I've been really into long-form interviews for the past few months, and now I can't go back to the regular old TV ones, which seem really stale. Talk shows and even shows built around discussing issues with guests are almost always so wooden and short these days that they're useless for actually finding out anything about a person's background.
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show is kind of a stripped-down
Charlie Rose with snark, a little bad language, and charmingly low production values. It reminds me of early MTV mixed with some Johnny Carson and a dash of Bob Hope. Stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Pollak (
The Usual Suspects, A Few Good Men) uses his show-biz contacts to bring in all kinds of people for really long, funny, touching, and wonderful talks. You can start up an episode and wander in and out of the conversation as you go about your domestic business, or you can sit down and watch it straight through while doing a little sewing or ironing, maybe. It comes in both video and podcast format, and you can get episodes on the website for free or on iTunes and Amazon for a few bucks.
Pretty much all of the interviews are really interesting and good, but I particularly recommend the episodes with the hilarious
Hank Azaria (of
The Simpsons fame), the lovely and entrepreneurial
Felicia Day (
The Guild), and the surprising
Rob Riggle (
The Daily Show).
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