Comments on: Help Us Interview Kareem Abdul-Jabbar http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2008/02/14/help-us-interview-kareem-abdul-jabbar/ For Aspiring New Media Titans Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Evan http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2008/02/14/help-us-interview-kareem-abdul-jabbar/#comment-691 Evan Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:40:29 +0000 http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2008/02/14/help-us-interview-kareem-abdul-jabbar/#comment-691 I had the chance to interview Mr. Abdul-Jabbar many years ago. He was doing a book signing at the local Borders. I was a freshman on the Edgewood High School Newspaper staff. He was very inviting and calming. I was very nervous. He had his assistant run next door to get us both Ice Cream. It's a memory I've held on to for some time. He showed me that celebrities can be approached by the average Joe. If you do so with out screaming and crying. Well most of the time anyway. This has given me the courage and fortitude to go after quotes from some big names. My questions for Mr. Abdul-Jabbar are: Does he remember the interview? Does he remember telling a wide eyed kid to fight the man? How about the statements he made on Marijuana, to a teen ager? That part got pulled from by the faculty adviser. I never did get that auto graphed photo he said he'd send. I had the chance to interview Mr. Abdul-Jabbar many years ago. He was doing a book signing at the local Borders. I was a freshman on the Edgewood High School Newspaper staff.

He was very inviting and calming. I was very nervous. He had his assistant run next door to get us both Ice Cream. It’s a memory I’ve held on to for some time. He showed me that celebrities can be approached by the average Joe. If you do so with out screaming and crying. Well most of the time anyway. This has given me the courage and fortitude to go after quotes from some big names.

My questions for Mr. Abdul-Jabbar are:
Does he remember the interview?
Does he remember telling a wide eyed kid to fight the man?
How about the statements he made on Marijuana, to a teen ager? That part got pulled from by the faculty adviser.
I never did get that auto graphed photo he said he’d send.

]]> By: Jen http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2008/02/14/help-us-interview-kareem-abdul-jabbar/#comment-688 Jen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:33:23 +0000 http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/theblog/2008/02/14/help-us-interview-kareem-abdul-jabbar/#comment-688 I'd like to know what inspires Mr. Abdul-Jabbar to blog for the LA Times. I'm just a little analyst at a big company, but when I retire, I really want to retire and stop answering to "the man." Mr. Abdul-Jabbar has had an absolutely amazing basketball career - why continue to work instead of enjoying the fruits of his labor? I’d like to know what inspires Mr. Abdul-Jabbar to blog for the LA Times. I’m just a little analyst at a big company, but when I retire, I really want to retire and stop answering to “the man.” Mr. Abdul-Jabbar has had an absolutely amazing basketball career - why continue to work instead of enjoying the fruits of his labor?

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