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BoomTown Talks to a Puppet

by Kara Swisher
Posted on May 21, 2008 at 10:21 AM PT

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The ubiquitous puppet interviewer (not) Shel Israel–who BoomTown has definitively determined is powered by the hand of the very funny Loren Feldman of 1938 Media–came to ATD HQ (aka, the cottage behind my house) yesterday for a lovely chat.

In our interview, I revealed that I was indeed the actress who played Princess Leia Organa Solo of Alderaan in “Star Wars” and also, given that the California Supreme Court has recently approved gay marriages, my upcoming nuptials with a certain tech blogger I have written about.

In all seriousness, I really like Feldman’s video work, although it is definitely strongly rendered.

Why? Because it is just the kind of innovative original material that is a key part of creating a whole new genre online.

His use of puppets is clever, but he also does more thoughtful, though still humorous, video essays as himself, which I also think are unique and bracing (that is a polite way of saying he does not hold back much).

Here’s my interview, along with another Israel puppet report on the MicroYooHoo deal and then another of Feldman’s on Google Health’s debut below it:

Kara and Shel

Shel on MicroYooHoo

Feldman on Google Health

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  • "bracing"... heh. yeah :)
  • I wonder if the only words you could use to describe Loren would be "bracing" and "strongly rendered" If he had said something equivalently offensive about Women or lesbians as he said about African Americans. Just in case you have forgotten, read this: http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2008/03/loren-...

    To use a George Bush word, this piece sounds very much like "appeasement."
  • Hank:

    He called me a mean lesbian in his tags. I am, but I take your point. Loren veers very close to the offensive edge, but I think he is a satirist and very little is off limits.

    I don't think everything he does is funny, for sure, but that this is his brand of satire. And I do think it satire. There are lots of those in comedy like this.
  • Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
    You end up hating yourself for watching it. Sort of like reality tv.
  • Well, I am a Howard Stern fan, so I am not hypersensitive. And I can tell you there is s *huge* difference between someone like Howard, who I think people get offended by but who absolutely knows where the line is and someone like Loren who says stuff like, "black people are so f****** lame."

    So Kara, did you get the "strongly rendered" satire.
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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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