> > "As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially 
> profitable 
> > to dispense it." Points for knowing the name of the person being 
> > quoted. He is a brilliant man who happened to be the only talk show 
> > host to have a guest die on his show.
> 
> Don't know, but Jack Paar, Steve Allen, & Dick Cavett were 
> the good ones, so I'd guess one of them.


All good guesses, and the correct one is Dick Cavett. People should read
more about him. He was smart and witty and wise beyond his years.  

The guest was the editor of Prevention magazine, and a strong proponent of
organic foods and healthy living. He suffered a massive heart attack and
died during the taping of a show, after his time with the host was finished
and another guest was talking. The current guest said something about "may
God strike me dead if I'm lying" and the poor guy next too him rolled off
the couch and onto the floor. It came off like a joke, and the audience
laughed. Cavett called out "Is there a doctor in the audience", purposely
missing the standard line to convey the urgency of the situation. Sadly, no
one was able to help. The show was cut and never aired.

He put the blame for shoddy products directly on the shoulders of the masses
who purchase from poor manufacturers and don't share or ask for customer
satisfaction information. Having just been through hell with the ONE model
year of Honda Odyssey which has a lousy transmission, and finding out that
had I bothered to look up the consumer report on that year, I would have
known it, I can stand with the accused.

I sent an email to Honda asking that they recall the '98 Odyssey for poor
transmission reliability. I don't expect they will, but I've done my part by
telling them, and everyone else I can think of. Don't buy a '98. Any other
year is great, including '97 and '99, just not the '98.

---
James.
 

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