Alfred Taubman

"I trusted this woman"

My ass. Me thinks she doth protest too much.

I find it slightly shocking that Charlie hasn't bothered to get Alfie to mention Diana Brooks' name for the first 7 minutes.

"I wrote this for my grandkids" Hmmm...I agree. Why would you write the book that explains why grandpa colluded. Grandpa should not have colluded.

But he did.

"I've always presented goods to the customer in the way that was easiest for them to buy."

Shockingly, that seems to be about right.

Alfie saw that he could turn a retail business into a retail business...and he admits it.

And yet, it seems, oh wait, totally plausible that he would then collude with the only other player in the business, in order to make those retail prices a little higher.

MMMMM....more money for Alfie.

Yup. He did it.

Alfred Taubman: "They took a person's life way from them...they might as well shoot them."

Do you really want that?

Charlie is much better at handling Alfred at 84 or so, than the Beastie Boys. Charlie actually did really well with Alfie.

Connie Schultz

I love to see a woman who is clearly so much smarter than Charlie.

Her point that she's never voted for a "perfect" man is well made. It is unrealistic to think that any woman would be perfect.

Beastie Boys

Oh. My. God.

Train wreck. Fucking train wreck. It was exactly what you might imagine if your 65 year old Grandpa sat down for an interview with a smart alecky group o'white kids.

When he gave his lame questions and moved on to "your fan questions" it actually got better. I need to look into exactly where it is that I can post questions.

Oh, joy.

"Beastie Boys stands for...?"

Oh wait, that was one of Charlie's. DOH.

I'm not sure who is *more* uncomfortable, Charlie or the Beastie Boys.

"Do you tour internationally?" Not exactly a question that is all that hard for me to answer on my own and lacks a certain sense of well, everything.

"What role did Judaism play? asked a "fan". Kill me now.

Somehow this interview smacks of pulling wings off of a fly.

"These are very fine ties" was a crappy thing for Charlie to close on. So deeply sub-par for Charlie.