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April 7, 2006

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There's been a lot of buzz on beer blogs and mailing lists about Michael Jackson, the craft beer expert, appearing on Conan O'Brian. It was an embarrassment.

Let's see. He had his fly open. And he was visibly drunk.

To make matters worse, Jon Lovitz was also on, and he had an easy target.

It made me think. Do beer lovers, even high-falutin' beer lovers like me, appear to be lushes? Am I clueless?

Well, I know Michael Jackson is, at least. Dude, this isn't about Conan, and this isn't about what you wore.

This is about being disheveled and drunk. This is about looking like an idiot.

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One of my biggest fears is being clueless. Obviously, there are lots of opportunities for ignorance, but it's one thing to be ignorant, and another to be an idiot. I don't ever want to be an idiot.

Posted at April 7, 2006

Comments

I think it's funny that he didn't even mention being drunk on the show, or his fly being down.

And yeah, cluelessness is a fear of mine also. Unfortunately I have a fair amount of practice with it, having spent the last decade of my life around computer programmers and math majors.

Posted by: cheesepuppet at April 7, 2006 6:23 PM

I never saw the show (no TV) but I will say he sounds like an idiot. And maybe the whole gag for the drunken fool was to have his fly down on national TV and nobody can say anything about it. Egads.

PS
And isn't "cheese puppet" just the funniest damn name?

Posted by: Jon in Michigan at April 7, 2006 7:58 PM