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From: Lisa New Sent: 9/24/2014 12:25:39 AM To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Highlight Importance: High Jeffrey, if you are conceding any bit of the other things , with all due respect, that's exciting, as its new for me to be right about anything in the area of budgets. As it happens,and as of today, there is huge dissatisfaction in public television world with the lower budget Clinton footage versus the Herbie Hancock footage. David g was there for Herbie and not for Clinton. I can see the difference .the pilot was made for 100, 000, with savings on the Clinton but it does show Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2014, at 7:57 PM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: clinton woody kagan, do not add one penny to budget On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Lisa New < 1> wrote: That was fun- definitely the highlight of a day that was not without other interesting moments Don't know which was better-- the wholly unexpected surprise reminder (by a prime minister) of my boyfriend from 1976( who was in high school, who lived with his doting parents), or, getting creamed on my producer's budget but then offered the opportunity to profess poetry for production funds . There may be someone as good in New York, but i'll never tell you and you really have a heck of a seminar table there . When do we do Whitman's "Song of Myself" 1-15 Who else is reading with us? I'm ready. A few other follow ups: David and Brigid point out that reality tv doesn't cost anything because it is, as it sounds, very low budget . No writing , no special expertise or knowledge or research , no archival footage , no copyright clearance , no actors, no travel beyond the one location, certainly no clinton or woody allen or justice elena kagan or david brooks or Lena Dunham or even Professor New. That said , I think If were hiring the crew id do it for less -- probably 1, 250,000 all in. But I haven't won 10 Emmys and David has . That has value too. As does Wgbh. […]