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    Episode 6.1 — Sketches: Day 1

    I don't really hate meta sketches. But over the years I've seen so many groups writing meta sketches before they write just regular sketches. In the 90's alt scene I think meta/post-modern became almost hack. As I spoke to the contestants it seemed that meta was becoming the knee jerk choice to make. For some reason I got riled up. Mark, going ballistic isn't really a symptom of being high. I don't perform high and outside of the Phish concert and the Del Close Marathon I haven't been high in four months so please don't get me in trouble with my wife. Tomorrow I throw a chair at one of the contestants through the phone.
  2. Hey Swirley Bear; I'll try to address your issue with my hosting but can you first give me an example (w/time code) of when I have pretended not to know what was coming. I think at least half the time the contestants either dont know what they are going to do or they indeed do something different than what they told me. And yes, I prefer my socractic way of hosting. The straight up Ryan Seacrest method of game-show hosting seems fake and boring to me. But I also don't want to put a show at a disadvantage in the contest as a result of the way I host. Thanks for everybody's input!
  3. I thought this board might appreciate this video I made about turning an improv class into an elimination process.
  4. You're right Brendan H, we are a few weeks ahead, but I still think we have time to make changes. What are the top 5 suggestions you've read so far? Let's start there. Jeff, Peter, and Frank will look at them. We actually have already responded to some suggestions on what recorded this week.
  5. - I'd just like to put in my two cents. - No one was eliminated based on the semantics of the phrase "recurring theme". I don't think I criticized any show for their segment not recurring enough. The segments deemed bottom three would have been in the bottom three no matter how we define recurring. - It is three weeks later and I'm still debating in my head what "recurring segment" means. I've now decided that a recurring segment is like a recurring character on a sitcom. It is not in every show, but it is done often. In sketch shows that would be like KITH's "It's a fact!" not SNL's news. It would be like Letterman's stupid human tricks but not his top ten. It would be like Doug Benson's build a title game, not the Leonard Maltin game which he does every week. - I consider my hosting technique to be Socratic. I'm not lost. I just enjoy the discussion of the rules with my producers Frank and Peter. I don't make the rules. Since this is the first season of this I enjoy the process of judging our own podcast/contest as we go along. I'd rather do it on the show than before the show because I think it fits the nuts and bolts theme of the show. If I feel it affects who gets eliminated then I will point that out and insist that we change the rule in question. I could have done the show not bringing up the semantics and it wouldn't have affected the contest at all. - I am not biased against anyone. I may be biased FOR Television Zombies because of my love of scifi but I have not let that cloud my judgment. I'm trying to be totally honest without being snarky. I truly am trying to be fair because I don't want to be the reason that someone goes home. In fact, when it comes down to voting for the elimination I try not to cast a vote as much as try to see which of our guest judges I agree with most. I mostly try to make sure that a show doesn't get eliminated for a challenge that isn't in their wheelhouse. - Okay maybe that's three cents.
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