Comment by susan gentry on Wednesday, Jul 4 at 11:36 AM

'IF I COULD BE ANYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD", I always say. "IT WOULD BE CHARLIE ROSE". His is the high art of 'conversation' with the great gift of humor. NEVER am I bored. NEVER does he pander. I'm ALWAYS stimulated, ALWAYS facinated by the great multitude of topics, ALWAYS grateful for the pure luxury, of the time spent on each guest. NOTICE THIS: He makes EVERYBODY laugh! Everybody! Once, when he was in Paris interviewing a very famous photographer - - and the photographer didn't speak English and I thinkk he was 95 years old or something like that - (and he sure didn't need this interview) -Charlie had him laughing in the first few minutes! "That's it", I said -"Charlie Rose is the finest communicator - a magician". You know what they said about the Greatful Dead - they aren't the best at what they do - their the ONLY ones who do whaat they do! That's Charlie. I was compelled to write this 'love letter to Charlie' by the criticism I read, by chance, above. His interruptions ARE part of the conversation. He is ALWAYS facinated and totally involved by and with his guests. Maybe the folks who find him 'rude' could watch anybodyelseinthewholeboringworldofserious,politeinterviewersand be-bored-to-death! But not me!

Comment by maxine cassin on Monday, Jun 25 at 09:50 PM

THE PBS AFFILIATE IN BATON ROUGE DOES NOT CARRY THE PROGRAM. SINCE BEING EXLED FROM MY HOME IN NEW ORLEANS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA, I HAVE MISSED THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH AUTHORS, ACTORS, ABD FAVORITE COMEDIANS SUCH A DAVID STEINBERG. I ONLY RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAN I CAN ACCESS THE PROGRAM ON MY COMPUTER. A GRATEFUL LISTENER