1 February 2006

Oh man. The industry pages today are filled with comments totally dissing the pool director for last night's State of the Union speech. Brutal. Check it out here: People wrote in complaining about bad angles, bad reaction shots, shots out of focus, etc. It was brutal. And I totally know the guy.

I watched from the comfort of my bedroom. (My partner banished me there.) Strangely, I didn't miss working SOTU night -- either in the control room or up at the Capitol. Been there, done that. It's funny though -- with Bush, the White House usually has an advanced text for the media hours before the speech is actually delivered. When Clinton was in office, I remember standing the Senate TV gallery waiting for the text only to find that one was not going to be available: Clinton was in the limo ride over to the Capitol making changes to it.