Jack,

I,too, felt shortchanged by Marty's super-brief appearance on the
Letterman program, even though I knew ahead of time -- and related
that to members of our Hardbat group -- that that was all the
Letterman people wanted of him. I gathered that Marty, himself, was
quite content with the gig, however.

Myself, I don't think that these late night TV programs are interested
in showcasing septugenarians such as Marty, nor do I think they would
do a decent job of doing so, even if they had the interest. I think
their idea of entertainment really deals more with teasing and
tantalizing the 18-35 year-old demographic, and promoting movies,
concerts, books and music to people of that age-group.

Fortunately, Reisman has many things in the works -- a new book to
follow-up on a documentary-short about him that was recently made --
and any number of other projects, exhibitions, instructional videos as
well as challenge-matches which he is being offered. Hopefully, in
this fashion, sometime soon, we will be able to enjoy more of what
Marty has to offer through these vehicles.

Bob Palgon


--- In hardbat@yahoogroups.com, Bror8588@... wrote:
>
>
> I DVRd the show and was very disappointed in seeing the great guy
take one
> hit of the hard bat and sending the cigarette flying. Since David
Letterman
> responded to Matthew Broderick's comment about Ping Pong by saying
it was good
> exercise it would have been a heck of a lot more interesting to see
some
> hitting back and forth and perhaps some tips from the great guy (MR).
>
> I am looking forward to the Olympics when (hopefully) there will be
some
> games to watch.
>
> Jack W (NYC)
>
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