GE 1996-7 Season 3 Episode 4: Paulitorial
Note: this is not a transcript, but a working draft of the script, so there may be differences in the aired version.
Whew ... this is the week that
was ... really !
I’m not sure what it is about
meeting a public personality that
sets some people off, but off
they get set.
I’m not making fun of anybody.
I’m not mentioning any names.
But, even though some of my best
friends are ... or at least, I
know some people who are Scottish
... and I’ve always had a ...
taste for things Scottish, I was
not prepared for what I met this
week, covering the Robby Burns
story.
Let’s peel back the veil of
personality that covers the
media. Underneath that, what do
you find ?
You find me, Paul Moth. I am two
people, I am Paul Moth, public
radio host, and I am Paul Moth,
the private individual. And you
know nothing about the private
individual. And I really mean
nothing. That’s the way I want
it. Believe me, that’s the way
you want it, too.
Then there’s the public Paul
Moth, the radio presence.
It seems every time I become this
public person, every time I pick
up a microphone, the universe
changes. The reality-modifying
capabilities of the microphone
have not been fully
investigated.
Whatever, whenever the radio
waves start rolling, weird things
happen to me.
What is it about the emanation of
radio pulses that disturbs the
brains of some addled listeners ?
And if that ... those people are
tuned in now, I have one message
from both the public and private
Paul Moth.
Who are you ? And what are you
doing in my head ? (1:20)
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