On Saturday, we finally managed to get the cast together to record the radio pilot. I never thought that recording a 10 minute pilot would be like staring death in the face, but the day had a dangerous edge to it: Kjell phoned me in the morning and casually announced, with a chuckle, that he thought he had Swine Flu.
Now, without going into a blind panic about the greatest epidemic the whole world is wheezing about, I politely suggested that perhaps spending the day in an airless, windowless studio with a potentially lethal virus was not at the top of my list of priorities, regardless of how much I wanted to get the recording done. Kjell quickly rediagnosed himself, in the way that only an amateur quack can, and suggested that it was just a cold.
Me and the others met a little bit early and decided to assess Kjell by doing our own amateur Swine Flu diagnoses. Kjell arrived and looked alert and reasonably healthy (or at least as healthy as he usually does). Palle decided to take a risk and put his hand on Kjell’s forehead. No fever. We hummed and ha-ed and decided that we would risk it. If this is my last blogpost, then I was wrong….. cough … cough … sneeze … oink.. oink..
So we had a read through… laughed at how bloody funny the script is… then headed into the subterranean studio, which I can only describe as having an air of the Fritzl about it. It lies behind a Thai restaurant, down some steps, along a concrete corridor and then through some soundproof doors… in a space where nobody will hear you scream. No windows, low ceilings and no air… the word ‘claustrophobic’ doesn’t quite do it justice.
We recorded the first scene, then made a break for fresh air. Then took the last scene and then all the scenes in between. We got most of it done before our 17.30 cut off point and we finished with just two 20 second scenes left to record. All in all I am happy and (not) looking forward to the edit and the adding of sound effects….
Tags: Comedy, Linköping, radio, Stand Up
