He knows the subjects of interest to his guests and his natural curiosity leads to wonderful questions, questions many of us would like to ask. His admiration of his guests shines through but he doesn't fawn. He's also unafraid to let his guests have the best line. It's a sort of a Zen process I've mastered. Sometimes they just don't drop.
Poets come from another galaxy.
Bo Ramsey , his trademark crushed and contoured farmer's straw hat looking somehow appropriate amid the friendly funk of the stage d cor, brought wild applause from the audience even before he plucked a string of his guitar. Ramsey introduced his second song by saying he's a Burlington native and wrote the bluesy tune after an early-morning visit to a Gulfport, Ill., bar. He was gravely-voiced and totally Bo. No trumped up show for the national audience. The ordinary Joes and Janes of the audience had their moments too as Feldman roamed in search of quiz contestants.