This book is comprised of transcripts of a selection of the interviews that Michael Kay （the long-time NY Yankees TV announcer） has conducted over the last 18 years as host of the TV show CenterStage。 Each transcript is introduced by commentary written by Kay。 He is a very good interviewer and his commentary was insightful。 It’s the commentary that makes this book。 I’m not all that interested in what most celebrities have to say， which is why I don’t watch talk shows （including CenterStage）。 But This book is comprised of transcripts of a selection of the interviews that Michael Kay （the long-time NY Yankees TV announcer） has conducted over the last 18 years as host of the TV show CenterStage。 Each transcript is introduced by commentary written by Kay。 He is a very good interviewer and his commentary was insightful。 It’s the commentary that makes this book。 I’m not all that interested in what most celebrities have to say， which is why I don’t watch talk shows （including CenterStage）。 But CenterStage is more like Inside the Actors Studio。 The questioning is more focused and less trivial。 While the celebrities might be there to push their current ventures， they wind up talking about their careers。 I was generally more interested in the non athletes like Lorne Michaels， Quentin Tarantino， Paul Simon and David Halberstam， but I also enjoyed George Foreman， Andre Agassi and Mike Tyson。 Obviously you can just read the interviews with the celebrities you know， but I also found interesting nuggets in the interviews with some of the people with whom I was not familiar。 I had a few quibbles with the book。 There were only three women included - Serena Williams， Chris Evert and Lindsey Vonn。 It would have been nice to have pictures from each show and the date of each interview definitely should have been listed。 Most had a year， but none had the exact date。 One good addition was the index in case you are interested in a particular person or event。 I received a free copy of this book from the publisher。 。。。more