Clinton Loves The Camera
There's a theory being kicked around among the people I talk to, based on the huge hype surrounding Bill Clinton's book "My Life."
--He's been on the morning shows.
--He's been on Letterman and killed.
--And now he's going on the Daily Show. (James Hibberd in TV Week was quoted in ShopTalk: "The news was announced by Mr. Stewart on his show Wednesday night and was met with befuddled silence from the studio audience. Mr. Stewart joked that even his own audience doesn't believe that his show could book the former president.")
The press loves the Clinton. Do the American People love the Clinton? The theory is that Clinton would get elected again if he went up for it. I'd love to see the Republicans challenge it. You can only do two consecutive terms, but could you do a third that is not consecutive?
Next for Bill is hosting SNL, which is being negotiated right now, and of course you may remember the talk there was a while back about getting Bill his own talk show. That appears to have disappeared, as has talk of Bill turning to acting. The problem with being a former president is that you still have an entourage, and he's still seen as a statesman, so he can't just become another Dr. Joyce Brothers-type guest, famous for being famous (even though Dr. Joyce Brothers I've heard is a relatively renowned psychiatrist). Bill Clinton will need something of more substance, he can't just go be something in the public eye like an on-air political roundtable consultant for one of the news networks. But apparently he likes the public eye, and lends himself to television appearances.
Oh, and speaking of eyes, his age is starting to show under his. But please don't get Botox, Bill. Especially not there; I think of poking little needles into that region and just want to go hide under the comforter. EEK!
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... Scribbled by Bill T ... 8/08/2004 09:00:00 AM ... 
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