riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (10/13/83)
Has anybody out there ever successfully gotten a message read by the
"Home Companion" folks on the air? Do they read most of the messages
they get or just a selection? How long in advance should you send
something in?
-- Prentiss Riddle
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riddle@ut-sally.UUCPnazgul@apollo.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) (10/14/83)
From what I saw when they were in Boston he generally picks a
random number from the audience (who leave them in a box) and
then reads some more off of a sheet (evidently copies of those
mailed in). The number he reads is dependent on how the timing
of the show is going. The letters provide the filler so that
everything works out exactly right.
-keechb@vaxine.UUCP (Music Mafiosi) (10/18/83)
Actually, I have been on the show several times with my band (no brag, jes' fact) and have watched Margaret Moos, the producer, make up the typed list of messages. The messages come mostly from requests from the audience, but she threw in about 25% of them from fan mail. Incidentally, I know for a fact that being on the show don't guarantee that your message gets read, even if you DO hand it directly to Margaret...as someone said, the messages are used to pad the program out.... Charlie Berg, a.k.a. Music Mafiosi chb@vaxine.UUCP P.S. I don't think it's been offically released yet, but there is a NEW PHC record coming out in about 2-4 weeks, called "Tourists". It's a compilation of the some of the stuff from when the show went on the road the past couple of years...