CNN blows chunks

[Sam Shapiro]

I am a new subscriber here, and I don't intend to direct my e-mail from 
here on in toward matters concering the identification (or "outing") of 
P., but for those who caught the 7 minute piece CNN did on "The Search 
for Thomas Pynchon" on Thursday night at 10:50 p.m., please respond, as I 
really think this was the 'real thing' and not merely yet another 
Pynchon-sighting hoax....CNN showed a crowd of New Yorkers (a sidewalk 
crowd) walking towards the camera, and assured the viewers that one of the 
folks was indeed Thomas Pynchon...then CNN claimed that in deference to 
P.'s request, they were not going to identify P., but in the same breath, 
CNN coyly suggested that the viewer determine who P. was in the 
crowd...anyway, for those who have studied P.'s high school mug shots, 
the task of picking P. out of the relatively sparse crowd will be 
surprisingly easy---can someone who caught this CNN piece respond and let 
me know if they agree with my pick: the rather tall gentleman with the 
receding gray hairline, gray moustache (I think), smart jacket, black 
shirt, talking to himself (as there is no one apparently walking beside 
him)...this is quite a coup, I believe, and I can't help wondering if CNN 
will really honor their promise to not reveal P.....anyway, from here on 
I will only write about Mason & Dixon (I think)......

Wondering if I have too much free time, Sam Shapiro