70: Return of the TVTM
Sep 08, 2008•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
After weeks and weeks of no TVTM to bore you with, we're back! And rustier than ever! The unprecedented work stoppage was littered with catastrophic failure at every turn -- vacations, actual work, other vacations, holidays, the lack of adequate or available fill-ins, Question Boy (media writer and political reporter Joe Garofoli) doing his other job, laziness -- you name it. Well, let me tell you, we narrowly averted yet another week without pointless rambling when, 41 minutes before Go Time, Manny (aka Benny Evangelista), sent an e-mail saying he was coming down with "a cough" and wouldn't be available today. Fearing rampaging crowds on an international scale, we rushed up to the third floor (where the power people are) and asked Super Sub producer Justin Beck whether he could fill in as producer. "Sure," he said. It was the one word he wished he hadn't said in the last 26 days. Once trapped in the Pod Cave, enduring a call-less TVTM (Justin was too lazy to pull them off the phone system), Question Boy and I rambled over countless e-mails, making Justin woozy with disinterest, mental fatigue and pain. And yet -- yet! -- we managed to get two full podcasts completed and Justin is still speaking to us. By the way, here's how Joe spent his time away from the podcave: Among other things, interviewing a DIFFERENT Goodman. And his personal podcast he keeps pimping? It's called Under the Bus, and here he interviews new MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow. But whatever you do, don't miss him partaking in some Pig Lickers! But enough about Joe. The big news is we got this podcast done! Mission accomplished! (No thanks to Benny. Cough.). In this eagerly awaited TVTM, not only will you get ZERO calls, but you will also get our "traditional" or "classic" theme song (because Justin was too lazy to find all the other ones where our enthusiastic listeners sent in their versions). And yet, despite those obstacles -- and despite the fact that Joe hasn't had time to "tend his garden" -- the podcast was completed. For your eternal enjoyment, here it is, complete with information about upcoming LIVE podcasting events, beer, pizza and DVD tossing at random East Bay hootenannies. For you International listeners, we know the feeling of jealousy for missing these events will be intense, but you will be able to relive the joy of others as we record their glee (or at least their questions, which I'll be unable to answer...and since we can't afford to fly Amber from Canada down to do our heavy lifting (though we really, really wanted to) we'll just have to go with whatever comes into our tiny minds!)
