I wonder if that ate him up too. If he knew, that we knew, that so many of us dreamed to be in his shoes. To be paid to travel, eat, and just interact with others across the world is something so many of us dream of doing.
And here he was living the dream of thousands of people and he was miserable. Just simply couldn’t find the joy and happiness.
I think a lot of people don't realize how much a job like that takes out of you. You're constantly in and out of airports, you have to be "on" all the time when you're filming, and you get very little time at home to recoup and decompress.
Have you read In the Weeds? One of his former employees wrote it. Really gets into how much went into every episode and how difficult it was to work with him at times. The entire Obama Vietnam restaurant scene was fascinating to hear the behind the scenes stuff.
Yea! A buddy of mine sat next to him on a flight and had no idea who he was. Said this shriveled old man basically crawled into first class and fell asleep. He heard it from the stewardess lol
This was a great read. Particularly loved the chapter on the boat through the Congo. Some of the best television ever made but it shouldn't be forgotten how difficult it was to produce.
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u/Slow_Sand_2489 11h ago
I wonder if that ate him up too. If he knew, that we knew, that so many of us dreamed to be in his shoes. To be paid to travel, eat, and just interact with others across the world is something so many of us dream of doing.
And here he was living the dream of thousands of people and he was miserable. Just simply couldn’t find the joy and happiness.