"What happened when you talked to Shaun Micallef, did you combust?" What a term! I took note of it because, yes! I was reduced to a big pile of ashes!
What was nice about interviewing Shaun is that I've managed to live through it a couple of times, editing out the half-second pauses and some of the more disruptive cackles. It's a little faster now and marginally less shambolic...
Timing comes up a lot, whether it's dealing with an uncertain Channel Nine audience or film dialogue from 54 years ago. It's an aspect of rapport I didn't really appreciate before. Speed comes into it. Wit, speed and responsiveness.
It could have all gone terribly wrong. You only need to think of the name, "Gigi Rosetti" to remind yourself of the agony of the Micallef Programme interviews. They were fake, sure, but it's better to observe conversational cul-de-sacs and poorly-managed snobbery from a safe distance.
I'll leave you with the conversation I had with Shaun (or at least a sped-up version of it), as well as a selection of songs from his ancient iPod.
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Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
ABC - The Look of Love
Danny Elfman - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Beatles - Leave My Kitten Alone (Anthology 1 Version)
The Beatles - Help! (Turn Me On Dead Man Version)
EZ3kiel - Montagues and Capulets
George Harrison - Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
Would You? - Touch and Go
Shaun Micallef - Christopher Walken Sings David Bowie
The Cure - In-Between Days
Harry James - Bangtail
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