I only saw him in my twenties when a few W.&L. class-mates suggested I watch Firing Live because I reminded them of Mr Buckley. Almost as bad as being told I was Holden Caulfield in the flesh. I finally read 'Catcher in the Rye' and watched Mr Buckley in my senior year of college. I did not know whether to thank these friends or whack th…
I only saw him in my twenties when a few W.&L. class-mates suggested I watch Firing Live because I reminded them of Mr Buckley. Almost as bad as being told I was Holden Caulfield in the flesh. I finally read 'Catcher in the Rye' and watched Mr Buckley in my senior year of college. I did not know whether to thank these friends or whack them with a two-by-four. Caulfield was a self-centered brat and Buckley a drunken pedant -- pronounced pee-dant (rhyme with slant) 😉 -- who never seemed to get to his point so enamoured was he of his own virtuosity.
I only saw him in my twenties when a few W.&L. class-mates suggested I watch Firing Live because I reminded them of Mr Buckley. Almost as bad as being told I was Holden Caulfield in the flesh. I finally read 'Catcher in the Rye' and watched Mr Buckley in my senior year of college. I did not know whether to thank these friends or whack them with a two-by-four. Caulfield was a self-centered brat and Buckley a drunken pedant -- pronounced pee-dant (rhyme with slant) 😉 -- who never seemed to get to his point so enamoured was he of his own virtuosity.
Accurate summary! And, if he had a point and had gotten to it quickly, the flaws in his perspective would have been much more apparent...
Thank you, Kem, for indulging my latest rant. I always though Mr Buckley was over-rated, vastly over-rated.
He truly loved hearing himself talk.
And he was so boring.
That last sentence is exactly how I remember Buckley!
Thanks for the memories, as said by that great mid-century American philosopher. Bob Hope. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmE7gVkK14I