Posted on 03/16/2009 5:43:44 AM PDT by Scanian
After I came home from the fabulous sold out Maher -Coulter debate, I began to wonder something. The next big show on the MSG Speaker series is the Al Gore show on April 1st. If two circus acts like Maher and Coulter can sell out the Chicago Theater it should be no problem for an elder Statesman like Gore.
A couple clicks on the Ticketmaster link assured me that there is no danger of a People’s Choice Award on that mantle anytime soon, since the public isn’t buying Gore. With a little more than two weeks before showtime, it is still possible to purchase six seats on the main floor, center stage, row K. Ouch.
Turns out that even hardcore Al Gore supporters cannot imagine sitting through an hour of listening to him. People like the idea of Al Gore far more than the actual person. They want him to speak much more than they care to listen. It’s much easier to give him an Academy Award than to sit through his movie. Ditto on his Emmy awarded for Current TV, a cable channel with scant evidence of capturing even a single viewer.
So what could Al Gore do to move some of the tickets? I did notice that he is the only solo act on the entire Speaker Series. All the other acts have agreed to a debate or round-table format. This solution worked quite well for Bill Maher, as evidenced by the sold out Chicago Theater show–as recently as last July, he could not sell out an entire house by himself. An inside source tells me that he gave free tickets away after a Chris Rock show and sold two-for-ones in order to get an audience into his Minneapolis Orpheum show (that’s Dark Blue Minneapolis).
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Best thing for AlGore to do would be to reschedule for Mid August. Everyone could use a break in the natural occurring Dog Days!
I missed the Ann Coulter v. Bill Maher event on FR.
Can’t find it by searching either.
Anyone post on that thread and can provide a link?
thanks.
NEVER MIND! found it. coUlter, not colter. oops.
Listening to Al Gore lecture for an hour on “global warming/climate crisis” hysteria ... AND having to pay for it? No thanks.
But I would pay to see Gore being debated point for point by one of the many reputable scientists, politicians, or activists that haven’t turned global climate science into dogma.
Who would pay to see a fight in Madison Square Garden with only one fighter on the card? Even Ali couldn’t have pulled that one off.
Best thing for AlGore to do would be to reschedule for Mid August. Everyone could use a break in the natural occurring Dog Days!
He might also get some temperatures that suggest warming that time of year....he usually arrives just before a snowstorm or cold spell.
BTW, what is current t.v.?
Calling Al Gore a ‘statesman’ (’elder’ or otherwise) is like calling Helen Thomas a matinee idol.
A failed experiment of youtube type format (anyone can submit videos) writ large via satellite or cable.
I think the Underwater Basket-Weaving Channel had more viewers.
He flatly refuses to do that, saying that he represents the “consensus” of scientific opinion which is no longer debatable. Sure, Al. That’s the reason.
Well, right now they're airing a program about horse racing in Las Vegas. However, at 11:00 AM they will be showing “Sexual Civil Rights Lawyer” featuring “committed Brooklyn lawyer Diana Adams”. After that, we have “The Dark side of Donuts”. Everything else looks pretty lame until later this evening when they show “Communist Cameras”.
P.S. I DO NOT watch this channel-I just wanted to give you a better idea of what it is like.
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