Tenacious Gor[b]
I took advantage of another CBC perk yesterday: free studio tapings. I spent an hour watching a pre-taping of The Hour, featuring an interview with Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D.
Now, I have no plans to see their movie, but the interview was a hoot. George Stroumboulopoulos began with a mock-serious question about Israel and Palestine, and it got sillier from there. Black was manic as always, but KG set the tone with his bright orange T-shirt (tie-died with a large dragon on the front, the neck and armpits ripped out) plus shorts, white sport socks, and flip-floppy sandals.
I won’t bore you with a complete analysis of the taping (Allan did a nice overview on Teamakers a while back), but a few things struck me about the interview.
First, Strombo is a total pro. He spent every spare moment chatting with the people in the audience (no need to rehearse or practice anything), and was so polite as to ask their permission to record a voice-over. Everything was done with one take. I’ve been to tapings before, and they are usually a little boring (or downright painful) with retake after retake, forced laughter from the audience, etc. Not here.
The other refreshing thing was that the guests made no bones about the fact that the movie was flopping. Even though it’s still in the theatres, the pair came right out and said it was disappointing, and they had hoped for a better opening. Actually, they were pretty funny about it.
Black: “It kinda sucks. But I heard that Citizen Kane only made a million when it first came out, so we’re like, twice as good as that movie! But only 1/20th as good as the dancing penguin movie.”
The interview airs tonight.
Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 11-28-2006 | 01:11 PM
Posted in: CBC | Television
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Hi Paul,
Have a serious question for you, but first; awesome blog about The Hour! I am a huge fan of the show, the host, the eclectic content, and of course, the guests.
It doesn’t suprise me that the taping would be as good/better, than the televised version.
Now to the point of my comment/question:
I am extremely curious to know why a show that CBC produced/ran for 7yrs is nowhere to be found in the networks’ archives? I am refering to The Irish Rovers show that ran in the 70’s/80’s. When I first began searching, I was pretty outraged, but being a semi-rational person, I started wondering what the actual reason could be? Copyright problems, “black-listed”, public interest, East vs. West (The band’s company/production studio is based in Vanc/Vanc. Isl.),etc….I’m drawing a complete blank.
I feel very sympathetic towards the group, as over their entire 40yr career, any recognition from the Canadian music scene has had to be fought for. I e-mailed/posted George, The Hour’s enquiries & complaints on their site, but still have received no feedback. I do realize that they must get millions of Q’s and fan mail, but I guess I felt that with George’s history with music and the show’s tendancy for “underdog” stories, that they might look into it. Was wondering if you could comment back, via mail or to the myspace address provided. (I also have the original letter on one of my blog’s in my myspace profile, if you’re curious.) I would also like to finish up by saying that I intend to submit an apology to the aforementioned recipients, not for the content, but for my accusatory tone. Thx for taking the time to read my ramblings, and great blog page, btw. I’ll be visiting again.
Sincerely,
Jen Coyle.
A long time ago when the earth was green, there were more kinds of unions that you’ve ever seen.
There was NABET, SOCAN, Writer’s Guild, but sure as you’re born, the trickiest of all was the ACTRA thorn.
Paul! HILARIOUS! Lmao! Very clever.
Thx so much for the comment & message - this grasshopper understands now. I too, agree that it would be widely received & thx again for putting into discussion; I will forward info to George Millar.
The Hour is one of CBC’s most blatantly biased shows. It makes my stomach turn every time I think that my hard earned tax dollars are being wasted on this MTV wannabe.