Apparently, when you read at Politics & Prose, the world takes notice. We have just learned that we will be guests next Wednesday morning on the morning television talk show Let’s Talk Live!, aired weekdays on Washington, D.C.’s ABC affiliate, Newschannel 8.
We know that we’re going to be talking live (gulp). The question is, what will we be talking live about?
This graphic above suggests that we were chosen for our particular perspective or expertise in some topic related to entertainment, style, fitness, or health. Obviously, we can eliminate style as a contender. Similarly, we cross paths with fitness and health only occasionally, and only by accident. We are assuming, therefore, that we have been summoned in hopes that we will entertain. Luckily, I have been working on a little routine I like to call “Adventures in Spandex.”
While Robbi has been perfecting a performance art piece titled “Big Head/Little Hat.”
At the moment, that’s really all we know. We have been instructed to arrive in the station lobby by 10:45 Wednesday morning. Shortly thereafter, someone will deliver us to a studio where we will be faced with the impossible proposition of sounding coherent while not making ridiculous faces. It seems so unlikely to work out in our favor that I wonder why we try.
To be on television, of course. It is the American dream.
And we are no exception.
Friday night’s reading at P&P went very well, by the way. Photos will be posted whenever Robbi wakes up. Hopefully this happens sometime before tomorrow morning.
How very exciting :D
Congrats!
Ming: How very selfless of you to extend congratulations without taking the opportunity to point out that you are the knitter of the small hat, my favorite small hat of all time.
That is so cool!! I only have one little bit of advise……from my own experience on live television…….lose the word “um”. I thought i was being so smooth and almost avuncular, until i saw a “tape” of myself that night, and was horrified that I actually sounded like a complete asshole. But you guys are so much cooler…..
So cool, guys! Big time, here you come!
I concur with Faith. “Um” is overused and underappreciated. At the very least consider using “Om” instead. It’s worked in Buddhist chants for thousands of years, makes you seem more spiritual and most certainly goes with spandex and tiny hats.
Good luck to you ! I hope we get to see the final production!
That’s fantastic!!!!! I can’t wait to hear all of the details.
Um is bad. but beginning every sentance with “so” is cool now!
I agree with Brad……Om……..
“Ya know” is worser than “Um”.
Like in ya know, Robbi is the artist and Matthew, ya know, like, writes the words. Like, that is how it mostly works, ya know?
You guys are going to be like, um, AWESOME, I (just) know. Huge congrats, and break a leg!
To ramp up the hat excitement, you could consider doing what Jim did a few weeks ago when he had to go on the local morning show to promote our town’s Taste of Cambridge Crab Cook-Off… he wore a ridiculous crab hat and gave one to the TV host to wear, too. (And yes, she wore it proudly.) I’m sure you’ll be fantastic whatever you do (and whatever headgear you wear).
Congrats, guys! Yes, you will be brilliant. You’ll kill. Yay for the Idiots!