An Idiot Abroad--Karl Pilkington in Egypt.
Ricky Gervais is a comedy god. His latest endeavor, An Idiot Abroad, takes radio producer and podcasting partner Karl Pilkington to view the Seven Wonders of the World. If you're unfamiliar with Karl, think of a real life Homer Simpson--ignorant, isolated with a decidedly odd outlook on life, but ultimately good-hearted and entirely likeable. His reaction to a world completely outside of his comfort zone is hilarious. The entire series can be viewed on the Discovery Science channel.
Just a few months before Egyptians took to the streets, Karl Pilkington walked through the markets of Cairo. And frankly, insulting moniker aside, we aren't that different from Karl. Ignorant of the other culture, we fumble around, making assumptions and generally being wrong. We're going to focus on Egypt for the most part on the Sunday shows. Well...watching the birth of a democracy in one of the oldest civilizations is compelling television. Except maybe on Fox...there, the Superbowl is far more compelling.
ABC's "This Week" - Egypt's ambassador to the U.S., Sameh Shoukry.
NBC's "Meet the Press" - Egyptian opposition activist Mohamed ElBaradei; Shoukry; Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; former Secretary of State James Baker; former California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown.
NBC's "The Chris Matthews Show" - Panel: Bob Woodward, Katty Kay, Joe Klein, Anne Kornblut. Topics: Did the U.S. Miss Signs That Egypt Could Become a Hostile Islamic State? Donald Rumsfeld’s Rewrite of the Iraq War
CBS' "Face the Nation" - Martin Indyk, former U.S. ambassador to Israel; Thomas Pickering, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Israel and Jordan; Abderrahim Foukara, Washington bureau chief of Al Jazeera International.
CNN's "State of the Union" - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Negroponte; former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Edward Walker; Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the president's debt commission.
CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" - The latest on the turmoil in Egypt with live reports from our correspondents around the country and the region.
"Fox News Sunday" - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; former NFL players Lynn Swann and Jerry Kramer.
So what's catching your eye this morning?
