Behind the scenes at “wait wait”
… and if that prospect excites you, man, have you come to the right blog.
In the summer of 2006, producer Jay Shefsky from WTTW in Chicago came to film us preparing for, and then performing a show. I had warned him that our “preparation” is mostly just us staring at computers, but he did a fine job making it interesting. He just now posted the piece to YouTube, so, enjoy. One note: usually, I dress better for the performances. I was in a weirdly casual mood that day.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:18 am
“Right, exactly, yes.” I never noticed your stock ‘ding’ answer until I watched this video.
Great behind the scenes expose. Like the Simpson’s episode “Behind the Laughter”. Thanks for sharing.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:21 am
So wishing he happened to have done his piece on the “crapping a Pineapple” episode….
November 9th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Hello Peter,
Great piece, thanks so much for sharing it with those of us who can’t see it local in Chicago! I saw you guys a few years ago in San Diego (ahem, excuse me - the *glamorous* El Cajon Performing Arts Center), and it’s nice to see what happens before the live performance.
(going back to lurker status, I’m an expert in that on FanAp…)
November 9th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
“usually, I dress better for the performances”
Be honest. Usually you only dress the part that’s above podium-level.
- an oft-traumatized panelist
November 9th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
In which case we should be thankful he only tugged at his eyebrows for the Willamette Weekly reporter.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
That was interesting, but I’d have loved to see more clips of you folks typing at the computer. Strangely, it gives me comfort to know that a good portion of your day is as boring as mine.
Sigh.
And Adam, I’m not sure we need to know about the below-the-podium dress, or lack thereof. Too bad I can’t get away with that in court, though. “I’d love to approach the bench, your honor, but I’m not wearing pants …” I think that’s a one-way ticket to Cook County Jail.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
DvE — It could give new significance to the bailiff’s “All rise” though.
… ahem… sorry,
-Another FanAp refugee (you just can’t take us anywhere nice)
November 12th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Pete, you can dress us up, but ya can’t take us out.
November 13th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
thanks so much for this - i’ve been a huge fan ever since i first heard your show in ‘99 and continue to listen to the podcast (no NPR in southern Germany).
I never realised that you look like you could be Thomas Dolby’s brother…
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