CBS Sunday Morning is one of the reasons I have a TV. Still miss Charles Kuralt.
This is what he ALWAYS does on that show.
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I have never noticed him there before.
Watching close captioned, I don’t pay that much attention generally to who the talking heads are.
That one was a dud when it comes to horses and racing and funny.
Others seem to be thinking the same also.
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I miss him too. When Charles Osgood retired after 22 years, following Kuralt, the entire cast and staff wore bow ties, as a salute to him. It was a great send off. And his bow tie was donated to the Smithsonian.
Long time viewer here. If I can recall the episode from 1996, it should tell you that.
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One of the things I have always loved about the program is ending footage of wildlife in natural seasonal habitat, unencumbered and free. Birds, bears, bison, deer, wild horses, amongst others.
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One of my favorite bits on the show was about African American church hats. Did you see that one @accidental buckaroo ?
YES. Church hair. And the first ladies of churches.
The Wire featured an episode which included.
I saw that segment about two years after a visit to Memphis. Our visit coincided with the COGIC convention. I was so disappointed because on CBS This Morning l discovered that convention is THE premier event for haberdashers and I had no idea! Gosh would I have loved to visit that trade fair.
Huh. Interesting.
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Me too!!!
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Oh yeah :lol: I’ve been known to go off half-cocked when something near and dear hit a nerve.
This is almost (almost!) as crazy as the hype over California Chrome. His fans were general public to knowledgeable horsemen. Some of the tweets and posts were nuts.
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I agree that some in racing seem to be overreacting to this bit by Gaffigan. Maybe the racing community should take a look at how the dressage world responded in 2012 when Steven Colbert was spoofing the sport during the presidential campaign (candidate Mitt Romney’s wife had a horse on the Olympic short list for dressage at the time). The dressage powers that be did not take offense - instead they took the opportunity to laugh at themselves and get some much needed publicity. Colbert even ended up taking hilarious dressage lessons with a former Olympian that were featured on his show.
Why not invite Gaffigan to spend a race day with a trainer and film it. Have him start at 4:00 a.m. on a stakes day, and take him to see everything - the barn in the wee hours, the morning training, the vet, the farrier, all the logistics in the racing office, the owner relations, the race day prep, on and on, and hopefully have it culminate in the winner’s circle.
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Me too, and me too.
Nelson, I’d ask you to maybe think that through a bit more. There are real differences between dressage and racing, and it’s not just the horse’s gait.
Animal rights activists are all about their agenda. We all know that. Anything that happens, that they can use to further that agenda, they will pounce on.
Things happen at the track. Horses sometimes get hurt. The one time I owned a race horse, just before opening day of the meet, she shinbucked during her morning work. Do you want the ARA’S people to have network footage of a shinbucked horse coming off the track and into the barn, 3-legged lame?
Racing has enough problems without adding fuel to THEIR fire. Tracks are closing all over and it’s hard to get any kind of TV coverage, let alone knowledgeable coverage.
Once I was reminiscing about our filly with my daughter in a restaurant for breakfast, and the waitress heard us and started in on about how no one should ride horses. When I called her on it, it came out that she knew nothing about horses, and had never actually seen one in person - but felt that her opinion was valid. More and more, people are like that waitress. They don’t know horses. At all. The ARA people get the publicity, further their agenda, and horse people pay the price.
Yes, it was supposed to be a joke set, and it wasn’t even a good one. But look at so much of comedy today. These comedians often send a political message. It doesn’t matter even if Gaffigan didn’t mean to; the message is sent. IMO, all of radio/TV is educational, and gives people ideas they would not have had otherwise.
So I understand the people who take issue.
He’s a COMEDIAN. His bit followed that sweet piece about the little girl and her ‘adopted’ old friend. After the comedy was a buffalo jump and some badgers. OH, and there was a bit about miniature trains and such.
How this is a ‘commentary’ on mainstream ‘news’= well, that’s some impressive mental yoga!
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Your point is well taken Sparrowette. And, I obviously realize that dressage and racing are very different. I am not a dressage participant, but I do know they have had their fair share of scrutiny over rollkur and other issues, so they are not a sport that is immune to criticism from animal rights activists. That said, protectionism with nothing else will not educate people or grow the fanbase (and hopefully the owner ranks) for racing. There has to be an answer somewhere in the middle ground. A horse can break down on national television during the telecast of a triple crown race (and has), so should racing stop broadcasting those, just in case?
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