Last night on ‘The Daily Show’, you may have noticed that things were a bit little different when John Oliver returned from the commercial break to interview Aaron Sorkin. Gone were the bright lights and J-desk, suddenly John had a tan and the interview took a step back in time, relying on the most basic essentials – directors chairs, small table and a helpful staff member (Miles Kahn) passing notes from off camera.
What exactly caused this sudden change? TWoP member Magsinator had this to report from last night’s taping:
The taping of the first two segments goes well, then they’re cleaning up ALL THE GLASS from the bottle breaking and we hear this horrific feedback noise and the monitors around the studio go out. They made a quick announcement about us witnessing Daily Show history, because nothing like that had ever happened before and say they’re going to try to figure it out and get going again. So to fill the time, John takes a lot more questions … The crew announced what happened – a ups (uninterrupted power supply) failed – and pointed out the inherent irony there – and that it took out the audio, monitors and all the cameras. They were working on fixing it, but were going to set up for the “inside the actors studio” style interview with handheld cameras just in case.
Dan Dinello (@da66y) Tweeted: #ColbertReport saves #DailyShow: @DailyShow lost power during & edited show @ColbertReport studios. Both shows were finished simultaneously.
Welcome to “A Look Back,” where we review and celebrate select clips from the overwhelmingly voluminous video catalog and the many splendid works of Stephen T. Colbert over the years.
Dan Dinello of Shock Productions (and Paul’s uncle) has finally posted the full video of the short film The Exorcists. According to Dan’s youtube description, the film, made in 1992, “was shot on 3/4′ video in the Old Town section of Chicago where Second City was located and where all of these people worked. The video was partly improvised. Further, the Old Town apartment shown is where Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello lived at this time.”
Previously just a short cut of the film was available, but here we get to see Stephen and Paul in all their ecclesiastical glory. Amy is particularly hilarious, giving us a little taste of her Jerri Blank expressions to come. Spoiler alert, the video is a little NSFW, as Stephen makes a cameo in some skimpy attire at the end. Have a cold glass of holy water on hand to douse yourself after watching. Enjoy!
The event includes a 45-minute compilation of Dinello’s films, edited by Dinello’s son Bryan (also a “Colbert Report” staffer), featuring excerpts of roughly half the 30 or so films Dinello has made since signing on with Columbia College in 1979. We’re talking about documentaries (including 1991’s “Chicago Halloween” about the many varied ways Chicago celebrates All Hallow’s Eve), music videos (including an MTV-featured 1984 interpretation of African music legend Fela Kuti’s “Army Arrangement”), and a comic treasure-trove of sardonic shorts, many featuring early performances by Second City performers Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello.
Date: Thursday, March 22nd at 6:00PM.
Facebook Event: Dan Dinello RetireSpective.
Website: Shock Productions.
(Thanks to Kris for the Tip!)
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Last night on ‘The Daily Show’, you may have noticed that things were a bit little different when John Oliver returned from the commercial break to interview Aaron Sorkin. Gone were the bright lights and J-desk, suddenly John had a tan and the interview took a step back in time, relying on the most basic essentials – directors chairs, small table and a helpful staff member (Miles Kahn) passing notes from off camera.
What exactly caused this sudden change? TWoP member Magsinator had this to report from last night’s taping:
Dan Dinello (@da66y) Tweeted: #ColbertReport saves #DailyShow: @DailyShow lost power during & edited show @ColbertReport studios. Both shows were finished simultaneously.
Welcome to “A Look Back,” where we review and celebrate select clips from the overwhelmingly voluminous video catalog and the many splendid works of Stephen T. Colbert over the years.
Dan Dinello of Shock Productions (and Paul’s uncle) has finally posted the full video of the short film The Exorcists. According to Dan’s youtube description, the film, made in 1992, “was shot on 3/4′ video in the Old Town section of Chicago where Second City was located and where all of these people worked. The video was partly improvised. Further, the Old Town apartment shown is where Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello lived at this time.”
Previously just a short cut of the film was available, but here we get to see Stephen and Paul in all their ecclesiastical glory. Amy is particularly hilarious, giving us a little taste of her Jerri Blank expressions to come. Spoiler alert, the video is a little NSFW, as Stephen makes a cameo in some skimpy attire at the end. Have a cold glass of holy water on hand to douse yourself after watching. Enjoy!
(Thanks to Kris for the Tip!)