Barbara Walter’s 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 aired last night, and to be honest, it was probably as boring as late night TV gets. Barbara was standing in front of a terrible green screen, which made her look like she was in outer space and floating around when they did a wide shot. Plus, the last three people, perhaps what most would consider the ‘most fascinating’ were simply video montages that producers put together, that told us everything we already knew.
I guess Walters can’t nail down those ‘big’ interviews anymore.
What I found really interesting though, was that the night before, Walters was on The Late Show with David Letterman, where Dave boasted that he already knew who the ‘Most Fascinating’ person was – something that’s kept secret every year.’
As you can tell in the clip below, Babs has a reaction that can’t be her just ‘playing dumb’ which means Letterman wasn’t playing along – he actually knew. In fact, when he threatens to say it, she encourages him to go ahead, but Dave, kindly, refuses to do so, and decides to write it down.
The person they were talking about, ended up being Steve Jobs. As you watch the clip, notice 1. Dave almost goes ahead and says the name (gives an ‘S’ sound, but stops himself) and then when he writes it down, you can clearly see him writing the S for Steve, and the J, B and S for Jobs.
It’s cool, because it’s obvious Barbara has a moment of horror, thinking “Oh my goodness, is it really that obvious??”
Here’s the video:
