Interested in movies . John i started publishing in the American Spectator when i was 18 years old. I grew up in manhattan, and from the age of 11 or 12, i would Wander Around to movie theaters and see stuff after school and on weekends. I got fundamentally literate in movies enough that i could write about them. That was over 37 years ago. Now, if you are 18 or 19 years old, you have another 37 years that you have something to be responsible for knowing something about, i dont know if it is as easy as it was then. Movies had only been around for 50 to 60 years then, and now they have been around for 90. So there are more movies to take account of. Brian when you read your reviews, you see politics in your reviews sometime. How influential have movies been on what our political culture is . John it is always a great question about whether they reflect it or lead it or guide it. I think for the most part, movies reflect our political culture, and they are an effort to gain the largest p
On and on, in a wellcrafted speech. They said that sounded nice but, like so many other speeches, they felt the odds were that by the time they got to their car they wouldnt remember a word you said. I would 17 people voted for that. Well, when we asked the final question, how many in the audience thought i should just take a seat, briefly interview you and then let them ask the questions, well, we have 600 who voted for that. [applause] so, the majority rules, but before we begin, and in interest of full disclosure, we found in the same survey that 227 people thought they were here to see dana perino. [laughter] what are you going to do . Ladies and gentlemen, with no further adieu, please welcome to the reagan library, mr. Greg gutfeld. [cheers and applause] always with a dana perino joke, huh . When you cant think of anything, bring up the dumb dog. Lovely dog. Lovely dog. Not a real dog and we know it. Die have to tell you the whole background of the dog, writ came from, who it rea
15 minutes. Professor waugh this is for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that , if youre controversial can can imagine. Sports and consumerism wasnt important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made during like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big our, big big power, big business. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional ties that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. Care modern ballplayers about nothing but money. They dont care about their team , or their city, with their fans. In my day, things were different. That sounds familiar.
Baseball in particular grew to be a National Pastime and big business. She describes the efforts of Baseball Club owners to modify the rules of the game, establish a National League, and attract a broad middle class audience. The class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor waugh good morning ucla students. Good to see you for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that these subjects were controversial, if you can can imagine. Sports and consumerism, they werent important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Like i am raising my eyebrows now. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made boring like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big power, big business. We cant ignore sports for another reason. Its also cultural and emotional. T
The class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor waugh good morning ucla students. Good to see you for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that these subjects were controversial, if you can can imagine. Sports and consumerism, they werent important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Like i am raising my eyebrows now. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made boring like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big power, big business. We cant ignore sports for another reason. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional tie that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. These modern bal