At 11:38 PM 1/20/00 -0600, Ray wrote:

>The CBS people were given lots of background information and filmed me for
>three days to produce 5 minutes worth of story.  That's over $250,000 worth
>of network advertising.  I'd have done it naked if they had requested it!

I am sure that would have earned an Emmy for undercover journalism. Ahem. :-)

>I thought it was good in that they got some of the more important concepts
>to a very large audience.  Just as was the case with the Dallas Observer
>article, my photogenic hawk is what induced them to produce the story.

I am sorry Ray.  I saw The Vikings (with Kirk Douglas).  Satan will
ice-skate to work before I kiss a hawk.  You are a brave, brave man.

>Just think, if I was as funny as Richard Simmons the whole country would be
>paleo by now.

Nah, you have to wear short pants and lots of brightly colored sweaters.

Ray, I thoroughly enjoyed the segment and I hope it enables you to sell out
on your current printing.  But I was a bit concerned by the emphasis on
saturated fat.  The skinniest people may eat the most fat, but only in the
absense of heavy insulin levels, meaning carbs, sugars and such.  This
(rather important) distinction really did not come across. You know you'll
get beaten up for that and lumped in with Atkins.  Granted, Ornish espouses
a vegetarian diet.  But if you had emphasized *lean* meats, olive oil and
the fruits, nuts and vegetables I wonder if the Neanderthin rebuttal would
have been as vehement.

Still, hard to argue with the venue or the free advertising.

James at Penn State