now. For all the empty talk about the importance of STEM, it's pretty unlikely that you'll see a pioneer of computer science.
- KerrAvon 4y agoThe flip side is that this was the _only_ place you ever saw them. It's not difficult to find endless videos of Neil deGrasse Tyson or Dr. Fauci on YouTube today. In the 1980's, you didn't see people like Grace Hopper or Asimov _at all_ except for this sort of appearance on a talk show or maybe something brief on PBS if you were lucky to catch it at the time it was broadcast.
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- dredmorbius 4y agoThat's true, and there were only the three commercial networks and PBS (as of the 1970s) on which to catch appearances. Radio was somewhat more open, and Asimov writes of hearing (and not recognising) his own voice coming from the radio in his autobiography (his wife clued him in). That said, I just searched Invidious for any appearances of Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most notable current science fiction authors, on any of the late-night shows (Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon) ... and there's nothing. Though tons of other videos featuring KSR: https://yewtu.be/search?q=%22kim+stanley+robinson%22+%28kimmel%7Ccolbert%7Cfallon%29 https://yewtu.be/search?q=%22kim+stanley+robinson%22+%28kimm...