Diana Rigg Died With Her Go-Go Boots On

 

Diana Rigg as PBS Mystery! Host 

Rigg was holding court at a round table filled with TV journalists at a reception for her PBS series. For some reason, I had been seated right next to her, on her left-hand side. On her right sat a venerable Newark Star-Ledger TV critic, doing an interview. He appeared smitten, and regaled her with the most filthy jokes I had ever heard, in order to impress her. She appreciated them all, and responded with some dirty jokes of her own. Then came my turn to ask questions...

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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words

Bottom-line: This workmanlike two-hour production allowed Justice Thomas to speak directly to the PBS audience, revealing a sympathetic and intriguing side they probably had not seen before.

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Will We Ever See Jim Lehrer's Unfinished German-American Novel?

A few years ago, at a German Embassy reception, Jim Lehrer told me he was writing a book about the German-American experience, inspired by his own family history. I hope his manuscript might be published posthumously, since it sounded fascinating...and relevant to current debates over immigration and American identity.

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