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Topo’s Heartbreak

You know you?ve made it when Barbara Walters interviews you. You?ve at least made it in Barbara?s eyes and that?s saying something, I guess.

She will do her best to make her guests cry, laugh and generally praise her on this week?s ?Ten Most Fascinating People of 2003.?

Who can forget when she got former Ed Sullivan Show stalwart Topo Gigio to sob as he confessed that he felt manipulated by his former partner and creative manager, Maria Perego?

Won?t we always recall the great sense of joy we felt when we watched her dine anddance with,and then drunkenlygrope, a leering Don Knotts?

Well, this week, Barbara brings her interrogation talents to break the will of Beyonc? Knowles, Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck and Siegfried and Roy. (There are others but you get the picture).

With great sensitivity, ABC promotes the broadcast by telling papers:

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Topo’s Heartbreak

You know you?ve made it when Barbara Walters interviews you. You?ve at least made it in Barbara?s eyes and that?s saying something, I guess.

She will do her best to make her guests cry, laugh and generally praise her on this week?s ?Ten Most Fascinating People of 2003.?

Who can forget when she got former Ed Sullivan Show stalwart Topo Gigio to sob as he confessed that he felt manipulated by his former partner and creative manager, Maria Perego?

Won?t we always recall the great sense of joy we felt when we watched her dine anddance with,and then drunkenlygrope, a leering Don Knotts?

Well, this week, Barbara brings her interrogation talents to break the will of Beyonc? Knowles, Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck and Siegfried and Roy. (There are others but you get the picture).

With great sensitivity, ABC promotes the broadcast by telling papers:

“People will be surprised by the interview that Siegfried gave. They have always been slightly bizarre,” said Getty (producer of the Specials) in reference to Siegfried Fischbacher and his partner. “I think they’ll seem less so after this.” Roy Horn, who is half of the duo, was not interviewed and still hospitalized at press time following an attack by one of his performing animals.

While it sounds like a wonderfully charming moment, I think I?ll pass what some cynical folks may consider Barbara?s cheap and poorly-timed effort to gain publicity off the tragic incident of October 3rd.

I think the History Channel is showing their two hour special, ?The History of Test Patterns.? I know it?s a repeat but I?d still rather watch it. It may be predictable but it will not be as aggravating as watching Barbara use people that I care about.

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