On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Marc Maron was interviewed at the New Yorker fest and mentioned he > finally got his long-sought interview with Lorne Michaels for his WTF > Podcast. For those not familiar with the story, Lorne talked to Maron > about replacing Norm MacDonald on "Weekend Update." It was just > Michaels and someone else from the staff in the final interview. Maron > said there was a big bowl of candy on his desk and at one point Maron > decided to reach for a candy. Michaels shot a look to the other > person, as Maron remembered it. > Maron has obsessed about it in Maron-like fashion.When Maron announced > on the show he had gotten the interview, he mentioned he used to joke > it would be his last interview for WTF. He hinted he might end the > podcast or make some changes. He said he didn't know what he was going > to do. He has not announced his plans in subsequent episodes. > >From listening to him I never got the impression that he was making plans to end the podcast. In the wake of interviewing the president with all of the subsequent attention there would be no upside to ending the podcast and trying to start something new from scratch. The exception would be if a media company were to pay him big bucks to do his interviews on radio or TV, but Maron has enough experience in those media to know that he would not get a free hand to conduct the interviews the way he can on the podcast. The Lorne Michaels interview probably bring a transition to WTF. The transition has been happening and the Michaels interview will end the first era of the show. The first era was about comedy and Maron would interview comedians and share stories from the clubs, the road, and trying to get work in TV. Maron's own story was one of frustration with his career and he shared it with his guests. In his mind the central frustration was his SNL job interview with Michaels. The WTF interview will close that story. Maron rarely interviews comedians any more. He has been interviewing actors, directors, writers, artists, playwrights, and especially musicians. The next era of WTF will have less of Maron and his career frustrations and be more about the guests. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
