Hey, It occurred to me just now, and I feel bad because she's probably already been buried...

Helen Gurley Brown put some really stupid ideas into circulation (literally), some truly exploitative and grim stuff. But so far as I can tell, she lived her life with fantastic awareness and golden enthusiasm.

And, we should note, she aged a lot more gracefully than Hefner did. For about five years in the early 1970's, it seemed like Hefner might turn into a merely silly old man, with an amusing twinkle in his eye... But even that was asking too much of him.

I'm not sure there was a meal in Helen's social calendar from age 20 through the day she died that you or I would not have enjoyed sharing with her.

Another enjoyable show as usual.

The thing she pointed out is you always need trust in a relationship, and how not to push someone's buttons on trust.

Ms Alkon,

Your interview of Dr. Davis was really interesting.

You're very good at getting a lot of information out of the people you interview. I like that you make them the focus of your interview, instead of yourself, and let them completely answer your questions and finish what they want to say.

I get annoyed by other interviewers who do most of the talking and take up most of the time, constantly interrupt their guest, try to be clever or funny, or put words in their guest's mouth. The few times you interrupted it seemed like it was to fill in gaps and keep things moving in a logical sequence, which was good.

Thanks.