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I Was The First Person To Have A Chef On TV

Season 1, Ep. 81

An earnest film student attempts to conduct a formal academic interview about early television production, only to find their carefully prepared questions repeatedly derailed by a rambling industry veteran. Can the student's attempts to rein in the sprawling oral history work?


Improvised by:

Louis Kornfeld

Rick Andrews

https://magnettheater.com/show/58819/


Produced by:

Lloydie James Lloyd

https://www.improvchronicle.substack.com 

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