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Thursday, October 05, 2006 Nude Hippo Last night I was taped for an episode of Nude Hippo, a local magazine-style TV show. They've been in Chicago for a few years now, with over 200 episodes to date. Guitar in hand, I met up with Abigail, who works for the show as a booker and entertainment forecaster; we knocked on the door of the shipping dock for a computer supply company and ascended the stairs to the second floor of the brick building where Nude Hippo tapes. The floor was divided into three rooms: the Green Room, filled with old couches and miscellaneous props, the editing room, and the studio, all bright colors and interesting wall decorations. One section of the studio had bookshelves littered with vintage toys and knick knacks--what immediately caught my eye was a Star Wars lunchbox from the 70s that I wish I could have taken home. (Did I mention that I love science fiction?) We taped my segment before the rest of the cast worked on their episode for the week, the show's version of The Office, backstage drama included. While waiting for the camera crew to get ready, Seth (who would later don a banana costume for the show) and I improvised songs about Star Wars and Nude Hippo--we stopped abruptly when someone stormed into the room and announced that there would be no taping tonight. Everyone stopped what they were doing, confused--was he serious or was that part of the scripted "reality" drama for the episode? To ease the tension, Seth and I went back to making up songs, and eventually the drama was resolved and taping continued. Look for a live version of Found to air soon. ^ Top | 3:13 PM | | | 
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