It’s always a gift when insomnia imprisons one to a night of channel surfing and you happen upon an interview with someone that you think is amazing. Craig Ferguson (who I admittedly already have a crush on) had Cokie Roberts on last week. I have only one thought after seeing her, She rocks! Finally, late-night talk television not featuring some vapid twit of an actress talking about their latest formulaic Hollywood film!
Not only is Cokie from New Orleans (always cool), her 93 year-old mother (former congress woman and former ambassador to the Vatican!) lives on Bourbon Street, she has traveled to 49 states in the U.S., was nearly funnier than Craig Ferguson, has earned Emmy Awards and her professional name is Cokie! She called herself Cokie before all of the Brooklyns, Apples and Suris - - she is a true OG (for those of you not hip to gangster rap, that means original gangster or just plain bad ass)!
She was hawking her latest book, We Are Our Mothers Daughters, and while I’ve never purchased a Chicken Soup for the Soul type of book, I will surely pick up this one. If you have an extra 9 minutes today, spend some time on Mother’s Day watching a true American gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUoZbvLKnsU
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