51:46 I have to say, I don't particularly like clipping him. You have to clip him hard because he's got a lot of pauses but he came out with some funny stuff on his Periscope show which by the way and he has got a new book out which i'm supposed to get a copy of. He has it How Not To Be A Loser or something like that? And finally decided after watching him do this, it just dawned on me When I interviewed him, he was already talking about a loss in income on Dilbert but it's not necessarily because people hate him or Dilbert. His market is dying for the cartoon businesses... He's the last of the Mohicans
52:32 You're selling these panels. Because the newspapers, they're kicking... Half of them already kicked out and fired their editorial cartoonists! They can't afford it period. They can't afford anything and this syndicated stuff they can kind of afford but they're gonna probably cut This is like I hate to keep telling these stories Why? We love your stories don't hate telling them It's good Doesn't mean i like telling em But so I'm at Tech TV Considered different profession And you've noticed, you probably seen this too. They had to do some cutbacks so the first thing they started cutting back is a free... First it was free milk that we used to have. It's always the coffee, the food, the craft service table. The second thing they went with was the makeup artist! No no before makeup parking goes- We literally saw that at Meveo What are you talking about? We had parking! No we never had parking At Mevio we did I said at Mevio
53:27 Don't you remember I protected your coveted spots. It was hardly enough parking to count. I protected your spot, man Yeah, I did have a spot Next is makeup and then it's the lighting director of course that's how it goes yeah The makeup go well the way when at tech TV was first the milk and coffee And then it was the makeup artist which was Ridiculous because as the makeup artists I think To any makeup artists out there, and you would know this in particular. The makeup artist is maybe the most important person or persons at any TV operation. And let me explain why people may not realize this. The makeup room and the makeup staff—and these are artists
54:14 are also psychologists. They are the ones that will sit there, will know the shit that's going on in your life, will talk to you about it, will make you feel calm... Would you like another cup of tea? A cup of coffee? Oh yeah and while they're making you look good they will completely build up your ego and it is a fundamental part certainly of any live television but any television in general Makeup is where the peace and the calm is put into the guests and the hosts. Would you agree? I would agree with that but it also in most situations on television people don't realize that many of them Incredibly attractive women are at base ugly ducklings And they could use a couple hours, and they'll take it two hours in the makeup chair They come out Miss America, and that's very important for the image of the network
55:09 Do it yourself. Having some of these women do their own makeup is a nightmare! Yeah, and then also television makeup is very different It's a very different animal and of course after they get rid of the makeup department then they get rid of the fluffers I mean, it's just downhill from there Well in this case that got rid of wardrobe And that which is another thing so people had to start dressing themselves, and this is not gonna work Yeah But but they this is the kind of thing that goes on. I don't know how he got off the track That's why why didn't want to talk about it? I like it and I was just thinking in my own MTV story when I I'll just take the ball and run with it When I arrived at MTV in the late 80s They had no makeup department No wardrobe
55:54 And the lighting guy came in once a week. He said stand here, he'd knock the thing around with his stick, bop-a-da-bop-ba-da-bop. He said good okay just this is your mark you put a little AC next to it so I knew it was my mark they had no hair makeup or wardrobe whatsoever and it was...I mean they were able to hire me and bring me over from Europe! This was going operation it was Mickey Mouse Yes sounds mickey mouse but back to what i think the point was is that scott adams has seen the writing on the wall. And he knows it's a dying industry and his cartoons are, you know. So I think he makes the bulk of his money now on books about the cartoons and these expositions. He has done like three books in the last couple years that are always best sellers. He has got a good name for himself. Then he does this Periscope thing which is a promotional tour for the book. Question for you? Yeah
56:50 What kind of money do you think an author? Like Scott Adams makes off of a book million bucks. Damn, that's pretty good Yeah, that's pretty good Okay, at least have something to strive towards. Yeah, he make it well He's got a name and he's got the distribution he's and he does big publishers They do big deals and he's probably he maybe I could probably be laughing if he's listening to this He doesn't listen to this show but he could be laughing or Pluto Does you know? He could be making two million three million. I don't know what I could be like 200,000 He's making a million at least okay man. Well you would know oh