So there I was, sitting under the hot lights, when suddenly Vicki Lawrence leaped to her feet and started yelling at me about the death penalty. This happened in Los Angeles, on the TV show Politically Incorrect .
People yell a lot on that show.
This is a great nation. Guests are encouraged to express strong views on Politically Incorrect, because it makes for better entertainment. I was on Politically Incorrect because I was on a book tour. You go on whatever show they tell you to go on, in hopes that the host will at some point hold your book up to the camera, causing consumers all over America to rush to bookstores to purchase it. For example, a few days earlier, I let a total stranger commit a major act of gel on my hair.