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Dec. 20th, 2012 10:24 pmMan, I don't know you guys, the more I listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and certainly the more I attend it (all of...twice now) the more I realise what a $25 crapshoot it is to see it live.
Because you don't know who the panel will be or who the guest will be and that's fine, I get it, they're kind of a shoestring operation. But last time I didn't even get to see Peter Sagal, he had a Substitute Peter in, and this time man, that was a boring guest. And his interview went on forever.
Don't get me wrong, the show was funny and entertaining, but I found myself questioning whether I'd have paid $25 after the show for having seen it. The guest was Fred Armisen, which is a name 100% unknown to me, but apparently he's on Saturday Night Live and writes a sketch show on IFC called Portlandia. And I guess if you're into sketch comedy it might have been cool, but I'm...really not, and for a comedian he gave a truly bland interview. They kept asking him really interesting questions and he kept giving really vague answers, like a mediocre date or something. Maybe he was having an off-night.
Bobcat Goldthwaite was awesome, but there's only so much you can do with the material you're given. He did make a joke about etch-a-sketch that I desperately hope gets into the final cut of the show.
Anyhow, I am home now and in the warm, and it's snowing, so I am about to make the Traditional First Snow In Chicago post. Stay tuned. :D
Because you don't know who the panel will be or who the guest will be and that's fine, I get it, they're kind of a shoestring operation. But last time I didn't even get to see Peter Sagal, he had a Substitute Peter in, and this time man, that was a boring guest. And his interview went on forever.
Don't get me wrong, the show was funny and entertaining, but I found myself questioning whether I'd have paid $25 after the show for having seen it. The guest was Fred Armisen, which is a name 100% unknown to me, but apparently he's on Saturday Night Live and writes a sketch show on IFC called Portlandia. And I guess if you're into sketch comedy it might have been cool, but I'm...really not, and for a comedian he gave a truly bland interview. They kept asking him really interesting questions and he kept giving really vague answers, like a mediocre date or something. Maybe he was having an off-night.
Bobcat Goldthwaite was awesome, but there's only so much you can do with the material you're given. He did make a joke about etch-a-sketch that I desperately hope gets into the final cut of the show.
Anyhow, I am home now and in the warm, and it's snowing, so I am about to make the Traditional First Snow In Chicago post. Stay tuned. :D
