The Chatty Kenny Awards

January, 1998

A few years ago I spent three weeks in Los Angeles videotaping several segments of a TV talk show. It pains me to report that I tried to play ball in the majors and I got my butt handed to me. Frankly, I felt awkward and foolish on the set. I discovered that I am simply a writer, not a talker, and a television career is not in the cards for me.What I learned the hard way in Los Angeles is that television is a talkers' medium. It is little more than radio with pictures, and if you are not talking...