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Ira Glass wasn’t so popular with Chicagoans in 2006, when he announced that he would be moving production of This American Life from Chicago to New York. Showtime had approached Glass and his production staff with a television deal, but the budget just couldn’t work without a New York transplant, so the deal was sealed. Glass has publicly addressed this issue, saying “I’ve always said that because I end up working, like, 70 or 80 hours over the course of a week, I could be on the space shuttle and it wouldn’t make a difference.”
Glass and his crew worked hard to make sure that radio program translated well to TV, and reviewers seem to think they did a pretty good job. The network must be happy with the results as well, since they've picked it up for a second season. Now Season One of Showtime’s This American Life is available on DVD, and Glass will be at Borders tomorrow evening to discuss topics from the season and sign copies, which are exclusively for sale at Borders stores: a great opportunity for a fan of the radio show, the television show, or both.
Glass appears at the Borders at 830 N. Michigan Ave., tomorrow, January 29 at 7 p.m. Free.
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I stopped watching his show when they did the "expose" on the Weiners Circle. I could feel Ira Glass telepathically chiding me for enjoying their hot dogs. How dare I?
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Ayyyyyyy....men.
I think the Onion summarized my feelings better than I ever could.
I have a dream. That one day, men like Ira Glass will come out the closet and join folks like Dan Savage in using his voice to eliminate the scourge of homophobia!
My favorite TAL was when the guest talks about how his Master's in semiotics helped him befriend a minority from the inner city.
Well, the episode with Weiner's Circle was the last one of the season, so I guess you stopped at the right time.
And not that I thought the series lit the world on fire or anything, but I didn't think the Weiner's Circle piece made me feel bad about enjoying hot dogs (the visit to the pork farm did that) but did make me bad (i.e.- Worse) about how those workers get treated by the fratastic clientele.
I just read the link that Mr. Rection provided, i.e., the link to The Onion article. I am still cracking up.
I highly recommend it and "thank Hugh very much!"