tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5317746632820299334..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: EP104: Meet Tracy Newman – Emmy-winning writer, musician, show runner, improviser, and wizard with playing cards.By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61168248671147041982019-02-09T07:21:18.322-08:002019-02-09T07:21:18.322-08:00What a fascinating woman. Thank you.What a fascinating woman. Thank you.bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51756135347052245572019-01-10T07:43:03.131-08:002019-01-10T07:43:03.131-08:00Very well done. Very well done. Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38044417872634218032019-01-08T01:49:43.688-08:002019-01-08T01:49:43.688-08:00I think I'm in love with this woman. Does she ...I think I'm in love with this woman. Does she go for younger men?Apetalk1971https://www.blogger.com/profile/17674656905559190136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39093810341469942682019-01-04T07:41:28.374-08:002019-01-04T07:41:28.374-08:00@Andy Rose: Thanks so much for the comprehensive ...@Andy Rose: Thanks so much for the comprehensive explanation. I appreciate it! Karan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199181878619065686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4713709266110037302019-01-03T20:00:56.179-08:002019-01-03T20:00:56.179-08:00I can understand why you didn't want to lose a...I can understand why you didn't want to lose a moment of this conversation. Tracy has a real gift for dissecting her creative process, which I now see made her Ricky Jay piece so insightful. Thank you both.E. Yarbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6199028503824600942019-01-03T16:12:10.467-08:002019-01-03T16:12:10.467-08:00@Karan G.: "Looping" in this case is whe...@Karan G.: "Looping" in this case is when voice actors dub in the sounds of people talking in a crowd for a movie or TV show. For technical reasons, only the voices of the principal actors are actually recorded on set. The extras have to silently pretend to talk, so their voices are dubbed in later, usually by a much smaller group of performers. Trained improvisers tend to be preferred for "loop groups" because their lines are not scripted. When Tracy refers to "walla," she's talking about the rumble of people in a large crowd conversing in the background, which is also looped in. Since those conversations are not supposed to be intelligible, the loop group will often speak in indistinct nonsense syllables.Andy Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85554453288707201482019-01-03T11:40:38.071-08:002019-01-03T11:40:38.071-08:00Great podcast, remarkable woman. She kinda reminde...Great podcast, remarkable woman. She kinda reminded me of Lotus Weinstock.Lemuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8030965649016466702019-01-03T08:15:07.583-08:002019-01-03T08:15:07.583-08:00A very interesting and delightful guest. She has ...A very interesting and delightful guest. She has great self-awareness and a capacity for understanding others…which probably explains her gift for humor. I don’t know what “looping” is, but I will google it. By the way, I enjoyed her mention of Bob Dylan and Jack Elliott. I had an opportunity to see “Ramblin Jack Elliott” a couple years ago. If she or others are quasi historians of that era, I highly recommend they see Jack perform. He is now 87 and still touring. He can still sing and play the guitar and tells great stories of his pals, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and others, and is performing out west. Karan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199181878619065686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66903510063976153752019-01-03T07:36:01.856-08:002019-01-03T07:36:01.856-08:00The Democrats took control of the House today. Let...The Democrats took control of the House today. Let the fun begin. Time for Trump and the Republicans to get a taste of their own medicine.Peternoreply@blogger.com