[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: CBS' Birthday Special

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Angela Burgess"
> <MmeBurgess at m...> wrote:
> > Is anyone else watching this thing on CBS' Early
> Show?  They really 
> > should make their announcers know what they're
> talking about before 
> > going live on national television.  They've said
> that today is 
> > Harry's 15th birthday!  How they got *that*
> number, I have NO clue!
> 
> The last time we saw Harry was shortly before his
> 15th birthday, and 
> the next time we see him will be around his 15th
> birthday, so . . .
> 
> Not *everyone* understands that Harry was born in
> 1980 and is alive 
> and well and doing magic in England in 2001.  ;-)
> 
> Amy
> 
Not everyone understands???? Well, why not <vbg>? It's
not like the books aren't out there for the reading!

Actually, the female reporter (Jane something) said
Harry was 15 today, Bryant Gumbel said he was 14 and
Jane said they went to Hogswart (I have a hard time
typing that incorrectly!). At least they guy spending
most of the time with the kids had read the books!

Interesting interview with the childrens' book person
from the NY Times. I don't recall all the details, but
she did point out that if Jane (dear, clueless
reporter Jane) were to notice these things, it's
adults reading most of the books this summer! Thank
goodness that got in there somewhere. She also said
that later books would not be suited for young
children, as the characters are getting older, and the
events in the coming books will therefore be more
suited for older readers.

That interview definitely made up for the other little
bits we like to nitpick over.

Sheryll, who went to bed way too late to get up for
the show, but had the foresight to pop a tape in the VCR

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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