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11:33 PM, Tuesday,
October 14th, 2008:
This time of year
boy...
Who
doesn't want to live back east when the
leaves are turning, the air is crisp and
potential bounces in your head at every,
single, turn? It's the time to be a
romantic and embrace it for all its worth.
I'm tired of feeling bad for believing so
strong because other people hate failure.
Failure isn't the result of belief, it's
the result of life. Thinking we somehow
control every possible outcome is as
foolish as thinking we don't control
anything. Believe in yourself, put your
best foot forward - and enjoy the ride. It
also helps if your journey takes you to
parts of Connecticut that are so beautiful
you can barely remember what your home
looks like. I'm so enveloped in Fall right
now I actually forget what
LA looks like this time of year. Of
course, make sure you don't get too lost
in the leaves or you'll end up late for
your meeting...
...also, make sure
you look really closely at a restaurant's website to
see if there are 2 locations for that meeting. (sigh).
Always early Adam showed up at Landmarc in Tribeca at
12:10 for a 12:30 apointment. I thought the building
was pretty dinky for the "time warner center", which
of course it wasn't... and at 12:45 I finally
call Tammy and feel like a complete buffoon. A cab and
a sprint later - I'm there and was able to get a hold
on the situation, and there's a lot in the
air.
Steve started this
company in March and with his background in Network
Television - it's striking how ready he is to embrace
new media. Nothing funnier than watching a network guy
talk about how dead the networks are and how ready he
is to start a new model providing the content
and the sponsorship, pre-packaged for every
media. My head hears exactly what he's saying, but my
heart hears blah, blah, blah content, blah. 'Cause
that's where I come in. He knows what I can do,
how well I can do it, and how fast, easy and cheap I
can do it. He has believed in me for quite awhile now
and has a cool calm about him that says: "Adam, it's
comin' hang in there."
That was
the crux of this meeting - just a reconnect,
let him see that I'm just as hungry as ever,
I'm in good shape and I'm ready the moment
the funding comes through. He met with some
more partners today and it actually went
better than he expected (something I've never
heard from him) and we're now slightly at the
mercy of the economy. No matter what, the
rest of this year has everyone on pins and
needles. From afar however this all seems
like a lead-up softball lob to knock out of
the park in 2009. Time will tell.
Then went back to
Tammy's office and we tried to brainstorm what to tell
the powers that be to get Living Room Live going more
like the way we did it last year. After three seasons
we really got the routine down and they're of course
tring to re-invent the wheel. It's a very fine line of
letting them do that - but not losing your spot.
Which, god-freaking-damnit, I probably already
did. Midnight Clear was on a couple weeks ago and I
should've been there to announce them. It would've
established me as hosting the talent portions and it's
huuuuuuuge opportunity missed. That could've been the
beginning of the next segment and when Tammy mentioned
they had been on my heart just sank. That was the
opening. That was where you bombard everyone a couple
weeks beforehand and push, push, push - even if it's
for 60 seconds on the air. That was the bridge to the
new administration and I simply had no idea. It makes
things a bit more difficult now, but not impossible.
GRRRRR.
And
finally I was able to take in the Letterman
show and I sooooooooooooo freaking apologize
for confusing anyone before thinking I was
actually meeting with Letterman.
Journey newcomers were emailing me like "Holy
SHIT" and then I re-read the entry and, duh
Adam, that's exactly what it sounded like.
I've never met Letterman, even when the head
of late night offered me the show I never
did, so Letterman after the meeting with
Friedman made perfect sense to me.
LOL.
The show was
great, it's actually airing this Friday - and Tina Fey
is adorable talking about her Sarah Palin
impersonation. Don't miss it. I'm front row center
balcony, you can see me about 45 minutes in I
believe.
So now the focus
moves to Obama tomorrow and Friday I meet with Vinnie
(head of late night - pleasuer, not business really)
and with the new administration at The Early Show that
afternoon. It's a pretty make-or-break moment that
will unfortunately take weeks to unfold. It'll
probably be right around election-time when we know if
I'm back in the fray at CBS.
Crazy couple of
weeks... will you ever know how crazy?
