Andrew J. Lederer

has come to the mark watson party several years late. they "survived" 24 hours, they claimed, but in fact, the weak, self-pampering quasi-journalists have divvied up the responsibilities, so that an assortment of different "writers" cover the show in separate multi-hour chunks -- exactly the way not to understand the magic, power and allure of the show, which relies as much on stockholm syndrome as its host and guests' considerable gifts for its impact and success.

kudos to the undeservedly influential paper for not waiting until even later to mount a half-hearted attempt to cover something well-known and loved now for years

(see, here's the beauty of this [accurately observed] post -- now, if the scotsman does get around to reviewing my show and they don't like it, i can claim they have a vendetta against me for publicly reminding people that the journalistic emperor isn't wearing many garments.)