It was a 2.5hr interview that got edited down to just the five minutes. So they cut out nearly everything! But what they did put together I thought was fantastic. The actual interview involved a lot of different takes, trying a lot of different jokes, a lot of different approaches.
So it was a cooperative kind of thing? There are some guests where I wonder if they don't like the person and so are not presenting their person's strongest argument, or whether they have a policy like "always present something that the person thinks is their best argument, or at least something that they would like to be on TV, as long as it fits in 15 seconds".
"But at least I'll be rich?"
"Yes, until the death part."
So how did it work? e.g. how long was the interview really and how much did they cut out?
It was a 2.5hr interview that got edited down to just the five minutes. So they cut out nearly everything! But what they did put together I thought was fantastic. The actual interview involved a lot of different takes, trying a lot of different jokes, a lot of different approaches.
So it was a cooperative kind of thing? There are some guests where I wonder if they don't like the person and so are not presenting their person's strongest argument, or whether they have a policy like "always present something that the person thinks is their best argument, or at least something that they would like to be on TV, as long as it fits in 15 seconds".
I think it varies based on the guest. I don't get a script in advance and I don't get any editorial control over how the segment plays out on air.
Outstanding