|
Author
|
Topic: Armstrong interview wins Emmy
|
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42986
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
|
posted 09-26-2006 07:54 PM
   
From CBS News: quote:
60 Minutes, the news magazine that features a blend of hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, won four Emmys at the 27th annual news and documentary awards ceremony. 60 Minutes won the most awards for a single program, which were presented Monday, Sept. 25, 2006. The awards were for the following reports... Outstanding Interview in a News Magazine: "First Man" — Ed Bradley speaks to Neil Armstrong in a rare interview with the first man on the moon. Mitch Weitzner, Kara MacMahon, producers; Matthew Danowski, editor.
For more about this segment: Neil Armstrong on 60 Minutes and First Man on DVD |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
|
posted 09-26-2006 08:43 PM
Sometimes I see that certain 60 Minutes interviews get extended airings on cable networks, showing more footage than was originally broadcast. Now that the Armstrong interview has earned an Emmy, I wonder if we'll eventually see an extended version. |
SVaughan
Member Posts: 42
From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Aug 2006
|
posted 09-27-2006 08:59 AM
Hmmm...I can't help but wonder if the fact that it was an interview with the reclusive Neil Armstrong won the Emmy, rather than the interview itself. I didn't find the interview particularly insightful or revealing and was in fact quite disappointed with it given that we may never see another one. Then again, maybe my opinion is swayed because I am quite familiar with Mr Armstrong's life and was hoping for more. It certainly didn't strike me as award-winning journalism however. |
fabfivefreddy
Member Posts: 1067
From: Leawood, Kansas USA
Registered: Oct 2003
|
posted 10-02-2006 10:40 PM
Just imagine if Robert Pearlman got the interview- now that would be award winning! -Tahir |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 10-03-2006 05:51 AM
All kidding aside.......that would have been one heck of an interview. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
|
posted 10-03-2006 10:06 AM
quote:
Originally posted by SVaughan:
Hmmm...I can't help but wonder if the fact that it was an interview with the reclusive Neil Armstrong won the Emmy, rather than the interview itself. I didn't find the interview particularly insightful or revealing and was in fact quite disappointed with it given that we may never see another one.
I think the award might have been somewhat based on the fact the interview was with a "reclusive" personality. While the interview didn't tell space enthusiasts very much that they didn't already know, it was probably more interesting to the average person. Neil has a reputation for a very private person and, for many people, this is the first time they saw him in the spotlight since Apollo 11 (other than maybe a car commercial). Or, at least, it's the first really good look that most people have had of Neil in decades. The interview dispelled some myths about Armstrong being an eccentric who locks himself away in his home. It showed a guy who is quite normal (and humble) and just has a desire to live his life out of the spotlight.
I suspect those of us here would be more interested in the interview bits that didn't make it onto the program. There is probably a lot on the cutting room floor that we would find interesting. With any luck, longer segments from the interview will eventually be seen. The fact it won the award increases those odds.
[Edited by mjanovec (October 03, 2006).] |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 10-03-2006 12:42 PM
AND he didn't even pass out....imagine that! |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
|
posted 10-03-2006 05:45 PM
I wonder if Neil had a haircut before the interview? |
413 is in
Member Posts: 628
From: Alexandria, VA USA
Registered: May 2006
|
posted 11-09-2006 12:30 PM
per CNN "-- CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley has died from leukemia at the age of 65."
|
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
|
posted 11-09-2006 04:30 PM
I first remember watching Mr. Bradley when he anchored the CBS Sunday night news in the late 1960's. During the Vietnam war, Mr. Bradley was wounded while serving as a news correspondant. In the early morning hours, following the 2004 election, Mr. Bradley repeatably suggested to Dan Rather that the contest was over in the state of Ohio while Mr. Rather continued to state that he would rather be the last network to make a projection as oppossed to making an error. Perhaps my favorite memory of Mr. Bradley came in the early 1990's when he made a guest appearence on a music show, the name of which I can no longer remember, and the band sang their then new song 'Sixty Minute Man' in his honor. Sadley on this day it is time to say goodbye to a 60 minute man. |
767FO
Member Posts: 269
From: Boca Raton, FL
Registered: Sep 2002
|
posted 11-09-2006 04:31 PM
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bradley on a flight once and spoke with him for a few minutes...a class act! He will be missed. |
dss65
Member Posts: 1156
From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
|
posted 11-09-2006 08:55 PM
Yet another icon of our time gone. He always seemed to have a wonderful dignity about him. Rest in peace, sir.------------------
Don |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
|
posted 11-10-2006 05:09 AM
I remember seeing a snippet of Mr. Bradley on stage with the Neville Brothers singing "Sixty Minute Man" (a hit for The Dominoes in the early 1950s, and I think you can find it on the "Pleasantville" soundtrack -- it's a favorite song of mine). I imagine in the coming days, with the tributes that will air, we'll get to see that clip again. Ed Bradley was very close to the Nevilles, so much so that they considered him "the fifth Neville brother." Aaron Neville performed a very sweet musical tribute to Bradley at the end of "Larry King" last night.As for the Armstrong interview, I think it was somehow appropriate that Ed Bradley did the interview with Neil Armstrong. They're both very understated people, sort of "cool" personalities, and the more I think about it, the more appropriate it was. It was an interview with a man with a lot of class, conducted by another man who was a class act himself. Ed Bradley's gonna be missed, for sure. jodie |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
|
posted 11-10-2006 07:02 AM
I was reminded by the tape last night. I saw Mr. Bradley go into the water to help the Vietnamese Boart People ashore. It spoke to his belief that everyone has a responsibility to make the world a better place. No matter with large or small gestures - do something positive.Thank you Mr. Bradley for your body of work, your mentoring of young people and for your humanity. You will be missed. Last night at the close of a video tribute, Mr. Bradley comes on the screen and says "When I'm standing at the pearly gates and St Peter asks what have you done to deserve entrance? I'll reply did you see my interview with Lena Horne?" Tim |
advertisement