APRIL FOOLS!

Jeez, now Doohickie has to kill Daniel Schorr? Where will it end???

I was SO coming into this thread to fight about Daniel Schorr!

Now what am I going to do with the rest of my afternoon?

The thing about Daniel Schorr is that he so cute on Twitter that I just about can't stand it.

WTF?

I think his voice is too old for radio?

Daniel Schorr is AWESOME, universally awesome. I'm so glad to learn he's on Twitter.

I worry about him more every time I hear him. What is he, having strokes or something else? He's smart, sure, but I'd like him to retire, honestly. He's like a goldfish, I have that fear that every time I hear him, it will be the last, to the point of creepy morbidity.

So while he is awesome for some, and it's cool that he twitters, I agree, he's too old for radio. Move on Daniel. Blog or something. I'll respect you more.

Am I a horrible pesron? Well that's a loaded question, but in this regard?

Ha! Listen, Dan. We're gonna Tweet.

Too old? No wayy! Not long ago I expressed my amazement at the sheer volume of information he knew. It was when he was opining about Eisenhower's campaigning style, I think. I was all "GEeeeez...how does this guy know so much? Does he just read biography after biography?" It took me a while to wrap my head around just how old he was, how long his career has been, how he's covered just about every great personage and event of our time. His analysis of people is spot-on, and his ability to cut through our presentist mindset and put things into a much bigger perspective is priceless, to me. I adore him.

Somehow I agree with both rainbaby and Miko. He's not too old for radio, though. Then again, I don't really think there's such a thing as 'too old for radio.'

I have to agree with rainbaby. . .yeah he went mano a mano with Tricky Dick, but I don't hear too much content from him on NPR that I really see as original thinking. Scott Simon, when he opinionates, is much more incisive. Schorr seems to just reiterate what the rest of the chattering classes are saying.

And no you're not a horrible pesron. . .not that I know what a pesron is but I am certain you are horrible at nothing, including pesronhood.

I don't really think there's such a thing as 'too old for radio.'

Me either.

Not with a voice like that, there isn't.

I would expect that he is a decent enough person but I can't stand the sound of his voice. He sounds like Harry Caray after a stroke or something.

I must be the most ignorant person on the internet.

It would be a much nicer place if that were true, deborah. But the internet is one thing that gives me hope for my ignorance.