I’d be happy to take the credit, but in fairness this sounds more like a John Norris mitzvah; I was still just the MTV movie guy (who’d seen the Faces in 1973 at Nassau Coliseum.) Here’s John & I around 2000, with our producer Heather Parry.

His four goals for Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup earned Roger Milla the sobriquet “King of the Road.”

Not all that different, to be honest about it…

Quite right….because this isn’t until December 16th

…now, we mix in even more Louise Glück…

By way of introduction…

Speaking of the humanities… I went back to my college this past weekend and wound up in front of the building that houses the classics department. I took enough Greek and Latin courses to qualify for a major…and what I learned has been put to use every week of my working life – even at MTV News.

There’s even a photo!