I'm getting my haircut after work today and I'm ready for a change. What do people think of this [link]

I wouldn't say it's mullet-y at all. I like it. But it does look like it would require a lot of product.

Megan - very cute.

Robin, as so often is the case, is right. Smart does not equal aware or knowledgable about all. Where's Bob Bob? He can tell some great stories about the leading philosophers of our time and their inability to do basic tasks.

I think you're the one doing the assuming. I have a good friend who's the smartest guy I know--a Harvard grad and a Rhodes Scholar who works in policy (international economics) has no interest in television. His wife, who does Green Economics, is the same way, as are most of their friends. They are just not that interested in pop culture.

Good point. I still think that politicians should have some knowledge of pop culture, or at least have interns that can tell them about this weird comedy news stuff before they go on.

Where's Bob Bob? He can tell some great stories about the leading philosophers of our time and their inability to do basic tasks.

Totally. My friend's husband is a classics prof and an insanely smart guy who can hold forth on philosphy, art, sports...but he's not the most practical guy on the planet. Things like time and keys and chores just pass him by.

Either way it makes a little uneasy.

This is me, except extremely uneasy. I actually don't watch the interviews, largely for this reason. But I think I'd be almost as uncomfortable with on-the-street interviews -- it'd be a little better because it wouldn't feel like the people were targeted for that kind of humiliation, but still...

I still think that politicians should have some knowledge of pop culture, or at least have interns that can tell them about this weird comedy news stuff before they go on.

Yeah, they should totally be briefed. I think some of them think they are smarter than they actually are, however. And they underestimate how smart TDS/Colbert people are.

too mullet-ty?

Not mullet-y at all. Gorgeous. But can it really look like that every day? What's it look like when it's at home?

Hell, I've never seen TDS or TCR. I'm still not certain what Colbert's schtick IS, except that it may be a faux-interview thing. I don't have cable.

(not claiming anything about my intelligence level. Just pointing out that here, on a board that has roots in a pop culture thingie, there is someone who has only a vague understanding of what those shows are.)

That said, I'd hope if you were invited to be a guest on some tv thing, you or your agent or assistant would at least find out the bare minimum about the invitees. Cause if you don't and are made to look like an idiot, well...here's my shoe. Thwap yourself upside the head for me.

But it does look like it would require a lot of product.

I'm a product girl.

On a conference call with my colleagues from across the country. I'm looking at pictures of haircuts instead of participating since it is mindnumbing.

Where's Bob Bob? He can tell some great stories about the leading philosophers of our time and their inability to do basic tasks.

Seriously! I should get him in here.

The guests on the Colbert Report who don't have much of a sense of humor are the "Better Know a District" types. The guests on the stage are usually savvy policy wonks. I don't know if I necessarily blame the Representative's staffers for allowing his or her boss on the show when you get a huge amount of district exposure for some minor discomfort.