From living in the 2nd biggest gay bastion in Ca, and knowing our openly Gay Mayor, with 3 of our 5 City Council members being gay, and the estimated population of the City being 25% gay, and about that % of my business dealings being with people who are gay, and having a whole lot of friends who are gay – I must give this opinion:

What I saw of the Youtube event was just way TOO GAY! Really. Reality says that like 6% of the population is gay, and therefore about 6% of that show should have been gay (Bob may jump in with a Ben-Gay ref – I don’t know).

When this William Sledd is given the mike with his ‘Hello Bitches!’ tag line and put out over the entire world as a representative of YT and the city of San Francisco – with his honor of 99th Most Subscribed Channel (now) – you know the fix is in.

Marina, you handled yourself very well and professionally – it was the stacked deck of whoever was in charge of production that made the whole thing amatureish…but hey – that happens and they’ll maybe do better next time, and when you are standing next to a clown you only look that much better by comparison!

Perhaps for next year’s YT live, they might have several simultaneous events in different parts of the world. After all, they’ve shown it can work, and although it could technically be financed entirely through AdWords revenue, perhaps they could attract some sponsorship. And of course, next year they’ll be able to broadcast it in widescreen – and perhaps even buy sufficient bandwidth to do it in HD :)