'This American Life' Live
Last night both Bob and I attended the live (well, live on the east coast, 3-hour delay on the west coast) This American Life event last night. Besides clips from the second season of the Showtime show there were segments cut from the upcoming season and some hilarious out-takes. One of the funniest bits was the a clip from the first show of the first season where Ira was interviewing Ralph Fisher, the guy with the cloned bull, and, rather than being a continuous shot of the interviewee, it was intercut with shots of Ira nodding his head. Apparently, when they started shooting the TV show they weren't sure what to do with Ira so they filmed him during the interviews, but when they cut it together with him included it just looked ridiculous.
The YouTube clip above (animation by Chris Ware and John Kuramoto) was shown last night and is from the upcoming season. It's about the role anecdotes play in a relationship and it's told (in part) by Robert Krulwich, who is the co-host of the other great NPR show, Radiolab.
The second season of TV show premiers on Showtime on Sunday, May 4 at 10pm.
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