Preposterous Universe

 
Planning ahead

Damn Michael Bérubé. This talk-show idea is too much fun. I spent the drive to campus thinking about who to invite on the show. Here are my choices for the first couple of weeks:

• Mon:Steven Weinberg, Jeanette Winterson, Angelina Jolie
  Musical guest: Medeski, Martin and Wood
• Tue: Larry Summers, Lisa Randall, Cornel West
  Musical guest: Robert Randolph and the Family Band
• Wed: Sir Roger Penrose, Jonathan Lethem, Christopher Walken
  Musical guest: The Bad Plus
• Thu: Richard Dawkins, Tom Stoppard, George Clooney
  Musical guest: Luciana Souza
• Fri: Gary Wills, Richard Friedman, Sister Wendy
  Musical guest: Leonard Cohen
• Mon: Sir Martin Rees, Toni Morrison, Shaquille O'Neal
  Musical guest: Jason Moran
• Tue: Kathleen Sullivan, Karl Iagnemma, Sir Ian McKellen
  Musical guest: Queen Latifah
• Wed: Donald Rumsfeld, Howard Zinn, Uma Thurman
  Musical guest: Bootsy Collins
• Thu: Wendy Freedman, Richard Posner, George Carlin
  Musical guest: Sergio Assad
• Fri: Brian Greene, Barak Obama, Jodie Foster
  Musical guest: Either/Orchestra

I could go on forever. Didn't even get a chance to invite Amartya Sen, Umberto Eco, or Nigella Lawson. Admit it, this show would rock. We would be crushing Jay Leno like a little bug. Mike Ovitz, call me!

Update: Now with links. Because you're too lazy to google for yourself, you know you are.

~ posted by Sean Carroll at 12:55 PM ~ link ~ ~ ~