It is one of the core beliefs of our therapeutic, self-dramatizing society that talk is innately beneficial, and in the last few weeks, television has been involved in a marathon chat-fest about 9/11, to the point at which MSNBC, suspecting viewer fatigue, had begun to promise that its coverage of the anniversary would feature a minimum of commentary, "not so much of us".
He entertained himself for much of the second half of that 1952 marathon by chatting with a car full of photographers, and afterwards declared that "the marathon is a very boring race".
The club plunged me into a world of training runs, marathon talk, injury chat, earthy conversations about dodgy pelvic floors and club awaydays to cross-country meetings or seaside 10ks.
He also held a marathon four-hour chat with the political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, authors of "Winner-Take-All Politics," which he called "the most important book I've read" since ending the old show; it will provide the backbone for his first three episodes.
That's right, the hugely popular and super successful soccer chat marathon that took 5 live to places that other phone-in shows can only dare to dream of….is back.
Presenter Graham Norton has set a new world record with his BBC chat show marathon - and raised more than £1 million for charity.
Far from a cold man, he is simply very self-contained – and used to a home filled with a wife and two daughters who could chat a marathon, never mind run one.
According to Twitch's data, the 5.6 million viewers watched 545,880,000 minutes during the Ross marathon, and sent 7.6 million chat messages, using 3.8 million "KappaRoss emotes".
According to Twitch's data, the 5.6 million viewers watched 545,880,000 minutes during the Ross marathon, and sent 7.6 million chat messages, using 3.8 million "KappaRoss emotes". The Bob Ross channel, which was seeing 45,000 concurrent viewers just two days after launching, eventually reached over 183,000 concurrent viewers at the top.
