and so she didn t allow people to call me stupid or any of the words that lots of people had to deal with. i know i m talking a lot about my mum, but i. i was very blessed to have the woman that i had as a mother because she was just odd enough to recognise the oddity in her child. and that was kind of groovy. i read that you left school very early, before you were supposed to. yes. ..so how were you educated? i was educated all over the place. i made a deal because i couldn t take high school. i couldn t do it, it was really hard. and my mother said, listen, you cannot run in the streets, but what i will do with you is, we will together find the places where you can go, to the museums, you can go to a lecture. we will find these places together. and when i come from work and i say to you, what did you learn today? where did your mind go? , you have to tell me. and i was lucky enough because i. you need to show me things, i don t. i m not a great reader. you have to
that chicks aren t funny. i hate to tell you it s still very much a thing. there are some people that can t get their heads around what they don t know. i said i wanted to be a comedian, she said. maybe it s better if you just die. i think they thought of women as a different species. very few ladies are capable of being a comedian. and so everybody sits right up. here s somebody that thinks she can do it. great argument that women are doing much better work than that. you re welcome. what s the hardest part? about being a female comedian. what is it? what s the hardest part? like, what would you guess? well, it s the rape. i have a deep camaraderie with tough hardcore funny as comedians because it s been a long road for all of us. what would make a woman turn from some decent thing like housewife ingle cash shearing in a private school or dental hygiene and turned her to comedy as as a career. it s definitely easier for us now because we pushed our way in. but back then ther
the tables have turned. the idea that jokes aren t funny, it s still very much a thing. there are some people who can t get their heads around what they don t know. i said i wanted to be a comedian, she said, maybe it s better if you just died. i think they thought of women as a different species. for view ladies are capable of being a comedian, so everybody sticks by them. here s somebody that thinks they do it. this is a great argument that women are doing much better work than men. you re welcome. when was the hardest what s the hardest part about being a female comedian? what would you guess? well, it s the rape. [ laughter ] i have a deep camaraderie with tough, hard core, funny ass female comedian apps because it s been a long road for all of us. what would make a woman turn from a decent think like housewiving or cashiering in a five and dime store or dental hygiene? and turn her to comedy as a korea? it s definitely easier now. but back the
come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? did you say? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil.
Usa todays susan page talks about the life and career of Barbara Walters. She is interviewed by former abc News White House correspondent al compton. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant progress towards interviewing top nonfiction authors about the latest work. Season, Barbara Walters was known as a history maker, and groundbreaking. But where a will break . We struggle with the title. I would ask people, what should i write . People suggested things like Million Dollar baby. These are actually slings and arrows that she endures. It was interesting. Thats what came to mind of some people when i cant biography of Barbara Walters. But it was a matter strikes me as a rule breaker. And rule breaker seems to be exactly right because Barbara Walters broke every rule arrived, she didnt break, she ignored them. Pretend that she couldnt see them. So the idea that a woman can do serious interviews, she ignored it and went ahead and schedule serious interviews. The idea that a