Glenn Weldon
speaker
5,867 appearances
59 recordings
10 series
first heard Sep 2022
last heard 4d ago
Glenn Weldon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was created by Seth Meyers and Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Rhys Thomas.
And it was just a... They did a series of parodies of, you know, groundbreaking documentaries, everything from Salesman to Grey Gardens to Lactopus Teacher to Jiro Dreams of Sushi and many more.
But the thing is, it did it with this incredibly exacting level of detail and wit that made it all the funnier.
It was also a show with a bit.
The bit being...
That this show, Documentary Now, wasn't just a comedy series on IFC, but it was in fact an American institution that had been broadcasting prestigious documentaries into American homes for decades now.
Last month, the gorgeous coffee table book called Documentary Now was published.
It's a companion book to the series and, like the series...
It's got a bit and it's committing to it because it purports to be the revised and expanded fourth edition of the seminal 1975 text.
It features an original introduction written by the original host of the show, Burt Lancaster, which is not actually written by Burt Lancaster because he was not actually the original host of the show.
A new introduction by Helen Mirren, who was the host of the show, but that was actually written by Seth Meyers.
The book contains all these behind the scenes archival materials, which are not actually behind the scenes archival materials and that's
And, you know, stills from the show that identify every actor on it, like Hader and Armisen and Cate Blanchett and Owen Wilson as the characters that played on the show.
Some folks will be interested in this.
It also includes the complete musical score for Co-op the Musical.
So if you want to get soused this Christmas and have everyone gather around the piano and sing along to the song Holiday Party.
Parentheses, I did a little cooking tonight.
Close parentheses.
Now is your chance.
That's the coffee table book.
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