# Kurt Vonnegut on Now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343 "2005-10-08T21:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/1 "2005-10-08T21:11:58Z")
Just curious if anybody here saw Kurt Vonnegut on PBS’s \*Now \* last night and what you thought of the interview? I started out being very nervous for him - he seemed so frail and vulnerable and I don’t think he had the easiest time articulating his thoughts - but by the end I felt that his obvious vulnerability somehow added to his message. It made his perennial plea for kindness and humanism somehow that much more powerful. I ended up frankly a bit verklempt. Of course I’m an old fan - hardly objective. Anybody else have similar/different impressions? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/2 "2005-10-08T21:16:44Z")
I didn’t see this, but had a similar feeling during his interview on _The Daily Show_. BTW, at the end of that interview, he mentioned he had a few other things to say, but they were out of time, so Jon Stewart promised he’d post them on their website. Does anyone know if they were ever posted? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/3 "2005-10-08T21:29:12Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > BTW, at the end of that interview, he mentioned he had a few other things to say, but they were out of time, so Jon Stewart promised he’d post them on their website. Does anyone know if they were ever posted? Yes. I’m pretty sure they’re still there. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/4 "2005-10-08T21:30:33Z")
Here, [Kurt Vonnegut’s List of Liberal Crap I Never Want to Hear Again.](http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/extras/vonneguts_list.jhtml) I didn’t see him on _Now_, but I also caught him on the Daily Show. That emphysema has really caught up with him. I only just discovered Vonnegut this spring, so I’m behind on my reading. **uglybeech** , will there be a rerun of that program? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/5 "2005-10-08T21:44:02Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Here, [Kurt Vonnegut’s List of Liberal Crap I Never Want to Hear Again.](http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/extras/vonneguts_list.jhtml) > I didn’t see him on _Now_, but I also caught him on the Daily Show. That emphysema has really caught up with him. I only just discovered Vonnegut this spring, so I’m behind on my reading. **uglybeech** , will there be a rerun of that program? Thank you! Classic: > [@](#): > > Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. The hell I can’t! Look at the Reverand Pat Robertson. And He is as happy as a pig in s\*\*t. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/6 "2005-10-08T22:05:05Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Here, [Kurt Vonnegut’s List of Liberal Crap I Never Want to Hear Again.](http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/extras/vonneguts_list.jhtml) > I didn’t see him on _Now_, but I also caught him on the Daily Show. That emphysema has really caught up with him. I only just discovered Vonnegut this spring, so I’m behind on my reading. **uglybeech** , will there be a rerun of that program? Thanks for the Comedy Central link. Usually PBS affiliates will air programs several times over the first week they air. But otherwise I haven’t seen Now rerun programs from the past (although they may eventually do that). I checked the Nashville PBS - channel 8 - listings for you and it looks like the last airing was last night at 2:30 a.m. unforunately. If you get another PBS channel you can try checking their listings at [www.pbs.org](http://www.pbs.org) or [tv.yahoo.com](http://tv.yahoo.com) ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/7 "2005-10-08T22:10:50Z")
[Here](http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/vonnegut.html), for anyone who’s interested, is the Now web page on Kurt Vonnegut. There are some book excerpts, etc., but I don’t see a transcript or video clip. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/8 "2005-10-09T20:54:14Z")
Between that “list of liberal crap” & the tendentious _Harrison Bergeron_ which was required reading for me in High School, I now realise that Vonnegut deserves more disrespect than respect from me. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-now/325343/9 "2005-10-10T02:15:09Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Between that “list of liberal crap” & the tendentious _Harrison Bergeron_ which was required reading for me in High School, I now realise that Vonnegut deserves more disrespect than respect from me. Thank you. Good to know. And you’re welcome!