everyone has asked stupid questions. and full disclosure, I hate "talk about."
but my favorite moment to watch is after the inane, weird or longwinded question is asked (or "talk about" is deployed), and even as the clown questioner's (me, occasionally) cooler peers are rolling their eyes and sighing and giggling and -- more than anything -- trying to separate themselves from the clownishness (and, yes, I've been that idiot, too), the interviewee responds with an insightful, colorful or revealing answer....and all the cool kids are suddenly scribbling down every word of the answer. or, taping it, for the story in which it will soon appear prominently.
the point: sometimes the idiotic question evokes a great answer. sometimes the smartest question gets you nothing but cool points. you never know.
