channel [i said yes. it was a golden period because channel [i had been set up specifically to give voice to minorities and to be a showcase for innovative television, so it was a unique opportunity. and you were bringing it from the us. i mean, you write about living in new york in the 1980s, and it s as if the origins of reality tv, that world were everywhere and, not least, through andy warhol s influence. i mean, how much did he anticipate the appeal of reality tv, do you think? oh, my gosh. i mean, i think andy warhol anticipated pretty much everything that surrounds us now but, interestingly, his big passion was tv i mean, he always had the tv on, he said it was a friend, it kept him company and yet, he never really had success with tv. but towards the end of his life, he made a tv show and i didn t realise this for a long time, but he started off as a public access show.
i mean, he always had the tv on, he said it was a friend, it kept him company and yet, he never really had success with tv. but towards the end of his life, he made a tv show and i didn t realise this for a long time, but he started off as a public access show. no one would commission his show, so he did it on public access. and then, lucky for him, mtv launched and then mtv bought the show, but he started out on public access. and then, very sadly, you know, he died, so he never really realised his tv dreams. because he would ve loved big brother, you know? he would ve loved drag race. he d have been a greatjudge. you know, i think the factory, in many ways, was like a preliminary cast of rupaul s drag race so, you know, he gathered around him gay people and trans people and misfits and all the sort of flotsam and jetsam, they hung out at the factory and i think the factory very
on public access. and then, lucky for him, mtv launched and then mtv bought the show, but he started out on public access. and then, very sadly, you know, he died, so he never really realised his tv dreams. because he would ve loved big brother, you know? he would ve loved drag race. he d have been a greatjudge. you know, i think the factory, in many ways, was like a preliminary cast of rupaul s drag race, so, you know, he gathered around him gay people and trans people and misfits and all the sort of flotsam and jetsam, they hung out at the factory and i think the factory very much was a kind of early version of big brother, so he would ve just loved the whole look and feel of it. you, personally forget andy warhol for a second you know, you were behind, you and your partner, randy barbato, were behind some pretty ground breaking uk television,
because channel 4 had been set up specifically to give voice to minorities and to be a showcase for innovative television, so it was a unique opportunity. and you were bringing it from the us. i mean, you write about living in new york in the 1980s, and it s as if the origins of reality tv, that world were everywhere and, not least, through andy warhol s influence. i mean, how much did he anticipate the appeal of reality tv, do you think? oh, my gosh. i mean, i think andy warhol anticipated pretty much everything that surrounds us now. but interestingly, his big passion was tv. i mean, he always had the tv on. he said it was a friend, it kept him company. and yet, he never really had success with tv. but towards the end of his life, he made a tv and i didn t realise this for a long time, but he started off as a public access show. no one would commission his show, so he did it
but towards the end of his life, he made a tv show. and i didn t realise this for a long time, but he started off as a public access show. no one would commission his show, so he did it on public access. and then, lucky for him, mtv launched and then mtv bought the show. but he started out on public access. and then, very sadly, he died, so he never really realised his tv dreams. because he would have loved big brother, you know? he would have loved drag race. he would have been a greatjudge. you know, i think the factory, in many ways, was like a preliminary cast of rupaul s drag race. so, you know, he gathered around him gay people and trans people and misfits, and all the sort of flotsam and jetsam, they hung out at the factory. and i think the factory very much was a kind of early version of big brother. so he would have just loved