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.
on his old campaign plane or air force one where he would idle, have the tv on, usually fox news and he would watch the coverage of the plane he would even talk to people next to him like there is the plane. he would marvel over that and how he would gain attention. air force one, when the presidential aircraft touches down that s not newsworthy we can debate on yesterday, the coverage of it, but this is what he s already done. he has completely taken up all of the oxygen in the political field, particularly on the republican side. to willie s point already getting pledges of loyalty from his potential opponents there who dare not criticize him and only criticize the manhattan da. we ve seen his poll numbers go up, his fundraising go up and we do see the media potentially making some of the mistakes it made in 2016 we need to be doing a better job, all of us, going forward as he now enters not just as a presidential candidate, willie,
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
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
i m sure there s pluses and minuses in both. but you brought that to the uk. you pitched that idea of putting ordinary people on tv. yeah, and, erm, channel4said yes. it was a golden period 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.