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Wallace Shawn Live

For those of you doubting the authenticity of our Wallace Shawn, here's some proof that our producing crew booked the real guy. (Inconceivable!)

In this video, you can see Andy ask Wallace Shawn deep questions like, "What did you do today?" and "So, how famous are you?"



And here, Wallace Shawn takes on questions submitted by you guys via the Blog and the Facebook.



More new videos are available on the Seven Second Delay YouTube Channel.

A Lexicographer and a Sawist Meet in a Bunker

Last week at the UCB Theater a new word was born. Sawist. Here's the story from our guest Lexicographer, Wendalyn Nichols from the Copyediting blog.

Last night (November 4, 2009), I went down to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on West 26th Street in Manhattan to be a guest on Seven Second Delay, a radio show broadcast on WFMU and streamed from the show’s blog. (No, no apostrophe in Citizens is needed; it’s a brigade made up of citizens, not a brigade for citizens–that is, it would be, if it existed. But the show’s name ought to have a hyphen in it: Seven-Second Delay.)

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One of my fellow guests was the Saw Lady, Natalia Paruz, who told me before the show that people in the saw-playing community were divided about calling themselves “sawists” (like pianist, violinist) or “sawyers” (people who play the saw). I pointed out that sawyer already existed as a word for someone who puts a saw to its more typical use. And that people who play, say, the bass are called either bassists or bass players, not “bassers.”

She liked my rationale, especially since she was in the “sawist” camp herself. Then she said, “So how do I get ’sawist’ into the dictionary?”

You can read the rest of the story over here.

Our master show photographer John Dalton got some great shots, too. I wild about his Reverend Billy pictures. Andy looks terrified!

Seven Second Delay @ the UCB Theater 11/4

Seven Second Delay returns to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Comedy Theater in Manhattan for a live broadcast next Wednesday, November 4th from 6-7pm. Joining Ken and Andy will be the next mayor of New York City, (fresh from his landslide election the day before) Reverend Billy, musical saw player Natalia Paruz (aka the Saw Lady), Jason Bitner from the Cassette from my Ex project and professional lexicographer, Wendalyn Nichols.

Plus, the most amazing ventriloquism act you have ever seen or heard.

The UCB Theater is located at 307 West 26th Street in Manhattan, near the corner of 8th Avenue (map!). Admission is $5, but if you save your receipt, that tiny piece of paper will gradually increase in value until it almost exceeds the original admission price.

And, did you see Kurt Vile's performance on Seven Second Delay mentioned in the Sunday Times?? Oh, yes.

Photos from SSD Live 10/7

Wanna make sure that was the real Wallace Shawn? Morbidly curious about the musical chairs fiasco? Check out last night's photos from photographer John Dalton.

Seven Second Delay @ the UCB Theater 10/7

Seven Second Delay returns to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in Manhattan for a live broadcast comedy and variety hour on Wednesday, October 7th from 6-7pm. Joining Ken and Andy will be actor/author Wallace Shawn, comedian Brent Weinbach and Suzanne Reisman, author of Off The Beaten Subway Track: New York City's Best Unusual Attractions.

WHO: Hosts Ken and Andy, actor/author Wallace Shawn, musician Kurt Vile, comedian Brent Weinbach and author Suzanne Reisman
DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
TIME: 6 - 7:00pm
LOCATION: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater / (google map)
CONTACT: 201-521-1416 / 7sdblog [@] gmail.com
COST: $5


Check out our new Seven Second Delay YouTube Channel, with more videos from last week's show.