tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post4044745882412460916..comments2024-01-11T03:14:22.238-08:00Comments on The Weekly Rader: Poems Katie Couric Would Like: Frank O'Hara's Meditation in an EmergencyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-10690204834479550582008-08-12T08:09:00.000-07:002008-08-12T08:09:00.000-07:00Hey Jeff . .yeah, you should check out Mad Men. ...Hey Jeff . .yeah, you should check out Mad Men. AMC may be running old episodes, but if not, the first season just came out on DVD.D.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06293259995176365603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-71134566810993866362008-08-11T21:48:00.000-07:002008-08-11T21:48:00.000-07:00Hey Dean-- Sharp post, thanks for the insight on ...Hey Dean-- Sharp post, thanks for the insight on O'Hara. Should I watch Mad Men now? (But, do I need to know who Katie Couric is?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-26276128901709851172008-08-11T11:19:00.000-07:002008-08-11T11:19:00.000-07:00V.J. & Greg,Thanks for your comments. V.J.: Y...V.J. & Greg,<BR/>Thanks for your comments. <BR/><BR/>V.J.: Yes. Katie is giving us the bird. She sent TWR the photo when she found out about the poem column.<BR/><BR/>Greg: Smart observations. Certainly, O'Hara was a brand among the New York poets.D.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06293259995176365603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-73004378682038493642008-08-11T09:36:00.000-07:002008-08-11T09:36:00.000-07:00There's a resonance betweem poem and contemporary ...There's a resonance betweem poem and contemporary advertising with our vigilance over celebrity and pop culture, the emergence of the image/brand over logos/word and necessary love of attraction (which we seek to understand, in our era, through science).<BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree that O'Hara would have loved modern television and probably would have found tastily ironic the fact that the actor who portrays the still-toothed old lion, agency co-owner Cooper, had once played the young mailroom-boy-become executive in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" - Robert Morse.<BR/>Greg PabstGreg Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06887933782309815443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-57854568306012406142008-08-10T23:34:00.000-07:002008-08-10T23:34:00.000-07:00is katie couric giving the camera the finger?does ...is katie couric giving the camera the finger?<BR/><BR/>does she know about your poems she would like?<BR/><BR/>does she know you have a photo of her giving us the finger on your blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com