I flipped through the morning TV shows last week, and I didn’t know who any of their “famous” guests were. Obviously, I am not watching enough television.

“Here’s what’s-his-name, the star of ‘Gossip Girl.’ So everyone wants to know, when’s the baby due?” I had never seen “Gossip Girl,” I didn’t know who the “star” was, I didn’t know with whom he was having a baby. The last time I watched a morning show, the featured guest was the person who had been kicked off “Survivor” the night before. Wow! Lucky the guy could squeeze in a TV appearance with his heavy schedule. Who are they going to have on tomorrow, somebody who didn’t win the Powerball? Whoa, move over George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

The reason I bring this up is that I was watching a news show the other day and they were interviewing a well-known politician and the host said, “We’re running out of time, can you tell me in 10 seconds what you would do about the economic crisis?”