Paul Mecurio

Paul: I don't think there is now because people are too overwhelmed and there are too many messages from too many forms of media. I think in the day of Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl, there were three major networks and one night you hear Don Rickles or, if you're lucky, someone would put on a Lenny Bruce record. You would hear something that would stand out. But I don't think in this day, if you're a political satirist or a commentator, that I or any group of us will be able to really affect a major change with it. I think you might be kidding yourself because there is so much information coming at us right now. Basic cable, cable, the Internet, over your phone, over your I-Pod. I think we're just inundated and it's hard to stand out. That's not to say that it shouldn't be done and that's not to say that I won't do it and that's not to say that it can't happen. But, I think that it would have to be somebody really huge with a regular pulpit. I mean, Bill Mahr is probably the closest to that somebody and before that, Dennis Miller when he had his HBO show. But even Bill Mahr on HBO, I mean, just from the nature of HBO, it does not have the reach that maybe the network does. I think it can help sway people in a certain direction, but I don't think that you can point to it directly and say, 'This is definitely going to affect change.' It's really hard now. But, I think it's necessary and still should be done, you know. READ MORE...