Rick Steves on Wednesday 60 minutes
May 24th, 2005, 02:20 PM
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Rick Steves on Wednesday 60 minutes
I got this on my email.
"Dear Traveler,
I just wanted to quickly let you know that I'll be featured on CBS's "60
Minutes" this Wednesday, May 25th (8 p.m., 7 p.m. Central). The crew
filmed at our Edmonds office last fall, then followed me to Amsterdam and
Germany on a whirlwind guidebook research trip. Next week you'll find a
behind-the-scenes look at this experience in my website's June Travel
News:
http://www.ricksteves.com/news/travelnews/
Happy travels,
Rick Steves"
Some of you may care. Sorry if this is considered advertising.
"Dear Traveler,
I just wanted to quickly let you know that I'll be featured on CBS's "60
Minutes" this Wednesday, May 25th (8 p.m., 7 p.m. Central). The crew
filmed at our Edmonds office last fall, then followed me to Amsterdam and
Germany on a whirlwind guidebook research trip. Next week you'll find a
behind-the-scenes look at this experience in my website's June Travel
News:
http://www.ricksteves.com/news/travelnews/
Happy travels,
Rick Steves"
Some of you may care. Sorry if this is considered advertising.
May 24th, 2005, 03:57 PM
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No, he didn't but some posters who do't not like him will start some trouble here. I am not a RS fan, I prefer Rudy Maxa but watch both. I can learn abbit from both. RS is geared to the backpacker and younger generation and that's good. He encourages you to go and travel. There is room for both styles.
May 24th, 2005, 05:13 PM
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We ran into him at a restaurant near the Spanish Steps in Rome on May 10th. He was just checking out the food on everyones plates at the outdoor tables until I recognized him. Then he came over to talk with us for a minute and have a picture taken with one of my friends until others came over asking for autographs on their books. No laying low for this guy.
May 24th, 2005, 05:24 PM
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I really don't "get" the antipathy many Fodorites display toward Rick Steves. Each time we travel, his book on that country is the first one we read. We always also pick up other books, such as Fodor's and Frommer's, but only after we've digested Rick's.
Rick's books help us get a "feel" for the country and start plotting out itinerary, without overwhelming us with details, which we'll fill in later.
Anyway, I just find all the Rick bashing annoying.
Rick's books help us get a "feel" for the country and start plotting out itinerary, without overwhelming us with details, which we'll fill in later.
Anyway, I just find all the Rick bashing annoying.
May 24th, 2005, 05:42 PM
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>>>>>>Now we know why 60 Minutes Wednesday has been canceled <<<<<<
Isn't that the network where ole Dan( Hey I'm weird, somebody listen to me) Blather works for.
Isn't that the network where ole Dan( Hey I'm weird, somebody listen to me) Blather works for.
May 24th, 2005, 05:48 PM
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Will Mike Wallace start wearing khakis and blue short-sleeved shirts, stick his head out of moving train windows and dance with the locals at hole-in-the-wall eateries???
As Colonel Kurtz said: "The horror! The horror!"
As Colonel Kurtz said: "The horror! The horror!"
May 24th, 2005, 05:49 PM
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>>>>We ran into him at a restaurant near the Spanish Steps in Rome on May 10th. He was just checking out the food on everyones plates at the outdoor tables until I recognized him. Then he came over to talk with us for a minute and have a picture taken with one of my friends until others came over asking for autographs on their books. No laying low for this guy.<<<
I ran into Rick in Zurich. He stayed at the same hotel airport I was staying at. I did not talk to him since I'm sure he was tired from his travels and probably did not want anyone asking him questions and such;however, not everyone felt as I did because I saw some people talking to him.
I knew the guy had spent the entire summer traveling through Europe and was probably tired and wanted to be left alone.
Then I saw him come into the hotel bar. He did not stay long. He was more than likely looking for someone in his film crew or something.
I ran into Rick in Zurich. He stayed at the same hotel airport I was staying at. I did not talk to him since I'm sure he was tired from his travels and probably did not want anyone asking him questions and such;however, not everyone felt as I did because I saw some people talking to him.
I knew the guy had spent the entire summer traveling through Europe and was probably tired and wanted to be left alone.
Then I saw him come into the hotel bar. He did not stay long. He was more than likely looking for someone in his film crew or something.
May 24th, 2005, 06:12 PM
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While I sometimes have issues with his persona on TV, I know for a fact that he is a stellar member of his (our) community and a genuine stand-up guy for a lot of causes (the fight against homelessness, for instance) that are important to our family.
<b>However,</b> watching him on 60 Min. tomorrow night instead of watching the finale of the best travel show on TV, <i>Lost,</i> well - that's just asking too much.
<b>However,</b> watching him on 60 Min. tomorrow night instead of watching the finale of the best travel show on TV, <i>Lost,</i> well - that's just asking too much.
May 24th, 2005, 07:01 PM
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Perhaps the problem is that it's becoming increasingly ridiculous for Rick Steves to continue aggressively promoting his "Europe through the back door (tm)," living-out-of-a-backpack doctrine, full of loathing and ridicule of the fat American bourgeoisie who like to stay in nice hotels and eat in nice restaurants, while he himself amasses a greater and greater fortune, shaking hands and signing autographs for throngs of adoring fans clad in Rick Steves(tm) reversible travel pants and toting Rick Steves(tm) logo-emblazoned travel suitcases. With every "zero" added to the end of his bank account balance, he seems to become more and more emphatically a professional man of the people, increasingly dogmatic in his self-positioning as Lifestyle Czar for the inherently inferior masses of America, that they may approach the enlightened status of the Europeans.
He's an excellent, talented travel writer, and if he choses to help homeless people, it's to his credit. We should all be able to say that we did something to promote the welfare of our less fortunate brothers and sisters, or that we lobbied persuasively for the implementation of public transit systems. But apologies for and rationalizing of large-scale, racially motivated violence again civilians, as he has done in writing (though not on his show), doesn't make for a stellar member of any community, in my book. A man who thinks it's fine to splatter children's body parts all over the cafe where they were hanging out, and then dance in the streets about it, so long as the children are Jewish (or any other particular race) is not a stellar member of any community, in my book. I'll watch something else, rather than taking part in his self-congratulatory publicity campaign.
He's an excellent, talented travel writer, and if he choses to help homeless people, it's to his credit. We should all be able to say that we did something to promote the welfare of our less fortunate brothers and sisters, or that we lobbied persuasively for the implementation of public transit systems. But apologies for and rationalizing of large-scale, racially motivated violence again civilians, as he has done in writing (though not on his show), doesn't make for a stellar member of any community, in my book. A man who thinks it's fine to splatter children's body parts all over the cafe where they were hanging out, and then dance in the streets about it, so long as the children are Jewish (or any other particular race) is not a stellar member of any community, in my book. I'll watch something else, rather than taking part in his self-congratulatory publicity campaign.
