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from the telegraph
Sir David Frost
Sir David Frost, who has died aged 74, began his career in television satirising the patrician Establishment and ended it with a knighthood, a duke as a father-in-law and a reputation as the television personality politicians on both sides of the Atlantic most wanted to be interviewed by.
Sir David Frost - Telegraph
Iconic figure in reporting and journalism. RIP.
He had a great way of coaxing stuff from his interviewees of all walks of life. Here he is with another Legendary British David
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM86zqekKtA
Grew up listening to him, I liked his style, Rip MR Frost.
Peter Cook will be somewhere up there saying 'About bloody time!'. I on the other hand, think that would be a bit mean. Frost was alright, but certainly no satirist. He will rightly be remembered for his popular interviews.
Of course he was a satirist you mealy mouthed pompous twit.
He tried to be one,but it wsnt really his forte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
He did a good job of being funny. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GandalfHe tried to be one,but it wsnt really his forte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
:rolleyes:
His entire spiel was 100% ripped off from Peter Cook. Peter Cook is an excellent person to copy if you are trying to be funny, but David Frost was never in a million years Peter Cook funny. It was like a Mini trying to pass as a Porsche. He just wasn't a very good comedian and got lucky. Very lucky as Peter Cook was busy touring America and should have been on TV instead of Frost.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterHe did a good job of being funny. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GandalfHe tried to be one,but it wsnt really his forte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
David Frost had something that Peter Cook didn't and that was the ability to show an interest in other people and that was why he was a quality interviewer. It is a fantastic skill to have too. Peter Cook was quite the opposite and that is why he failed as an interview host (his failed show eventually became Parkinson). Frost could show interest and warmth, whilst Cook was much more self absorbed and aloof.
They were very much opposites really and just as Peter Cook will always be remembered for great comedy, Frost will be remembered mostly for his interviews. I think posterity will largely remember it that way.